| Justice often elusive in a still-hopeful New Orleans In post-Katrina New Orleans, four out of every 10 suspects arrested for homicide walk free without being charged, the district attorney says. That's what happened in the case of 23-year-old Ryan McClure, whose killer is still at large in the Louisiana city that has more murders per capita than any other in the country. |
| Transition sources point to Geithner, Richardson President-elect Barack Obama's potential Cabinet began to take shape today, as two sources close to the transition team said that New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner is "on track" to be offered the Treasury secretary post. Sources also said that Gov. Bill Richardson is a serious contender for commerce secretary. |
| Verizon fires workers over Obama records Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected to a breach of records from a cell phone used by President-elect Barack Obama earlier this year, a Verizon source told CNN on Friday. |
| Iraqi throng protests pact, burns Bush effigy Iraqis outraged by a proposed security pact between Iraq and the United States staged an angry but peaceful protest against the deal Friday. |
| U.N.: Gunmen kill woman while trying to rape girl Armed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said. |
| Officials: Teen's suicide seen on Internet With his webcam trained on him, a Florida teenager died in his bed of a drug overdose while others watched over the Internet, officials said Friday. |
| Crunch stops work on Europe's tallest tower Construction work has stopped on Europe's tallest building after developers said their lofty ambitions had been hit by the global financial crisis, a Russian news agency reported Friday. |