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Stocks headed for a lower open on Monday as news of a record $61.7 billion loss at embattled insurer American International Group fueled worries the already deep financial crisis is worsening.

On February 26, Veterans for America, VFA, issued a statement urging President Barak Obama to address the dire conditions on the military bases and in communities in the United States.

The U.S. government should consider a proposed merger between Chrysler LLC and Italy's Fiat SpA if it is the only way for the distressed Detroit automaker to survive, a senator said on Thursday.

New Tennessee coach Monte Kiffin has been reprimanded by the SEC commissioner for calling Florida coach, Urban Meyer, a cheater on Thursday.

Wide Receiver Marlon Brown signs with Georgia on Wednesday from Rivals ranks 100.

The Wall Street Journal New York offices evacuated on Wednesday after the newspaper reported 13 envelops containing a white powder were received today.

The King's Graceland has gotten a whole lot cuter!

Frank Bush replaces Richard Smith as Texans promoted him to defensive coordinator on Tuesday.

Alcoa Inc. the third largest aluminum maker in the world, announced Monday its first net loss in six years during its fourth quarter, lower than analysts expected as the economic downturn impacted demand and prices of the metal.

The world's third-largest aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. announced Tuesday it will reduce about 13 percent of its global workforce by the end of the year due to the faltering world economy.

NEW YORK - Jack Black may have been schooled in rock, but now he'd like to sing at the Grand Ole Opry with wife Tanya Haden's family, who recently turned him on to bluegrass music.

Chattem Inc. reported its adjusted net income for the first quarter of fiscal 2008 year was $20 million, and earnings per share were $1.01 surpassing forecasts of 95 cents per share.

Freddie Mac, the second-biggest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, said on Thursday its loss widened to a record $2.5 billion in the fourth quarter as the housing crisis worsened.

U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday visited Tennessee, one of the areas that were affected by the tornadoes that swept through five states earlier this week.

At least 45 people confirmed dead, more than 150 others seriously injured when the tornadoes and thunderstorms struck five US states.

UPS Inc. announced on Friday that it will increase the general rate of about 5.4 percent on non-contractual shipments in the U.S. and Canada.

Freddie Mac expects to see credit losses of $10 billion to $12 billion on the book of mortgages it currently owns, the mortgage finance company's chief executive said on Tuesday. Freddie Mac has already recorded many of those losses from recently failing loans and had previously disclosed its expectation of multi-billion dollar write-offs, an analyst said.

Hackers have broken into a top U.S. military laboratory possibly leaking personal information about visitors, the lab said Friday.

It's not just for lonely hearts anymore. Speed-dating a way for busy singles to meet was on the event list at a distinctly unromantic venue, the Information Management Network's ABS East conference, in a bid to bring together investors and issuers still reeling from this year's U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday the United States would review billions of dollars in financial aid to ally Pakistan after President Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule.

Several of the beauty queens will take part in a new MTV reality show which shows what happens when their crowns come off.