A lay Baptist preacher or a brutal warlord on trial in an international court: in Charles Taylor, the myth and the man, became inseparable. Read more »
Charles Taylor is expected Wednesday to address the international court in the Netherlands that found him guilty last month of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Read more »
Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr.'s widow and his brother will be at the White House on Wednesday to accept the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, on Sabo's behalf for his actions on one fateful May day in 1970. Read more »
As authorities in Mississippi investigate whether two people shot dead beside separate sections of highway were victims of a gunman posing as a police officer, a woman who escaped a suspected fake cop in April has been re-interviewed in hopes she can help find the killer. Read more »
President Barack Obama raised a combined $43.6 million in April for his campaign and the Democratic Party as he faces a unifying Republican effort around Mitt Romney for the White House. Read more »
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money. Facebook, founded eight years ago by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room, said on Wednesday it will add about 84 million shares to its IPO, floating about 421 million shares in an offering expected to be priced on Thursday. ...
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc increased the size of its initial public offering by almost 25 percent, and could raise as much as $16 billion as strong investor demand for a share of the No.1 social network trumps debate about its long-term potential to make money. Facebook, founded eight years ago by Mark Zuckerberg in a Harvard dorm room, said on Wednesday it will add about 84 million shares to its IPO, floating about 421 million shares in an offering expected to be priced on Thursday. ...
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Taylor: Preacher and feared warlord
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