Attorney General Mukasey collapses
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:54:27 GMT  Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed during a speech Thursday night and was taken to a hospital.
 | MySpace Suicide Trail Begins
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:50:25 GMT On Wednesday, the trial of Lori Drew, the adult who allegedly perpetrated the MySpace hoax that resulted in the eventual suicide of Megan Meier, began. Drew was indicted in May on one count of conspiracy and three counts of accessing protected computers without authorization. The charges each carry a maximum of 5 years in prison.
| Teen Commits Suicide on Justin.TV
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:11:21 GMT A 19-year-old has apparently committed suicide while filming himself on the online live-video streaming service Justin.TV. According to NewTeeVee, not only has the suicide been confirmed, but he was apparently egged on by commenters at both Justin.TV and BodyBuilding.com.
| Jobless claims jump to 16-year high
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:39:50 GMT First-time filings for unemployment benefits shot up to their highest level since July 1992 last week, rising 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 542,000 and punctuating the struggling state of the U.S. labor market, government data showed Thursday.
| Markets Dive in Last Hour, Carving New Lows
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:21:34 GMT Wall Street doubled down on its losses on Thursday, just a day after financial markets closed at their lowest point in nearly six years.
| Judge Orders Five Detainees Freed From Guantanamo
Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:05:24 GMT In the first hearing on the government's justification for holding detainees at the Guant?mo Bay detention camp, a federal judge ruled Thursday that five Algerian men were held unlawfully for nearly seven years and ordered their release.
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