While reports that the world's largest wind turbine maker was firing thousands of workers globally shook the renewable energy industry Thursday morning, the bad news did not seem to diminish investor appetite in solar energy stocks, which has picked up considerably over the past week.
“Every time I see them on TV,” Morris, a 77 former Marine, told the paper of Giffords and her husband Mark Kelly, “it makes me want to vomit.” He also said he was upset with how the media was celebrating the couple and finds them both “worthless.”
Amir Mirza Hekmati was sentenced to death by an Iranian court on Monday, on espionage charges. Iran has accused Hekmati of spying for the CIA. Here are eight things you should know about the Iranian-American facing death.
Amir Mirzai Hekmati, an American of Iranian descent, “confessed” to espionage before the court in Teheran.
Loughner, who was arrested at the scene of the shooting, pleaded not guilty to the attacks. He is currently being treated in a mental health facility of the prison hospital, in hopes that he can stand trial.
An American man, who was arrested last month with charges of working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has been sentenced to death by an Iranian court.
United States Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, wounded in a deadly mass shooting on Jan. 8 last year, visited a Tucson area park on Saturday as survivors and residents prepared for the somber anniversary on Sunday.
Jon Huntsman and members of his family expressed outrage Friday at an advertisement targeted at his adopted daughters by a group supporting rival Ron Paul.
Goodbye, Parentlode.New York Times Co, which has a parenting blog known as Motherlode, has agreed to settle a lawsuit against the Huffington Post after that website decided to change the name of its new Parentlode blog.
The Arizona Lottery announced the Millionaire Raffle winning ticket number on Thursday.
Group says that it will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to take its challenge to Montana's century-old ban on corporate political spending.
Rick Santorum is gaining ground in New Hampshire, but rival Mitt Romney still holds a strong lead ahead of Tuesday's primary, a poll released Thursday shows
Popular Valley radio personality Bill Heywood is dead. He and his wife were found shot to death in a hotel on Wednesday afternoon, Scottsdale police told the media. Hotel staff found a suicide note and called the police.
Arizona Senator John McCain is expected to endorse Mitt Romney in New Hampshire, a sign both of his faith in the GOP frontrunner and his distaste for new rival Rick Santorum. As Santorum's near-win in Iowa makes the Republican primary result uncertain, Santorum's clashes with McCain seem to have pushed the senator to back his one-time rival.
Mitt Romney squeaked by Rick Santorum by only eight votes to secure a win at the 2012 Iowa caucus, with Ron Paul finishing at a close third. But as the dust settles and the votes are confirmed, what do the results mean for the GOP nomination? Here's a rundown of the Republican candidates' numbers and their chances at the nomination post-Iowa.
The Montana Supreme Court rejected an attempt to overturn a state ban on corporate political spending in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.
The focus of the U.S. political world is on Iowa and its caucuses, as it marks the first, popular-based data point of the 2012 campaign for president of the United States. But that does not mean Iowa is predictive.
Washington State raised its minimum wage by 37 cents, pushing it to $9.04, making it the first state to have a minimum wage above $9 an hour.
Verizon's new LTE wireless service is back up and running, but after four outages since April and three mass shutdowns in December alone, infuriated customers are threatening to jump ship. What's causing the 4G outages, and will Verizon be able to hold on to its image as America's most reliable network come 2012?
Abercrombie and Fitch's Ashley Push-Up Triangle bikini might have been dubbed the worst product flop of 2011, but it's not the first case of over-sexualization of children this year. Has child exploitation gone too far?
Pressure built on an Indonesian firm on Wednesday to resolve a local dispute with workers at a Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc. mine that has prompted the union to halt a return to work after a three-month strike.
The Humane Society is facing heat for euthanizing the cat of a reformed heroin addict after it had been brought in for medical treatment and was put down because the owner could not pay upfront.