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Iran charges three detained Americans with espionage

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:03:08 -0500

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has charged three detained U.S. citizens with espionage, the official IRNA news agency quoted a prosecutor as saying on Monday, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said there was no evidence to back the charges.

Ida weakens to tropical storm in U.S. Gulf

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:22 -0500

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Ida weakened to a tropical storm as it churned toward oil and gas facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and was forecast to hit the U.S. Gulf Coast early on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

Philadelphia transit strike ends after labor deal

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:05:17 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philadelphia transit workers reached a deal early on Monday to end a strike that shut down bus, subway and trolley service in America's sixth most populous city for almost a week, officials said.

NY's Cuomo settles with Tagged.com over emails

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:30:58 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general said the operator of Tagged.com would pay $500,000 and overhaul its practices to resolve charges that the social networking site tricked members into providing personal details to lure new members and send out tens of millions of spam emails.

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:37:08 -0500

AVELLA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

Stuyvesant Town woes may pave way for loan changes

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:54:15 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The joint venture that borrowed heavily to buy Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in 2006 could be among the first to take advantage of changes in U.S. tax law that let borrowers seek payment relief, when it said last week that it could not keep paying interest on a $3 billion loan.

Army chief fears backlash for Muslim U.S. soldiers

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:33:43 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army's top general expressed concern on Sunday that last week's mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas, blamed on a Muslim Army officer, could fuel a backlash in the military against Muslim troops.

Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:09:39 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting.

Big California bank fails, has China branches

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:53:19 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - United Commercial Bank, a big San Francisco bank with branches in China, was closed by state regulators on Friday and its banking operations were acquired by East West Bancorp Inc, also active in both nations.

Probe finds jump in runaway Toyota complaints: report

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:33:18 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Over 1,000 Toyota and Lexus owners have reported sudden, spontaneous acceleration of their vehicles since 2001, including crashes blamed for 19 deaths, far more than earlier disclosed, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.