Bank reform talks fail, Dodd to go solo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chances of a broad overhaul of U.S. financial regulation dimmed on Thursday after bipartisan Senate talks collapsed, jeopardizing a top Obama administration priority and boostin...
Iraq results trickle out, Maliki rivals cry fraud
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud.<div class...
Billionaire Pinera takes power as quakes rattle Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The ground shook and buildings swayed as billionaire Sebastian Pinera took over as Chile's president on Thursday, tasked with rebuilding after a massive earthquake killed hundreds...
Police clash with protesters as Greeks fight cuts
ATHENS (Reuters) - Police clashed with stone-throwing youths in Athens on Thursday as tens of thousands of strikers protested against draconian cutbacks aimed at pulling Greece out of a debt crisis sh...
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project...
U.S. boosted financial, tax crime probes in 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States boosted its investigation of tax and other financial crimes by about 10 percent last year, tax authorities reported on Thursday, amid an increased push to purs...
Guantanamo prisoner known as Hambali seeks release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of helping plan the 2002 bombings in the Indonesian resort area of Bali that killed more than 200 people on Thursday revived his legal bid to...
Obama gives $1.4 million Nobel prize to 10 charities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake survivors and ...
NY AG picks former state top judge for Governor probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he chose a former top state judge to oversee probes into whether Governor David Paterson wrongly accepted World Series base...
Big majority wants Wall Street regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An overwhelming majority of Americans wants Wall Street subjected to tougher regulation in the aftermath of the bank bailout and the bonus scandals that have rocked the U.S. fin...
Dems look to health vote without abortion foes (AP)
AP - House Democratic leaders abandoned a long struggle to appease the most ardent abortion opponents in their ranks, gambling Thursday that they can secure the support for President Barack Obama'...
More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over (AP)
AP - The earth shook and shook Thursday as dignitaries walked in for the swearing-in of Sebastian Pinera as Chile's president. It shook some more as they waited for him to join them.
Al-Qaida seen eyeing less complex attacks on US (AP)
AP - Ever since al-Qaida attacked the United States in 2001, U.S. authorities have worked to detect and prevent the next big terrorist strike.
Slowly, Americans are regaining their lost wealth (AP)
AP - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth — gradually. Household net worth rose last quarter, mainly because the healing economy boosted stock portfolios. But the gain was slight. And ...
Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school (AP)
AP - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome...
Court upholds 'under God' in Pledge of Allegiance (AP)
AP - A federal appeals court in San Francisco upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments on Thu...
Lesbian teen back at Miss. school after prom flap (AP)
AP - An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from ...
Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home (AP)
AP - The DNA tests that revealed how the famed boy-king Tutankhamun most likely died solved another of ancient Egypt's enduring mysteries — the fate of controversial Pharaoh Akhenaten'...
Chavez thanks Sean Penn for slamming his critics (AP)
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is grateful that actor Sean Penn has defended him against his critics within the U.S. media. In an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" ...
Football star and TV actor Merlin Olsen dies at 69 (AP)
AP - Merlin Olsen, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and member of the Los Angeles Rams' "Fearsome Foursome" who followed up football with a successful television career in "Little ...
UT overcomes poor shooting to beat LSU
Wayne Chism scored 17 points and Tennessee overcame 37.3 percent shooting from the field to beat LSU 59-49 in the first round of the SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena.
Alabama rallies to beat South Carolina
Mikhail Torrance's 9-foot jumper broke a tie at 62 with 57 seconds left, and Alabama rallied from an 18-point deficit in the second half to beat South Carolina 68-63 Thursday in the opening round of t...
Nashville's unemployment rate rises to 10 percent
The Nashville area's January unemployment rate increased to 10 percent, up 0.7 percentage points from December, according to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Auditions for 'So You Think You Can Dance' coming to Nashville
The Fox show is holding auditions on Sunday and Monday in Opryland.
Conan O'Brien heads up Bonnaroo comedy lineup
He might be prevented from appearing on television, but Conan O'Brien will still be performing for fans across the country with his "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" comedy...
Sen. Mae Beavers to run for re-election
State Sen. Mae Beavers said Thursday that she will run for re-election, dropping her bid for Wilson County mayor and setting up a possible primary battle with state Rep. Susan Lynn.
Tennessee State University runs risk of losing its accreditation
In the past five years, only three out of 800 schools have lost accreditation.
Sarah Palin's Knoxville visit to be as trial witness, victim
KNOXVILLE — One-time vice presidential candidate and conservative star Sarah Palin is coming to Knoxville, but not for a tea party.
N. Nashville market's days as drug front ends with raid, police say
A police raid closed a North Nashville market on Wednesday, with four men arrested for selling drugs to undercover officers.
Franklin man arraigned in slaying of wife at I-40 rest stop
CAMDEN, Tenn. — A Franklin man was arraigned Wednesday on charges that he waited for his estranged wife to show up at an Interstate 40 rest stop just west of the Tennessee River, then shot and s...
