Ernst & Young LLP, the Big Four auditor that failed to keep Lehman Brothers from misleading investors about its financial condition, still can't get its facts straight.Recently, after Lehman's bankruptcy examiner accused Ernst & Young of malpractice in a re....

The four lawyers who ran Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, the firm that got investors $45 billion from securities lawsuits against publicly traded companies, are reacquainting themselves with life on the outside now that they've left prison. "I am enjoyin....

FedEx Corp. chief Fred Smith said United Parcel Service Inc. is being "disingenuous" in trying to remove FedEx workers from a strike-limiting labor law that the companies considered backing jointly almost a decade ago. FedEx and UPS, the two largest U.S. cargo sh....

Man is that thing ugly. Not just homely—willfully, thoughtfully, ugly. I kind of like it. Nissan Motor Co. calls it the Cube, a five-passenger thingamajig that came to the U.S. last year, the third generation of a vehicle that's been on sale in Japan for more than a de....

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some homeowners who sign up for the government's mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores.For borrowers who are making their payments on time but are on the verge of default, the Obama administration's loan m....

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Four men accused of trying to bomb synagogues and shoot down planes in New York last spring did little more than go along with a fake plot proposed, directed and funded by the federal government, defense lawyers claim in asking the court to dismiss ....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eighteen Rhode Island children poisoned by lead paint have settled lawsuits against their former landlords.Vincent Greene, a lawyer representing the children, announced the settlements Friday but said the terms were confidential.Greene says th....

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia officials have told the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that her advocacy group has been improperly soliciting funds.The state Office of Consumer Affairs says Liberty Central Inc. failed to register with the office as requ....

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former Vicksburg police officer convicted of taking bribes to protect what he thought were shipments of cocaine into the city has asked a federal judge to throw out his sentence.In a motion filed this week in federal court in Jackson, Kevin Dewayn....

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Agriculture has failed to enforce penalties against some who falsely marketed foods as organic, according to an internal department investigation.A report by the agency's inspector general says the agency needs to step up enforceme....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey and several schoolgirls allegedly abused at her academy in South Africa are expected to testify at an upcoming trial in Philadelphia.The school's former headmistress is suing Winfrey for defamation over remarks Winf....

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensively for historic health care legislation Friday, striving to resolve a last-minute dispute over Medicare while gaining another precious "yes" 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.With....

PLATTSMOUTH, Neb. (AP) — The attorney for a crime-scene investigator on trial in an evidence-tampering case is expected to begin calling witnesses to testify in his client's defense.But it remains unclear whether Steve Lefler on Friday will call to the stand his clie....

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The ACLU of Iowa is looking into a complaint about a Christmas display at the Winnebago County courthouse in Forest City.It's investigating whether officials violated the Constitution by displaying the Nativity scene for more than three months....

ANNISTON, Ala. (AP) — A lawyer and accountant for an Anniston judge say tax claims against him have been overstated by a collection company.Calhoun County probate records show Circuit Court Judge Joel Laird and his business, the Courthouse Cafe, face multiple tax liens d....

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor is urging the Ohio Supreme Court not to hear the appeal of Tom Noe (NOH'-ee), the central figure in the state's rare coin investment scandal.The former Republican fundraiser was convicted in 2006 of stealing from a fund he managed....

NEW YORK (AP) — An assistant manager at the World Trade Center visitor center has been charged with stealing more than $40,000.The alleged thefts occurred between August and February. Authorities said security cameras were installed after an audit showed that cash regist....

LYNN, Mass. (AP) — The family of a 13-year-old Lynn boy allege in a $35 million lawsuit against the city that their son was pushed down stairs at school, leaving him with a spinal injury that requires him to use a wheelchair.The suit filed by attorney Donald Grady on beh....

BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A judge in Bardstown has sentenced a minister to five years in prison in the death of a 13-year-old boy.Derick Coulter's attorney said in court Thursday that his client made a bad decision in letting Jamie Mitchell drive his sport utility vehicl....

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America has long kept an extensive archive of secret documents that chronicle the sexual abuse of young boys by Scout leaders over the years.The "perversion files," a nickname the Boy Scouts are said to have used for th....

SEATTLE (AP) — School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.And some have now resorted to placing advertisements on school ....

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland's official song may include a line about "Northern scum" left over from the Civil War era, but the state isn't feeling so Southern anymore.Though Marylanders live just south of the Mason-Dixon Line, their attitudes and eve....

Mexican tourism revenue may decline for a second year as violent clashes between drug gangs and a weak U.S. job market threaten to spoil its spring break party. Cancun and Acapulco hotels are seeing a smaller-than-normal influx of college-age revelers this month after rece....

If a surgeon cuts open your chest and implants a device meant to shock your heart into beating regularly, you are counting on the thing not short-circuiting. You assume every aspect of its manufacture, each change in the process, has been reviewed and approved by proper au....

Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home-improvement retailer, plans to cut prices on petunias and patio furniture starting today to help meet its goal of increasing annual sales for the first time in five years. Home Depot will increase its marketing through newspaper circu....