Samsung chief denies graft allegations
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) Samsung Group chairman Lee Kun-hee denied corruption allegations Friday as he appeared for questioning at a special prosecutor’s office in Seoul, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported.
A South Korean worker wears a mask of Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee on Wednesday.
Lee is accused of bribing public officials with an alleged multi-million […]
State Department Renews Blackwater Contract
WASHINGTON Amid investigations into fatal shootings of civilians and allegations of tax violations, Blackwater USA’s multimillion-dollar contract to protect diplomats in Baghdad has been renewed, the State Department said Friday.
A final decision about whether the private security company will keep the job is pending, the department said.
Olmert to Meet With Abbas Before U.S. Trip
JERUSALEM Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will meet the Palestinian president before flying to Washington for talks with President Bush next week, a top Palestinian official confirmed Friday.
Casting a shadow over both meetings, however, is a widening corruption probe that threatens Olmert’s political survival.
Severe Storms in Several States Leave at Least 8 Dead
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. With a pep talk from Gov. Mike Beebe, emergency workers fanned out across Arkansas to help residents cope with another bout of violent weather that pushed the state’s storm death toll to 24 for the year.
“You can see the bags under the eyes of the people who consistently over and over again […]
Cuba deports U.S. fugitive in sex crime case
HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) — The Cuban government has handed over to U.S. authorities a California man facing federal child sex crime charges, Cuba’s Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Leonard B. Auerbach, 61, an Orinda, California, mortgage broker, was deported Friday to the United States, the ministry said in an statement.
Autopsy to Tell if Body Is Missing Reno Kidnap Victim
RENO, Nev. Police were awaiting the results of an autopsy Saturday on a body found in a field to see if it was that of Brianna Denison, a 19-year-old college student missing since she was abducted nearly a days ago.
A worker found the woman’s body about noon Friday in a brush-covered field on the city’s […]
Errant National Guard Bomb Falls on Okla. Apartments
The mid-sized middle American city of Tulsa, Okla., is not exactly known as a war zone.
So you can imagine Jeremy Isbell’s surprise when he and his wife returned home Thursday night to find an errant military bomb had been dropped on their apartment, knocking out their electricity and part of the wall of their […]
UBS Marking Down Value Of Auction-rate Securities: Report
SAN FRANCISCO — UBS AG is marking down the value of auction-rate securities in brokerage accounts, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Up until now, UBS customers unable to sell securities in regularly scheduled auctions were told the securities retained full value and would receive […]
High-Speed Chase on Southern California Freeways
LOS ANGELES Highway Patrol officers pursued a possibly stolen car through Southern California Friday at extremely high speeds.
The white Yukon SUV weaved dangerously in and out of traffic on interstates from the Los Angeles area southeast through southern Orange County.
Speeds up to 100 mph were reported during the chase and at one point the SUV […]
MBIA Misplaces Abdominal aortic aneurysm Evaluation From Foulmart
SAN FRANCISCO — MBIA Inc. lost its AAA rating from Fitch Ratings on Friday. The agency said it downgraded the company’s bond insurance subsidiaries to AA because MBIA is USD 3.4 000 000 000 to USD 3.8 000 000 000 short of the financial resources it needs to maintain a top AAA rating. That includes […]
