Twenty-five people at the heart of the meltdown

In the second part of a week-long series looking behind the slump, Julia Finch picks out the individuals who have led us into the current crisis

BBC documentary takes on Obama's plans for American health care system

Why An Asshole Is Always In Charge

Ex-child soldier is first witness at intn'l court - Yahoo! News

A former Congolese child soldier told a landmark international war crimes trial Wednesday that armed troops plucked him off the street on his way home from school and sent him to a military camp. News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

Quoting Napoleon, judge okays holding Taliban cook at Gitmo

Officials: Army suicides at 3-decade high - Yahoo! News

Suicides among Army troops soared again last year and are at a nearly three-decade high

Police hired actors to rob bank

Police chiefs in China have been slammed for hiring actors to rob a bank as a training exercise - without telling anyone else.

PBS: NSA could have prevented 9/11 hijackings

Three candidates slain ahead of Iraq polls - Yahoo! News

Gunmen killed three Iraqi election candidates in separate incidents on Thursday, two days before Iraq holds provincial polls

FBI: Burgeoning gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime

Criminal gangs in the USA have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in communities across the nation

Turncoat kept up espionage for Russia from jail

Saddam-Qaeda Conspiracy Theorist Surfaces Writing Iraq Reports For The Pentagon

Exxon notches $45.22 billion record profit

Days before leaving office, Bush's lawyer told Rove not to turn over any documents

Former commander of attacked US war ship slams Obama over Guantanamo

Response comes after military judge rules against halting detainee's arraignment despite order to delay proceedings

Bush officials authorized torture of US citizen, lawyers say

Local Police Want Right to Jam Wireless Signals - washingtonpost.com

As President Obama's motorcade rolled down Pennsylvania Avenue on Inauguration Day, federal authorities deployed a closely held law enforcement tool