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Weekly Standard: Obama's JPMorgan Account - NPR
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining potential wrongdoing surrounding JPMorgan Chase's $2 billion trading loss, people briefed on the matter said Tuesday," the New York Times reports. "The investigation, which is at an early stage, ...
Mexican Crime Reporters Risk Becoming The Story - NPR
"The thing that characterized her reporting is that Regina gave voice to the vulnerable, to indigenous people and to the oppressed," says a Veracruz-based reporter who fled to Mexico City for his security and asked to remain anonymous.
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"We believe they were members of a criminal gang," an official who declined to be named told the AFP. El Blog del Narco, which follows the drug violence in graphic detail, posted pictures of the bodies. They show five men and four women hanged from an ...
Report: Facebook Sets IPO For May 18 - NPR
The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that the social networking company is set to start its roadshow on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. The roadshow, a series of meetings with prospective institutional investors, ...
Obama Targets Diploma Mills That Market To Vets - NPR
Some post-secondary schools target current and former military service members using deceptive military-themed websites that appear to be government-run or connected to the GI Bill benefit system, administration officials said.
12th Military Member Tied To Prostitution Scandal - NPR
The defense officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said he is an enlisted man. One of the officials said he is in the Army. Another of the officials said the soldier has been relieved of his duties at ...
Guinea-Bissau Junta, Parties Seek Post-Coup Accord - NPR
Another political party spokesman who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter said that most parties do not want to be associated with what is widely seen as a coup in the nation known for transiting cocaine to Europe.
AM Splash - NPR
Wells Fargo faces a US probe over allegations it neglects bank-owned homes in minority communities, according to a person briefed on the matter. At dawn, fire crews were mopping up hot spots in the home on Chrysler Drive that caught fire and was badly ...
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Instead, as the Baltimore Sun reports, Maryland officials say the person who bought the ticket in their state has asked to remain anonymous. They plan to hold a news conference Tuesday morning to at least provide a "storyline" about the Maryland winner ...
Yemen's Main Airport Reopens Day After Attack - NPR
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. At stake in this power struggle is the stability of the Arab world's poorest country. Al-Qaida has taken advantage of the last year's turmoil to seize ...
AP Sources: Army Investigates Afghan Massacre Site - NPR
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because of prohibitions against talking about the ongoing investigation into the March 11 killings. Investigators stayed away from the shooting sites for more than three weeks to avoid aggravating tensions ...
Mali Rebellion Fighting On Two Fronts - NPR
This young medical doctor, who chose to remain anonymous, says Malians are suffering and were fed up of the deposed government's mismanagement of the insurgency in the north. She hopes the junta will do better. UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: (Through translator) ...
Mali Rebels Attack Northern Town In Coup Aftermath - NPR
Both the soldier and the resident requested anonymity because they feared retribution. A government source in Niger who is talking to both sides of the conflict also confirmed the attack, but also asked for anonymity as he was not authorized to speak ...
Obama Could Face Election-Year Jam On Gay Marriage - NPR
A person close to the Obama campaign said the president's re-election team is wary of the platform effort and prefers to let the president move on the issue at his own pace. People familiar with the campaign's thinking requested anonymity in order to ...
Mali Sealed Off Financially After Coup - NPR
The Tuareg leaders' decision to attack came after more than a week of negotiations failed, said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the press. Kidal would be a major prize for the rebels, ...
Foreign Policy: Eating Cinnabon In Damascus - NPR
And they knew he'd be back," said one prominent businessman, who asked not to be named for fear of reprisal. The hotel's Damascus-based spokeswoman disputed the characterization, saying they were still making summer plans and hosting visiting ...
Source: Killer Didn't Send French Attacks Video - NPR
The channel said the video was received from an anonymous source on Monday and immediately passed it on to French police. It decided not to show the images. "In accordance with Al Jazeera's Code of Ethics, given the video does not add any information ...
Sources: Rebels, Army Negotiate In Northern Mali - NPR
The sources asked not to be named because the situation is dangerous. Kidal would be a major prize for the rebels, who relaunched their decades-old fight in mid-January, led by battle-hardened officers and troops who fought for Libyan dictator Moammar ...
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A military legal official for US forces in Afghanistan who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the case, noted that premeditated murder is not something that has to have been contemplated for a long time." According to the ISAF press release, ...
Yemen Protesters Demand Ex-President Face Trial - NPR
"The president sees the statement as biased in favor of the new administration," the official told The Associated Press on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media. Also Friday, Britain's Foreign ...
Gunman Kills 4 Outside Jewish School In France - NPR
He was not authorized to speak publicly and asked not to be identified. A 30-year-old rabbi and his 3-year-old and 6-year-old sons were killed Monday just before classes started at the Ozar Hatorah school, a junior high and high school in a quiet ...
Thousands Mourn Tibetan Self-Immolator In China - NPR
"All things here are fine," said the man, who, like many Chinese bureaucrats, refused to give his name. A man who answered the phone at Tongren's Yunlong Hotel, which is close to the funeral site, said he was unaware of any self-immolation or ...
APNewsBreak: New Case Of Afghan Killing Marine - NPR
Marine officials discussed the matter on condition of anonymity because it is still under investigation. When the Pentagon announced Dycus' death the day after the shooting, it said he died "while conducting combat operations" in Helmand.
Violent 'Emo Killings' Rattle Iraqi Youth - NPR
All officials spoke on condition of anonymity, as did many of the people interviewed for this article, in fear of violent reprisals. The Quran specifically forbids homosexuality, and Islamic militias in Iraq long have targeted gays in what they term ...
Volunteers Aid Lives Shattered By Japan Disaster - NPR
XAYKAOTHAO: This 67-year-old woman from the town of Namie asked not to be identified. She and her son just settled in after moving six times trying to avoid the radiation from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.