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May 2008
- SUV Credit Crunch Rolls Over Ford
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 30, 08 10:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ford's plans to get back in the black are being forced off the road by woes at its lending arm, the Wall Street Journal reports. The auto giant made a lot of cut-rate loans on trucks and SUVs in recent years and has been unable to recoup losses on bad loans through repossessions because of the plummeting resale value of bigger vehicles. More »
- London Mayor Bans Subway Boozing
  
  USA Today | May 29, 08 6:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - One of the first acts of the newly elected mayor of London was to ban drinking alcohol on London's Tube subway system and buses , USA Today reports. The ban, which was a campaign pledge by Boris Johnson, will take effect Sunday. Public drinking has been commonplace in Britain for decades. More »
- SUVs Plunge in Value as Drivers Turn to Smaller Cars
  
  CNN | May 24, 08 8:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - SUVs are falling out of fashion fast as gas prices go through the roof, CNN reports. As drivers downsize to more fuel-efficient vehicles, gas-guzzlers are filling up used-car lots—but there aren't many buyers. The biggest SUVs—like the Cadillac Escalade, Ford Expedition, and Chevy Suburban—are dropping in value by the thousands, a dealer reports. More »
- Harding Skates Back Into Spotlight
  
  Newsweek | May 23, 08 5:20 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - What read like a closed book in 1994 is falling open in a Tonya Harding tell-all, reports Newsweek in an interview with the fallen figure skater. The Tonya Tapes argues that Harding wasn't just uninvolved in Nancy Kerrigan's knee-whacking—she planned to rat out her ex-husband to the FBI until he intervened, backed by two enforcers and a gun. More »
- Ocean Sharks Face Extinction
  
  BBC | May 22, 08 1:40 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ocean sharks are threatened with extinction, with 11 species designated “high-risk” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and five more also in danger. Sharks are dwindling from intentional fishing, which targets them for their meat and fins, and “bycatch” fishing that lands them in nets meant for tuna and swordfish. The group is calling for global catch limits, the BBC reports. More »
- Woman Indicted in MySpace Suicide Case
  
  Associated Press | May 15, 08 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A Missouri woman has been indicted in the case of a teenage girl who killed herself after receiving cruel messages on MySpace, the AP reports. The woman, Lori Drew, is charged with pretending to be a teenage boy on the site and having a helper taunt the 13-year-old victim. Drew faces up to 20 years in prison on counts of conspiracy and accessing protected computers. More »
- A Last Vanishing Act for Robert Vesco, Fugitive
  
  New York Times | May 3, 08
  
  Robert L. Vesco, the fugitive financier who spent most of his life eluding American justice, might even have managed to die on the sly.Robert L. Vesco in 1974. He fled the United States in 1971 to avoid legal problems, and after a long odyssey avoiding American justice, friends say he died in November from lMr. Vesco, who was sentenced to a long prison term in Cuba in 1996 and was wanted in the United States for crimes ranging from securities fraud and drug trafficking to political bribery, died more than five months ago, on Nov. 23, from lung cancer, say people close to him. If so, it was never...
March 2008
- Spitzer Resigns, Effective Monday
  
  CNN | Mar 12, 08 10:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, with his wife again at his side, announced his resignation in a short press conference this morning. The New York governor apologized for his "private" misconduct, again without making direct reference to the prostitution scandal that has ended his political career. "I am deeply sorry that I did not live up to what was expected of me," he said. “I cannot allow my private failings to disrupt the people’s work.” More »
January 2008
- Indonesia's Suharto Dies at Age 86
  
  Reuters | Jan 27, 08 2:45 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Former Indonesian president Suharto, a US Cold War ally whose legacy of economic development was marred by charges of human rights abuses and corruption, died today of organ failure at 86, Reuters reports. Suharto ruled for 32 years until being forced out in 1998; his deteriorating health prevented him from ever going to trial even though accusers allege he had perhaps 1 million opponents killed and had embezzled billions. More »
December 2007
- Lott Cashes in Chips
  
  Associated Press | Dec 19, 07 4:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Minority whip Trent Lott retired from the Senate last night, five years before his term’s end. He revealed his departure 16 minutes before the chamber’s 12:05 a.m. closing. The 35-year Congressional career ended with “characteristic flair,” the AP reports—Lott quoting his high school motto from the Senate floor: “The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fail.” More »
- Kerrigan Plotter Dies at Age 40
  
  Associated Press | Dec 16, 07 3:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A plotter in the 1994 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan died this week of natural causes at age 40, the AP reports. Brian Sean Griffith, ex-bodyguard to figure-skating Olympic hopeful Tonya Harding, confessed to helping organize the attack on Kerrigan days after it happened. Griffith served 14 months and later changed his name from Shawn Eckhardt to start a new life. More »
November 2007
- Oral Roberts University Prez Steps Down
  
  Associated Press | Nov 23, 07 11:43 PM CST