Nov 19th, 2008 · On Thursday, Democrats in the House will cast a vote deciding who they want to lead the Energy and Commerce Committee. The face-off is a battle between two legislative titans in Congress: Current Chairman John Dingell, from Michigan, and California Rep. Henry Waxman.
Nov 17th, 2008 · The banking titan Citigroup will cut 15 percent of its global staff. But it's not clear how many jobs will be lost, because many are in units the company hopes to sell.
Jul 16th, 2008 · Batman returns to the big screen Friday with the release of The Dark Knight. It's the latest in a spate of recent movies about superheroes. It's also the latest round in the contest between two giants of the comic book industry: DC and Marvel.
Jun 30th, 2008 · Lawsuits will be filed in the U.S. on behalf of four Iraqis who say they were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison. The suits name employees of U.S. firms CACI and L-3 Titan. Lawyers have been meeting with their clients in Turkey to prepare the suits.
May 17th, 2008 · The art world lost a provocative visionary this week. NPR staffer Bettina Wiesenthal-Birch lost a friend.
Mar 18th, 2008 · The Federal Reserve swooped in quickly to prevent Wall Street titan Bear Stearns from going bust and triggering a panic on Wall Street. It's not a bailout in the sense of a taxpayer rescue of a corporation. But it is part of a more activist approach to the credit crisis by both the Fed and the Bush administration's economic team.
Oct 12th, 2007 · The Cassini spacecraft has discovered three lakes near the south pole of Saturn's moon Titan. The strange bodies are filled not with water but with liquid methane and ethane. Methane also drizzles from the sky on Titan.
Jul 4th, 2007 · The 92nd annual hot dog eating contest was held today on New York's Coney Island. It was billed as a battle of the titans. Six-time winner Takeru Kobayashi had a well-publicized sprained jaw; he faced his arch-rival, Joey Chestnut, who recently broke Kobayashi's record by eating 59 and a half dogs.