Washington, United States, December 31: United States Bankruptcy Court judge, Burton Lifland, presiding over the liquidation of Bernard Madoff investment firm, has approved the transfer of $28.1 million to the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) trustee, Irvin Picard.
California, United States, December 30: According to a teardown analysis by market research firm iSuppli Corp., Sony Computer Entertainment has cut the cost of manufacturing PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console by 35 percent.
Washington, United States, December 8: More than 170 people have been arrested in a major operation targeting international child pornographers around the world and about 61 were from America among them, United States Attorney General Michael Mukasey and European Union representatives have announced Friday.
Orlando, United States, December 12: A team of medical representatives and detectives was trying to identify the remains of a child found by a utility worker in the woods in Orlando. The identification could help solve the mystery of a three-year-old missing girl.
Chicago, December 4: The researchers said that minimally invasive, radiology image-guided treatment is a safe and precise method for removal of self-inflicted foreign objects from the bodies of teenagers suffering from 'self-embedding disorder' or self-injury.
Washington, November,27: President-elect Barack Obama has condemned the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Barack Obama said, “These coordinated attacks on innocent civilians demonstrate the grave and urgent threat of terrorism." Obama’s transition team said that the nation will work to, “root out and destroy terrorist networks.”
Los Angeles, November 27: The Missouri woman, Lori Drew, who created a false account on internet and sent nasty messages to a thirteen year old girl, Megan Meier, causing her to commit suicide, was acquitted from the three felonies by the federal jury on Wednesday.
Goleta, United States, November 18: A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by police officials on the charges of arson. The boy is suspected to have some kind of an association with the deadly Santa Barbara County fire in which 9,544 acres and four outbuildings near Goleta were destroyed.
The Santa Barbara County fire incident occurred in July. Since that time, officials have been investigating the issue.
November 15, Washington: An official ceremony at the Pentagon held Friday, created a new record in the history of US military when Ann E Dunwoody was promoted to become America's first female four star general. Dunwoody, who had served the US Army for about 33 years received her fourth star in the esteemed presence of Defence Secretary Robert Gates and Army Chief of Staff General George Casey
