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The CFTC Has Charged Jon Corzine With 'Unlawful Misuse' Of Nearly $1 Billion...

The CFTC has officially charged Jon Corzine with "unlawful misuse of nearly $1 billion of customer funds and related violations." MF Global employee Edith O'Brien is also being charged.It's impossible...

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Why It Took Regulators Nearly Two Years To Bring A Case Against Jon Corzine...

In November 2011, commodity futures brokerage MF Global was liquidated after then-CEO Jon Corzine's levered bets on risky European sovereign debt didn't pan out.In the process, $1.2 billion of customer...

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'Breaking Bad' Episode Inspired Gruesome Murder In Tub Of Acid

A Washington man accused of killing his girlfriend was reportedly inspired by an episode of popular television series "Breaking Bad."KTVB reported 27-year-old Jason Hart has been accused of strangling...

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Prosecutors Detail How The Tsarnaev Brothers Allegedly Carried Out The Boston...

 The indictment of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon along with older brother Tamerlan, contains a detailed account of how authorities believe the brothers...

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MF GLOBAL'S FINAL DAYS: 'Total Clusterf----'

The CFTC has officially charged Jon Corzine and MF Global employee Edith O'Brien with the "unlawful misuse" of almost $1 billion of customer funds, and the juiciest parts of the complaint are the phone...

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BARACK OBAMA: 'The Senate Did Its Job — Now, It's Up To The House To Do The...

President Barack Obama hailed the Senate's passage of a sweeping comprehensive immigration reform bill on Thursday, beckoning the House of Representatives to act soon on its own immigration...

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CORZINE'S LAWYER: 'This Is An Unprecedented Lawsuit Based On Meritless...

And so it begins...This afternoon the CFTC charged Jon Corzine and fellow MF Global employee Edith O'Brien with mismanaging almost $1 billion in customer firms as the firm collapsed in the fall of...

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George Zimmerman's Defense Is Poking A Ton Of Holes Into The Star Prosecution...

In the televised second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, the media has portrayed Rachel Jeantel, 19, as the prosecution's star witness.On the phone with Trayvon Martin moments before Zimmerman...

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Senior Vatican Cleric Arrested In Corruption Investigation

ROME (Reuters) - A senior Vatican cleric suspected of trying to help rich friends bring millions of euros into Italy illegally was arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into the Vatican bank,...

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The New Yorker's Brilliant Cover On The Supreme Court's Gay Marriage Decisions

On the cover of next week's New Yorker, Bert and Ernie celebrate a "Moment of Joy" over the Supreme Court's gay marriage rulings:It's worth noting that Sesame Street has said that the two characters do...

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Supreme Court Takes On Child Pornography Case

The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to examine whether anyone convicted of possessing images of child pornography can be required to pay a multimillion dollar restitution award to the abused child...

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NYC Nightclub Fined $20,000 For Discriminating Against Non-Koreans

TIMES SQUARE — Times Square megaclub Circle NYC has agreed to pay $20,000 in fines and thousands more in restitution for discouraging or outright barring would-be patrons based on their race and...

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The NSA Has Processed 1 TRILLION Pieces Of Internet Metadata — And That's...

The National Security Agency, which collects Internet metadata in bulk, has processed 1 trillion pieces of that data — and the premier covert intelligence gathering organization is getting better at it...

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'Evil Spirits' Scammers Allegedly Stole $1.8 Million From Chinatown Victims

NEW YORK CITY — A grand jury has indicted five Chinese nationals for allegedly swindling cash and jewelry from at least one Chinatown resident in exchange for promises to rid the victim of phony "evil...

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Justice Kennedy's Former Clerk Explains Why He Thinks His Old Boss Killed The...

Justice Anthony Kennedy was the swing voter who ultimately killed a key part of the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) — a decision that perfectly reflected his judicial philosophy, his former...

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Meet Gabe Werman, The Intern Who Helped Save A Gay Couple From Being...

As the Supreme Court handed down a pair of historic rulings on Wednesday, network interns in Washington sprinted to be the first to deliver the decisions to star reporters. Up the Acela Corridor in New...

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Senators Press Intelligence Chief To Release More Data On NSA Spying Programs

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than a quarter of the Senate's members asked the top intelligence official on Friday to release more information on the government's bulk collection of data on Americans'...

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Witness Says He Thinks George Zimmerman Yelled For Help As Trayvon Martin...

During day five of the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman, eyewitness Jonathon Good took the stand for the prosecution and gave his account of Zimmerman's fight with the 17-year-old he...

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With Nelson Mandela In Critical Condition, His Family Is Now Fighting Over...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — As Nelson Mandela remained critical condition in hospital Friday, a family feud over where the 94-year-old former president should be buried went to the courts, according to South...

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Edward Snowden's Father: He Has Betrayed His Government, Not The People Of...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden acknowledged Friday that his son broke the law but said he doesn't think he committed treason, as the Obama administration renewed its calls to...

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