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Budget Battles

  • Patricia Dunn, Ex-HP Chairwoman, Dies at 58

    By JORDAN ROBERTSON

    Patricia Dunn, the former Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman who authorized a boardroom surveillance probe that ultimately sullied her remarkable rise from investment bank typist to the corporate upper...

  • FAA Chief on Leave After Drunken Driving Arrest

    By JOAN LOWY and MATTHEW BARAKAT

    FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt was placed on a leave of absence Monday and U.S. officials said his employment is under review following his arrest for drunken driving in suburban Northern Virginia...

  • WikiLeaks' Assange Can Continue Extradition Fight

    By DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was granted permission by judges Monday to continue his legal battle to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex crimes allegations — but was warned that his chances of...

  • Buddy Roemer: Will He Be the Third-Party Spoiler?

    By Eric Pianin

    After 20 years out of politics, former Louisiana governor Buddy Roemer is waging a long-shot bid for the Republican presidential nomination on a platform of political reform, tough treatment of China...

  • James Murdoch Blames Underlings For Hacking Coverup

    By DANICA KIRKA and RAPHAEL G. SATTER, JILL LAWLESS

    James Murdoch insisted Thursday he'd been kept in the dark about the culture of criminality at the now-defunct News of the World tabloid, telling a committee of often-skeptical British lawmakers that...