WASHINGTON – America’s productivity probably will keep growing solidly for some time to come, an important force in bolstering living standards, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday. Although future productivity gains can be difficult for economists to forecast, Bernanke offered a largely optimistic case that the country will continue …
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MOSCOW – A scientist in central Russia on Tuesday was given a six-year suspended sentence for illegally selling technology abroad that could be used in weapons, his lawyer said. Oscar Kaibyshev was the latest Russian scientist to be targeted by security agencies for alleged espionage or misuse of classified information. …
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DUBLIN, Ireland – Police ordered the emergency evacuation of Dublin International Airport on Tuesday after a man claiming to have a bomb in a suitcase was arrested in the airport’s arrivals hall. Ireland’s national police force, the Garda Siochana, said several of its units and the Irish army bomb squad …
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DENVER – A date with Jessica Biel has raised $30,000 to help a teenager who lost her leg in a prom night limousine accident. Jeanne Lee, an organizer of the event dubbed “Mollypalooza,” told The Associated Press the winning bid came from a man who requested anonymity. The event Tuesday …
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ON THE ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER – Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored personnel carriers knocked down a fence and barreled over the Lebanese border Saturday as forces seized a village from the Hezbollah guerrilla group. The soldiers battled militants throughout the day and raided the large village of Maroun al-Ras in several …
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LUCKNOW, India – At least 10 people died and 23 others were hospitalized in northern India after they consumed methyl alcohol spilled from a tanker, mistaking it for liquor, police said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday near the town of Faizabad, where a tanker carrying methyl alcohol overturned, said police …
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BOSTON – Every month seems to bring another episode of sensitive personal information escaping into the wild because a corporate or government laptop computer is lost or stolen. A common response is a lot of hand-wringing over how the data should have been encrypted. But some key questions usually go …
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There are some people you know you can count on to … uh … take care of business when doody comes-a-falling. Among those people are the fine folks at the aptly named pet-waste removal company DoodyCalls. To these guys, dog poop is no laughing matter — in fact, it’s a …
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NEW YORK – Top editors from the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times, responding to criticism over publishing stories about a government program that tracked millions of financial records in search of terrorists, on Saturday defended their decisions to publish government secrets. “We weigh the merits of publishing …
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WASHINGTON – Crude oil prices were steady Friday as concerns about Mideast fighting were weighed against comments by the U.S. Federal Reserve chief that surging energy prices are crimping economic growth. Light sweet crude for September delivery slipped 7 cents to $74.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. …
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