BREAKING NEWS

New York officials will ask a state court to unseal documents containing details of the bloody retaking of Attica state prison after an inmate riot more than 40 years ago:

FedEx will let recipients leave detailed instructions for their driver or reschedule a delivery to their home. SRN's Bob Agnew reports.

The parent company of Standard & Poor's wants a federal judge to dismiss a U.S. government lawsuit that claims the ratings agency gave falsely high ratings to mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial crisis. SRN's Jeremy House has more on the story.

The richest Americans got richer during the first two years of the economic recovery while average net worth declined for the other 93 percent of U.S. households. That's according to a new report from the Pew Research Center:

U.S. sales of new homes rebounded in March to the second fastest sales pace in three years. SRN's Jeremy House has details.

The World Bank has set a goal of eliminating extreme poverty around the world over the next 17 years. SRN's Jeremy House has more on the story.

The Supreme Court has rejected a First Amendment challenge by tobacco companies to a 2009 law that restricts how they can market their products. SRN's Bob Agnew reports.

World finance leaders say they are determined to attack a sluggish global economy in which growth is too weak and unemployment too high. S-R-N's Jeremy House has more on the story.

Federal officials are delaying a policy that would allow passengers to carry small knives, bats and other sports equipment onto airliners.

Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes dipped in March as the supply remained tight. SRN's Jeremy House has details.

No one under 21 would be able to buy cigarettes in New York City under a proposal unveiled today (Monday):

A new report says funding for U.S. startups fell in the first quarter, as venture capitalists raised less capital and spent less money on fewer deals than a year earlier. TAG: S-R-N's Jeremy House reporting. Media and entertainment, along with networking and networking equipment, saw increased funding. The software industry accounted for 40 percent of the money invested during the quarter.

Already ailing, the personal computer market appears to be getting weaker. S-R-N's Jeremy House reports.

A campaign developed by health professionals and gun dealers in New Hampshire to raise awareness about preventing firearm suicides is garnering national attention. SRN's Bob Agnew reports.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll finds that only one in four Americans now expects his or her own financial situation to improve over the next year. SRN's Jeremy House has details.

Under enormous pressure from homosexual groups, the Boys Scouts of America is proposing to lift the ban on homosexuals for youth members but continue to ban them as adult leaders. SRN's Keith Peters has more.

World finance leaders are searching for ways to promote better economic growth and stronger job creation while avoiding a dangerous slide into a global currency war. SRN's Jeremy House has more on the story.

London's police force says it will have 40 percent more officers on duty at the London Marathon than last year, to reassure participants and spectators in the wake of the Boston bombings. SRN's Bob Agnew reports.

The chairmen of President Barack Obama's 2010 fiscal commission are wading back into Washington's budget wars with a revised, somewhat milder plan to rein in intractable federal deficits. SRN's Jeremy House has more on the story.

A lawyer for the Maine man who lived in the woods as a hermit for 27 years has established a fund to repay people who think they may have been his victims. SRN's Bob Agnew reports.

The prayerful search continues for an American missionary pilot whose small plane disappeared in a storm 10 days ago around the West African island of Sao Tome

A measure of the U.S. economy's health over the next six months declined slightly in March from February, a sign that growth may slow this spring. SRN's Jeremy House has more on the story.

Terms of an agreement between Google and Provo, Utah, show the company will pay only one-dollar for a fiber-optic system that cost 39-million dollars to build!

A panel of respiratory experts has voted in favor of approving an experimental inhaler drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Theravence for treating chronic lung disease.

There is yet another automobile recall. More from SRN's Keith Peters.