Murdoch says, 'We're sorry' for hacking scandal

2011-07-16 21:30:52

"We are sorry," Rupert Murdoch said in British newspapers on Saturday, as News Corp tried to quell the uproar over a phone-hacking scandal that has shaken the company and claimed its top two newspaper executives.

Dow Jones CEO quits over hacking scandal

2011-07-16 11:08:33

Les Hinton, the top executive of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co, resigned on Friday after becoming a target of criticism for the phone-hacking scandal that occurred when he oversaw News Corp's British newspapers

Murdochs to be questioned in UK

2011-07-15 08:23:41

Rupert Murdoch and his son James first refused, then agreed Thursday to appear before UK lawmakers investigating phone hacking and police bribery.

French writer denies pressured into Strauss-Kahn case

2011-07-14 08:24:01

A French writer who has accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of attempting to rape her in 2003 denied on Wednesday she had come under political pressure to go press charges.

Bin Laden was in on 2005 and 2006 London plots

2011-07-13 14:32:48

Osama bin Laden was aware of the plot in which al Qaeda militants bombed London transport facilities on July 7, 2005.

Sang wins big victory in compensation battle

2011-07-13 08:16:11

Former Chinese gymnast Sang Lan, who was paralyzed in a fall at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York, scored a major victory on Monday after reaching an agreement with three insurance companies and USA Gymnastics.

Brother of Afghan president killed

2011-07-12 15:51:32

Ahmad Wali Karzai, a brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan, was killed on Tuesday.

Murdoch flies to UK as paper dies

2011-07-11 14:01:55

Rupert Murdoch touched down in London on Sunday to take charge of his media empire's phone-hacking crisis as his best-selling Sunday tabloid, the News of the World, published its last. The scandal lives on despite his sacrifice of the 168-year-old paper at the heart of it.

Men charged in presidential artifacts theft

2011-07-12 08:15:22

A published presidential historian was one of two men caught with millions of dollars in documents from the Maryland Historical Society, including some signed by President Abraham Lincoln.

William and Kate's Canadian 'love-in' rivals Beatles

2011-07-09 08:00:37

CALGARY, Canada - Prince William and Catherine capped off a whirlwind nine-day tour of Canada late Thursday with a night of rodeo chuckwagon races, bull riding, country music and line dancing.

Internet providers to act against online pirates

2011-07-08 16:02:16

Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an industry anti-piracy effort announced on Thursday.

Murdoch kills off News of the World

2011-07-08 10:38:29

The Murdoch media empire unexpectedly jettisoned the News of the World Thursday after a public backlash over the illegal guerrilla tactics it used to expose the rich, the famous and the royal and remain Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper.