'Three Cups' readers take case to appeals court
Four people who bought Greg Mortenson's books are taking their claims of fraud against the humanitarian to a federal appeals court.

Emergency law considered in Quebec student protest

Facing the most sustained student protest in Canadian history, Quebec's provincial government weighed emergency legislation Thursday aimed at ending rallies and demonstrations against rising tuition costs.

Strong Wal-Mart profit trumps bribery probe concerns

(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc's profit and sales surpassed expectations on Thursday as more people shopped at its established U.S. stores and spent more, pushing shares up 5 percent despite ongoing internal and government probes into possible bribery. Wal-Mart's shares jumped and briefly recovered all of the 8.2 percent plunge suffered after an April 21 New York Times report uncovered an alleged past bribery scheme in Mexico that the newspaper said Wal-Mart executives knew about. The first-quarter results, including a 10.1 percent jump in profit, showed that Wal-Mart's U.S. ...

Comcast to start charging heavy downloaders extra
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.

U.N. chief calls for end to fighting in Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to attacks by all parties in Myanmar on Thursday after receiving a letter from a rebel independence group in the country's Kachin State asking the United Nations to help end its conflict with the government. Ban's spokesman Martin Nesirky said the secretary-general had received a letter from the Kachin Independence Organization, the political wing of the Kachin Independence Army. The Kachin conflict resurfaced in June 2011, scuttling a 16-year truce and displacing an estimated 50,000 people. ...

US names ambassador to Myanmar,

The Obama administration says it is easing restrictions on U.S. investment and trade in Myanmar to encourage business development in the impoverished country and in recognition of its political reforms.

Obama declares 'new chapter' for US, Myanmar

President Barack Obama is declaring a "new chapter" in U.S. relations with Myanmar, the former pariah state also known as Burma.

Gunman gives up in historic Savannah standoff

A gunman who jumped from a Jaguar and barricaded himself inside a landmark restaurant Thursday surrendered peacefully after a three-hour standoff that shut down part of Savannah's 18th-century historic district.