WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT Barack Obama on Friday ordered 4,000 more US military troops into Afghanistan, vowing to 'disrupt, dismantle and defeat' the terrorist Al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan.
In a war that still has no end in sight, Mr Obama said the fresh infusion of US forces is designed to bolster the Afghan army and turn up the heat on terrorists that he said are plotting new attacks against Americans.
WASHINGTON - TOP US bankers supported President Barack Obama's plan to rid financial institutions of bad debts on Friday, but said there was no agreement on all issues.
'The basic message is we're all in this thing together,' Wells Fargo Chief Executive John Stumpf told reporters after the meeting, with other bank executives at his side.
NEW YORK - US SHARES swung lower on Friday on profit taking after a powerful rally on growing optimism that recession gripping the world's largest economy may be easing.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 148.70 points (1.88 per cent) at the closing bell to 7,775.86 after a rally that had pushed the blue-chip index up more than 20 per cent from March 9 lows.
WASHINGTON - ADULT Americans spend an average of more than eight hours a day in front of screens - televisions, computer monitors, cellphones or other devices, according to a new study.
The year-long study, observers recorded the exposure of 350 subjects to four categories of screens: traditional television, computers, mobile devices and other screens such as store displays, movie screens and even GPS navigation units.
