NEW YORK, July 18 (Reuters) – Relatives of victims of the
Sept. 11 attacks have asked to meet the FBI and the U.S.
Justice Department to discuss the agencies’ preliminary inquiry
into reports that News Corp (NWSA.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) reporters may have tried
to hack the phones of 9/11 victims.

U.S. authorities have acknowledged they are looking into a
report by Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper that reporters with
the rival News of the World offered to pay a New York police
officer for private phone records of some 9/11 victims.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Scrutiny of the accuser in the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn intensified on Saturday after more revelations about her conduct following the purported May 14 attack.

A judge released Strauss-Kahn from house arrest and lifted strict bail conditions on Friday after prosecutors discovered a pattern of lying in her background, although serious charges including sexual assault and attempted rape remain in place against the man once seen a top French presidential contender.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – She lied about being gang-raped in her home country. She cheated on her taxes. And she changed details of her story about being sexually assaulted by a man once seen as the next president of France.

These were some of the devastating charges laid out by prosecutors about the hotel maid who accuses former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – When President Barack Obama cited cost as a reason to bring troops home from Afghanistan, he referred to a $1 trillion price tag for America’s wars.

Staggering as it is, that figure grossly underestimates the total cost of wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the U.S. Treasury and ignores more imposing costs yet to come, according to a study released on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Anthony Weiner vowed to remain in office on Thursday despite increasing pressure for him to resign for sending lewd pictures of himself to women over the Internet and then lying about it.

“I’m not,” Weiner told the New York Post when asked if he was going to resign.

NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Anthony
Weiner vowed to remain in office on Thursday despite increasing
pressure for him to resign for sending lewd pictures of himself
to women over the Internet and then lying about it.

“I’m not,” Weiner told the New York Post when asked if he
was going to resign.

NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Anthony
Weiner vowed to remain in office on Thursday despite increasing
pressure for him to resign for sending lewd pictures of himself
to women over the Internet and then lying about it.

“I’m not,” Weiner told the New York Post when asked if he
was going to resign.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) – Calls for U.S.
Representative Anthony Weiner’s resignation, including from
some fellow Democrats, mounted on Wednesday, two days after he
confirmed details of an online sex scandal.

Word also emerged that the wife he has publicly humiliated
is pregnant.

Democrats in Congress, distancing themselves from the once
rising liberal Democratic political star, are becoming
increasingly concerned about the political fallout.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner withstood calls for him to resign over his online sex scandal on Wednesday as word emerged that the wife he has publicly humiliated is pregnant.

Huma Abedin, 35, an aide to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who married the congressman a year ago, is in the early stages of pregnancy with the couple’s first child, the New York Times reported, citing three unnamed people with knowledge of the situation.

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Representative Anthony Weiner withstood calls for him to resign over his online sex scandal on Wednesday as word emerged that the wife he has publicly humiliated is pregnant.

Huma Abedin, 35, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who married the congressman a year ago, is in the early stages of pregnancy with the couple’s first child, the New York Times reported, citing three unnamed people with knowledge of the situation.