AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- The Maine Department of Health and Human Services is investigating a possible human case of West Nile virus, as well as a possible case of eastern equine encephalitis, also known as EEE. State epidemiologist Dr. Stephen Sears … Activists get 2 years for anti-Putin church stunt - Businessweek
By By Vladimir Isachenkov on August 17, 2012 MOSCOW (AP) -- Three punk rock-style activists who briefly took over a cathedral in a raucous prayer for deliverance from Vladimir Putin were sentenced to two years in prison for hooliganism on Friday, … S. African leader vows probe into police shootings
President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit Friday and announced an official inquiry into a police shooting of striking miners that left 34 dead and 78 wounded, an incident that police claimed was self-defense despite video recordings suggesting the protesters were not attacking them but running from clouds of tear gas. Sudan frees U.S. resident after Washington demands release
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudan’s security services have freed a resident of the United States who was arrested just after being released in one of the first trials of people detained in anti-government protests, his lawyer said on Friday. The United States had demanded the release of Radwan Daoud who was re-arrested by security agents on Monday, the same day a judge found him not guilty of the most serious charges against him, which included forming a terrorist organization. …
Hall of Fame baseball player Murray paying $358,000 to settle insider-trade case
WASHINGTON – Hall of Fame baseball player Eddie Murray has agreed to pay US$358,151 to settle federal civil charges of profiting in stock trades by using confidential information passed to him by a former teammate.
Investors take profits on dim Fed outlook : EPFR
NEW YORK (Reuters) – It looks like the summer doldrums may have hit world markets as investors put less money into bond funds than they have been doing and fears over problems in Europe ebbed some, according to data from EPFR Global. Bond funds worldwide had inflows of $4.03 billion during the week ended August 15, down considerably from the $6.7 billion those funds took in during the previous week, the fund-tracking firm said on Friday. Specifically, U.S. bond funds took in $2.73 billion, or about half the amount of new money those same funds took in during the prior week. …
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