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The Pentagon replaced its top general in Afghanistan Monday as President Obama tries to turn around a stalemated war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he asked for the resignation of Gen. David McKiernan. Replacing McKiernan will be Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal. ()
Industry says its plan would cut increases in projected costs by $2 trillion over the next decade. ()
The assailant was taken into custody following the 2 p.m. shooting at Camp Liberty in Baghdad. ()
May 11, 2009 · After four months in Iranian custody, American journalist Roxana Saberi was released from prison and reunited with her parents Monday. Saberi's attorney, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, tells NPR the court's decision was not political, but legal. And he says he will remember that moment for the "rest of his life." ()
May 11, 2009 · The government's unprecedented "stress tests" of the nation's 19 largest banks should bolster Americans' battered confidence in the U.S. banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday as he defended the rigor of the exams. ()
May 11, 2009 · An airplane carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk has taken off from a Cleveland airport as U.S. officials deport him to Germany. Demjanjuk is accused in Munich of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. ()
May 12, 2009 · Southwest Airlines built an empire on low cost. Now, despite losses, the Dallas-based airline is one of the last major carriers to include free checked luggage in the price of the ticket. ()
May 12, 2009 · All animals that fly on Pet Airways will be called "pawsengers" and have a pet attendant to ease their travel. Pet Airways takes flight in July with fares starting at $149 each way. ()
May 11, 2009 · Astronauts are making their final visit to do repairs on the Hubble Space Telescope. The tuneup will leave Hubble more powerful than ever. But it's also the beginning of the end for the aging telescope. ()
May 11, 2009 · American freelance journalist Roxana Saberi was released from an Iranian prison Monday and reunited with her parents after her sentence for espionage was reduced on appeal, ending a four-month ordeal for the reporter that strained relations between Tehran and Washington. ()
May 11, 2009 · Pope Benedict XVI visited Israel's Holocaust memorial during the first day of his visit to the country Monday. But his attempts to ease tensions with Jews after his recent decision to lift the excommunication of a Holocaust-denying bishop appeared to enjoy only partial success. ()
May 11, 2009 · The U.S. Mint will make just 3 billion coins in 2009 — that's a 70 percent decline from the 10 billion coins produced in 2008. And it will be the smallest run in 50 years. The slumping retail economy is to blame, and banks need fewer new coins from the Mint. ()
May 11, 2009 · A prominent Manhattan lawyer has pleaded guilty to defrauding hedge funds of more than $400 million. The charges carry a potential prison term of 30 years to life in prison. ()
May 11, 2009 · California is in its third year of drought, and many farmers in the state's crop-rich Central Valley are looking at dusty fields, or worse, are cutting down their orchards before the trees die. Hardest hit is Westlands, where much of the nation's fruit, nuts and produce come from. ()
May 11, 2009 · The Hubble Space Telescope is getting one last tuneup. Some of the planned repairs are especially tricky, so astronauts are bringing up 116 brand-new tools. ()
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