US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been released from hospital after a two-night stay. He had been "admitted for observation and tests" Wednesday with a high fever, fueling debate over the prospect...
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New York Gov. George Pataki Wednesday signed a bill allowing the direct shipment of wines into and out of New York, ending limitations that have hampered wine sales since the repeal of Prohibition more than...
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Wednesday upheld a lower court decision that Microsoft Corp. was liable for infringing on an AT&T Corp. patent for converting speech into computer code in copies...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke on Thursday ordered an immediate review of his exclusion and deportation powers. The move in the wake of the London bombings comes after British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that his...
Chile's Senate on Wednesday passed reforms to the country's constitution put in place by former dictator Augusto Pinochet that reduce the presidential term to four years from six and limit military build-up. Sen. Sergio Fernandez, who...
Chief Justice William Rehnquist has been hospitalized with a fever. A US Supreme Court spokeswoman said he was "admitted for observation and tests." AP has more....
Former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison. US District Court Judge Barbara Jones handed down the sentence three years after WorldCom collapsed in an $11 billion accounting fraud,...
US President George Bush said Wednesday that he will not comment on top aide Karl Rove's involvement in leaking the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame until a federal criminal investigation into the controversy is complete. Bush...
Argentine newspaper La Nacion reported Wednesday that Argentina has taken formal responsibility for its failure to discover who was behind the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 86 people...
A New York prosecutor Tuesday dropped all charges against New Paltz Mayor Jason West, who could have faced jail time for marrying gay couples on the steps of the village hall. In May 2005, 24 misdemeanor counts...
