News 01/24/2012
Boston College defends its role in fighting legal action to obtain details of interviews carried out with former paramilitaries ... A 30-year-old man who grew up in a small town in western Kentucky came to the police station in the middle of the night with chilling news: He told officers that he had just shot the mayor ... The DuPont Co.'s fourth-quarter earnings dipped slightly on higher costs but topped Wall Street expectations ... MILAN (Reuters) - The Italian tax police was in the offices of ratings agency Fitch in Milan on Tuesday to carry out checks ordered by prosecutors investigating rival agencies Standard & Poor's and ... A lockdown has been lifted at the sprawling main campus at Wake Technical Community College south of Raleigh ... Egypt's military ruler says the state of emergency will be lifted on Wednesday, the first anniversary of the start of uprising against Hosni Mubarak ... University of Utah officials say a professor charged with viewing child pornography on a plane has resigned ... NEW YORK/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Less than two hours before Yahoo reports earnings, investors are focused less on instant gratification and instead are betting on the long term ... This year's Olivier Awards, which recognise the best in UK theatre, will feature a live link-up to Broadway, where several British stars are appearing ... Gov. Chris Christie moved to diversify the state's all-white Supreme Court on Monday with two firsts: the nominations of an openly gay black man and a Korean-born prosecutor to fill two vacancies ... | 
