Monthly Archives: February 2013

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Sprint Nextel Corp. has raised its buyout offer for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own by 14 percent, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate….

CNBC’s Simon Hobbs reports the top business stories from Europe, as investors worry the U.S. Federal Reserve may taper its bond purchase program

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs….

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos….

Thirty-eight workers buried in a collapsed tunnel at the Big Gossan underground training facility at the PT Freeport…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan’s president has reaffirmed that next year the Central Asian nation will evict the U.S. air base that supports military operations in nearby Afghanistan. President Almazbek Atambayev has repeatedly pledged to shut…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Tuesday backed the U.S. government’s decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos….

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will be meeting with his disaster response team, including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, on Tuesday before delivering a statement on the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma Ci…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors….

NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN says that it is cutting its workforce….

Center Court goes back to the baseline to remember the great Martina Navratilova’s magical season in 1983 when her record was an amazing 86-1. Her lone loss was to Kathleen Horvath at the French Open.

Baseball Tonight Spotlight: Andre Ethier drove in two runs, and Clayton Kershaw pitched a complete game to lead the Dodgers past the Brewers 3-1.

The prospect of a deep sea “gold rush” opening a controversial new frontier for mining on the ocean floor has moved a step closer.

Students in Ghana launch a model of a satellite attached to a balloon for the first time.

Hundreds of birds and marine animals wash up on the Chilean coast, raising fears fishermen might be flouting a ban on blast fishing.