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Lehman Brothers stock tumbles, roiling the markets (episode)
Shares of Lehman Brothers, the nation’s fourth-largest securities firm, have plummeted to the lowest level in a decade. Its upcoming third quarter earnings announcement is expected t...
The BBC has surveyed people in 22 countries, asking who they would pick to be the American president.
North Korea was expected to hold a lavish parade for its 60th anniversary, with armaments and military hardware on display. Instead, it was scaled back and leader Kim Jong II was abse...
The Large Hadron Collider was built to explain the mysteries of the universe — what everything is made of and how the universe is held together. On its first day of operation, scienti...
At a historic concert in February, the New York Philharmonic performed in Pyongyang, North Korea. In one particularly emotional moment, the orchestra played "Arirang," the most popula...
Treating an adult for bipolar disorder can be difficult, but what happens when it's a three-year-old child?
While Sarah Palin gets the spotlight, she’s not the only big political story out of the northernmost state. Alaska’s Ted Stevens, the Senate’s longest serving Republican in office, f...
OPEC oil ministers agreed to trim overall output by more than 500,000 barrels a day over the next 40 days. The small but symbolic gesture is meant to avoid new turmoil in the markets ...
A serial killer has killed 10 young black women and one man in Los Angeles since 1985. The killer went dormant for years, occasionally reemerging. Eight unsolved homicides from the ...
The Paralympics began this week in Bejing and we’re checking in with some of the athletes representing the United States. Scott Rodgers, captain of the US Paralympic Wheelchair fencing team, parries with John.
Some people learn science from books, and physics from looking at traces of tiny particles... or, for the general public, you can just hook up your iPod. Kate McAlpine penned the "La...
This hurricane season, Haiti has faced down four devastating storms in less than a month. Relief agencies are struggling to help thousands of flood victims, and hundreds of Haitians h...
In a report released this morning, Lehman Brothers has posted losses of 3.9 billion dollars for the third quarter. Shares of Lehman Brothers have fallen to the lowest level in more th...
News that OPEC could cut more than 500,000 barrels a day of production has sent oil prices to their lowest levels since April 1st.
U.S. stock futures are eating into overnight gains this morning after an update from Lehman Brothers Holdings failed to allay worries about the future of the firm.