Lawyers For Former Easley Aide Not Ready For Trial

Prosecutors want to try an ex-aide to former North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley on corruption charges in the spring, but the defendant's attorney says he needs more preparation time.

The U.S. Attorney's Office and the lawyer for Ruffin Poole have traded motions over the schedule leading up to his potential trial. District Judge Terrence Boyle wrote Monday he'll hear arguments on

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Another major storm headed to snowy Mid-Atlantic

A second major snow storm in less than a week was blowing Tuesday toward the Mid-Atlantic region, where plows still hadn't touched some roads, utility workers were struggling to restore power and...

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Nigeria: Lawmakers empower vice president

Nigeria's National Assembly has empowered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to take over for the ill and absent president of oil-rich Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate passed measures Tuesday calling on Jonathan to take over for President Umaru Yar'Adua until he returns from Saudi Arabia, where he as been receiving medical treatment...

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Opel asks for billions in restructuring plan

General Motors Co.'s Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid on Tuesday as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job...

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GOP wary of pitfalls in Obama's health care summit

Even as Republicans publicly welcome President Barack Obama's call for a bipartisan confab on health care, some privately worry that he might be laying a trap to portray their ideas as flimsy.

If so, a shaky showing by GOP leaders could possibly embolden congressional Democrats to make a final, aggressive push to overhaul the nation's health care system, with or without any Republican...

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