MIAMI -- It was a rough
year for Ponzi schemes.
An Associated Press
analysis of all 50 states
shows that the recession
caused nearly four times
as many Ponzi scheme
collapses in 2009 as
there were in 2008.
WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaida in
the Arabian Peninsula on
Monday claimed
responsibility for the
attack on a U.S. airliner
bound for Detroit on
Christmas Day, saying it
was retaliation for a
U.S. operation against
the group in Yemen.
WASHINGTON -- Federal
authorities met Monday to
reassess the nation's
system of terror
watchlists to determine
how to avoid the type of
lapse that allowed a man
with explosives to board
a flight to the U.S. even
though he was flagged as
a possible ter...
WASHINGTON -- Homeland
Security Secretary Janet
Napolitano conceded
Monday that the aviation
security system failed
when a young man on a
watchlist with a U.S.
visa in his pocket and a
powerful explosive hidden
on his body was allowed
to board a fight...
TRENTON, N.J. -- A man
who brought his son home
to the United States from
Brazil after winning a
bitter custody battle
said in an interview
aired Monday that he's
thrilled they have been
reunited but is still
waiting to be called
"Dad."