| Thousands run final mile of Boston Marathon as memorial |
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 | Thousands of runners and their supporters took to the streets of Boston on Saturday to complete last month's marathon that many were forced to abandon after bombs exploded near the finish line.A pack of runners carried three US flags and one Chinese flag while raising their arms defiantly as their feet pounded rain-drizzled pavement.Two of the vict... Full Story |
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| Visa, Mastercard ask court to rule 'swipe' fees legal |
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 | US credit card giants Visa and Mastercard sued retailers that rejected a multibillion-dollar settlement over transaction fees and asked the court to rule the fee practices weren't illegal.The latest legal maneuver comes after years of legal battles over so-called "swipe" fees retailers must pay credit cards in each transaction.Last year, in a propo... Full Story |
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| Pentagon chief urges end to sex assault 'scourge' |
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 | US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets Saturday that they must stamp out the "scourge" of sexual assault within the military, as US leaders grappled with the growing problem.Hagel's call came amid a wave of high-profile sexual assaults in the military has prompted outrage and calls for new legislation.Next month, the chairman of the Joint Chi... Full Story |
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| US court rules against Arizona sheriff over Latinos |
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 | Rights activists welcomed a US court's ruling against an Arizona's sheriff who calls himself America's toughest lawmen, which said he improperly targeted Hispanics for routine traffic stops.A federal judge said the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) must stop "using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in determining to stop any vehicle in Mari... Full Story |
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| Seven months after Sandy, New York beaches re-open |
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 | Seven months after deadly superstorm Sandy devastated the coastline of New Jersey and parts of New York, all New York City beaches opened Friday at the start of the three-day Memorial Day weekend.New York City has eight public beaches along 14 miles (23 kilometers) of coastline -- Brooklyn (southeast), Bronx (north), Queens (northeast) and Staten I... Full Story |
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| News Corp approves Murdoch split for June 28 |
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 | News Corp's board on Friday approved the break-up of the conglomerate into two independent companies, separating the high-flying entertainment assets from the struggling newspaper operations.The decision, which sets a date for the split for June 28, all but assures the implementation of a plan proposed last year by News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch.It... Full Story |
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| Weiner confuses skylines in NY mayoral campaign gaffe |
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 | Anthony Weiner, running for New York mayor two years after he became notorious for sending women sexually explicit photos, raced to fix his campaign website Friday after another pictorial faux-pas.The site had featured a banner image of a city skyline... from Pittsburgh.The mistake did not go unnoticed, prompting mockery from bloggers and journalis... Full Story |
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| Obama: sex assaults undermine trust in military |
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 | President Barack Obama said Friday that members of the military guilty of sexual assaults threatened to undermine the trust and discipline vital to the strength of the US military machine.Obama delivered the warning at a graduation ceremony at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, following a spate of reports of sexual violence and abuse in ... Full Story |
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