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Saddam Hussein Plotting to Regain Control?

And now the most intriguing two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Saddam’s Next Move? Exiled Iraqi military generals now returning to Iraq warn thatSaddam Hussein (search)from inside the country is plotting to regain control of …

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3 seamen held hostage by pirates after deadly attack on tanker off Nigeria are set free

ATHENS, Greece – Three seamen held hostage for about three weeks after pirates attacked their tanker off Nigeria have been freed and will be repatriated, the ship’s management company says. The men, two Greeks and a Pakistani, are currently undergoing medical examinations and receiving treatment in Nigeria, Aeolos Management said …

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FDIC closes Doral Bank in Puerto Rico; Banco Popular taking over most of rival's operations

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has shut down Puerto Rico-based Doral Bank. Banco Popular will take over most of the operations of what once the U.S. territory’s fourth largest bank. Doral Bank had $5.9 billion in total assets and $4.1 billion in total deposits. It …

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