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The United States has issued a clear warning to Afghanistan's president that he must fight corruption, or may not get significantly more U.S. troops. But the Obama administration has a weak hand as it seeks to play tough — with few other options if President Hamid Karzai refuses to go along.
President Hamid Karzai's leadership is weak, his government corrupt and nearly a third of the votes he won in the August election were thrown out as fakes.
President Barack Obama is considering a range of ideas for changing course in Afghanistan, from pulling back to staying put to sending thousands more troops to fight the insurgency.
Google Inc. is giving Web surfers a few more ways to refine their search results, signaling its resolve to ward off rival Microsoft Corp.'s aggressive campaign to lure traffic.
A tight end flexed out of the backfield. Two dangerous running backs in the game at the same time. Three taller starters at receiver instead of short speedsters.
A federal judge has approved a $17-million settlement resolving the last of the lawsuits against managed care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. over its stock option backdating practices.
A federal appeals court has tossed out the criminal conviction of the first Silicon Valley executive to go to trial in a stock options scandal that triggered investigations at hundreds of companies and charges against at least a dozen executives.
American Axle is working with longtime legal and financial advisers to consider restructuring options, but the company and a law firm representing it are stopping short of saying they are considering bankruptcy.
The U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has lots of hard cases. But the hardest of them all, says President Barack Obama, will be those who cannot be put on trial or freed.
Monster Worldwide Inc., which runs the Monster job search Web site, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle federal civil charges that it secretly backdated options for its executives and employees.
Doctors and hospitals would see big changes in how they're paid and what they're expected to do under proposals lawmakers will consider Wednesday as they narrow options for health care legislation.
Stamping out Somalia's piracy scourge using U.S. warships or military force will be virtually impossible, according to maritime experts who said Tuesday the real problems lie ashore in the ashes of Somalia's failed state.
The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has dropped its lawsuit against McAfee Inc.'s former general counsel which accused him of illegally tampering with stock options.
Google Inc. has repriced 7.64 million stock options that had become less likely to enrich its employees given the sharp decline in the Internet search leader's market value during the past 16 months.
The co-CEOs and two other executives at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. have been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with tampering with stock options to enrich themselves and other workers.
Americans who are feeling frugal and able to squirrel away regular savings should think as hard about where to stash it as many did about stocks when the market was hot.
Google Inc. is showing its love for its employees by giving them a second chance to profit from their wilting stock options. But the move irked shareholders still stuck with agonizing losses on their investments.
Gaza's deeply entrenched Hamas rulers won't be easily toppled, even by Israel's unprecedented bombings Saturday that killed more than 200 people, most of them men in Hamas uniform.
A federal judge on Thursday gave preliminary approval to a $900 million-plus settlement that resolves a lawsuit pitting UnitedHealth Group shareholders against the insurer over its stock options.
It seems inconceivable: Somali pirates in speedboats foil warships from the world's most powerful navies to prey on shipping lanes crucial to the oil supply.
A jury on Friday acquitted the former top lawyer at computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. of illegally tampering with his stock option grants to boost his pay package.
Three former board members of Mercury Interactive, a business software company acquired by Hewlett-Packard Co. for $4.9 billion in 2006, have each agreed to pay $100,000 fines in a settlement with federal regulators over stock options tampering.
Kwame Kilpatrick has been a master salesman, bargaining to bring improvements to Detroit and to prove to skeptics that the struggling city is worth the investment. But now the two-term mayor could be forced to negotiate a more personal deal, one that exchanges a dimming political future for his freedom.
"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities," Dumbledore says in "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." If that's true, then Americans today have more ways to show who they truly are than any other people at any other time in the history of humanity.
Recently in one of my articles, a friend and I were discussing what color scheme I might enjoy for the new apartment I will be living in for the next 2-8 years.
We have all met them: people who seem pretty enthusiastic in what they are doing. They usually start something new (like DIY builders) but somehow never finish, before quickly moving on to something else, or they take ages to do it in order to have everything 'perfect' first.
Over the past few months this liberal has become increasingly frustrated with the President. Not that Barack Obama hasn't done a good job but I voted for change.
Obama Wants Revised Afghanistan War Options - NYTimes.comPresident Barack Obama won't accept any of the Afghanistan war options before him without changes, a senior administration official said, as concerns soar over the ability of the Afghan government to secure its own country one day.
Google Adds New Options To Make Search More Timely, Less Spammy, And More PersonalMaybe it has something to do with competition from Bing, but all of a sudden Google is really interested in guided search. Last May, it launched search options in the left-hand column of the results page which let you filter results by type, time, and other criteria.
MoveOn.org Political Action: Video: Something Terrible is Happening! Will Ferrell & friendsThe "Video: Something Terrible is Happening! Will Ferrell & friends" campaign is brought to you by MoveOn.org Political Action™.
Bailed-out bankers to get options windfall: study"As shares of bailed-out banks bottomed out earlier this year, stock options were awarded to their top executives, setting them up for millions of dollars in profit as prices rebounded, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Blagojevich Says Emanuel Wanted to Reclaim House Seat Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich writes in a new book that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel wanted a "placeholder" put in the Chicago congressional seat he vacated so he could reclaim it in 2010.
The Debilitating Myth of the 'Free Market' AlternativeWhen choosing a pet, do you prefer unicorns or bunnies? I prefer unicorns because, though bunnies are undeniably snuggly, unicorns have a much better color. That lustrous pink fur beats out dull brown every time.
8 ways to lighten up the foods your kids loveI figured it's time for me to stop griping and try to do something to help.
As some of you already know I got fired on Wednesday, and now I am pondering my options, I mean I have to, right, what would happen if I just sit on my butt and not do a thing, surely my rent will not get paid, or my groceries would not get bought, my daughter would not get her s …
Single and running out of time to have children - TimesOne woman has spent seven years exploring all the options for single women who want to be mothers
Google Adds More Options To Image SearchImage search is an area of intense competition between Google, Yahoo, and now Bing. Today, Google Images added some search options to make it easier to filter a search by color, type (face, photo, clip art, line drawing), and file size.
A Strategy You Should ConsiderWith the explosion of option use in recent years, you may be asking yourself "what are options, and why would anyone consider using them?"
Ethanol fuel arrives in Sacramento area Sacramento is now a revolutionary outpost in the fight for cleaner fuels.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Nothing But False Promises and Misinformation If you are a student, you probably see so-called crisis pregnancy center ads all the time on campus. They read something like, "SCARED? PREGNANT? NEED HELP? Call 1-800-HELP NOW for a FREE pregnancy test. WE CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR OPTIONS."
The healthcare war has officially begunAnd make no mistake: A public option large enough to have bargaining leverage to drive down drug prices and private-insurance premiums is the defining issue of universal health care.
Prejudice might be a social concept but it is inherent within all human beings from as early as possible. We begin to be prejudiced so far back in our childhood that it almost seems an innate thing to our lives. But it isn't. It is learned behaviour.
When Facing Reality is not "Negative Thinking"Recently a friend told me that she had been talking up my book Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilization's Collapse and suggesting to friends who are aware of collapse that they read it.
Gunshot locator system expected to be operating by MayThe city's gunshot locator system, which will triangulate the sound of gunfire to pinpoint its location, should be operational within two months, police said.
Where 'Undo Send' and other Gmail ideas are born Instead of hitting "reply" to an e-mail, we accidentally push "reply all," sending a potentially embarrassing or insulting message to those we didn't intend to see it.
Remember that Seinfeld episode where George was unemployed and made up Vandelay Industries to be his former employer and work reference? Well, a new website is taking that idea to the Web 2.0 level, complete with faux stock options, salary and other benefits.
It is indeed a tough time to be associated with Manufacturing in the US. In the past six years with my employer, I will not drop names but we are a UK based company with a corporate office in the UK and a production site in New Jersey, our business has declined steadily.
Gold, the only silver lining in commodities 29 September 2008 Ms. Abhipsa Mishra Personal Finance Desk
Fore! The Skin Game Who doesn't love a hoodie in cold weather? With fewer circumcisions being performed, and a cadre of New York men hell-bent on restoring their own foreskins, you may be surprised what you unwrap on your next date, ladies!
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