The Justice Department will drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said Friday.
While foreign real estate investment in the first six months of 2009 was lower than last year's level, real estate agents from New York to Las Vegas say purchases have increased rapidly in recent months.
California is investigating whether 30 Southern California churches were bilked of tens of thousands of dollars by companies that leased computer equipment.
Mexico's economy is close to coming out of a severe recession, but the nation's financial system still confronts fundamental challenges, national leaders and experts said.
The former New York City mayor had been encouraged to run for governor in 2010, but is instead leaning toward a run for U.S. Senate, according to two party advisers.
