International Business News - TCD http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Isaac Zamora's mother begged him to get help when he was released from jail a month ago. State and federal laws prevented her from doing much more for the man who has now been arrested after a shooting spree in rural northwest Washington that left six people dead and four wounded. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/gunmans-rampage-shows-pitfalls-for-mentally-ill.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:44:22 EDT A somber police motorcade carried a slain deputy's body away from the scene of a bloody rampage Wednesday as investigators tried to determine what set off a shooting and stabbing spree that left six people dead and four wounded. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122152-shooting-rampage.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/6-dead-2-wounded-in-wash-state-shooting-spree.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/6-dead-2-wounded-in-wash-state-shooting-spree.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:22:31 EDT An E. coli outbreak linked to a restaurant in northeastern Oklahoma has sickened more than 200 people and killed at least one person, state health officials said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/e-coli-outbreak-in-oklahoma-kills-1-sickens-200.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:09:07 EDT The Furey brothers figure someone upstairs must be testing them. As John Furey sat on an island in the flooded kitchen of his brother Pat's home in Pearlington Tuesday, he pondered this latest forced exit from home. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/for-some-repeat-of-flooding-tests-their-faith.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:48:44 EDT Here are some tips from Chad Terry, director of retirement solutions at Principal Financial Group Inc. for making sure you don't miss minimum distributions from retirement accounts, which are required by the government at age 70 1/2: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/tips-on-taking-retirement-account-distributions.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:38:02 EDT There's some sentiment that a government rule that forces retirees to withdraw money from their IRA and 401(k) accounts when they turn 70 1/2 may need to be changed. That's because people are living longer and need to keep as much of their retirement money for as long as possible, said several financial advisers and a leader of the Senate Finance Committee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/retirement-account-rules-catch-many-by-surprise.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:19:39 EDT Ray Nagin's rhetoric was tough--calling Hurricane Gustav "the mother of all storms"--but his demeanor was confident and cool as he ordered the second evacuation of his city in three years. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/119735-katrina-anniversary.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gustav-gives-nagin-a-second-change-to-get-it-right.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080831/gustav-gives-nagin-a-second-change-to-get-it-right.htm Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:54:02 EDT Bacterial contamination has been found in well water at a northeast Oklahoma restaurant linked to an E. coli outbreak that killed a man and sickened dozens of others, state health officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/bacteria-in-water-at-okla-e-coli-outbreak-site.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:27:07 EDT After a decade at the final frontier, Star Trek: The Experience is going where no Las Vegas Strip attraction wants to go. With a decommissioning ceremony--as befits any great vessel--the exhibit and its replica of the starship Enterprise are closing Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/118756-star-trek-voyage-ending.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/trekkies-pay-final-visits-to-las-vegas-attraction.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/trekkies-pay-final-visits-to-las-vegas-attraction.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:14:02 EDT Federal authorities say they found more than 100 guns at the home of a former Boeing Co. worker charged with sending bomb threats to some of the company's top executives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/former-boeing-worker-charged-with-bomb-threats.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:08:21 EDT Federal authorities say they found more than 100 guns at the home of a former Boeing Co. worker charged with sending bomb threats to some of the company's top executives. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/former-boeing-worker-charged-with-bomb-threats.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:11:05 EDT Making decision about retirement savings can be complicated. Many workers may see recent drops in the value of their employer-sponsored 401(k) programs and question whether they should be making changes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/answers-to-401-k-plan-questions.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:16:32 EDT The New York Jets announced a personal seat license plan that will cost some season-ticket holders between $4,000 and $25,000, but spares thousands of upper-level seats from the new fee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/jets-announce-seat-license-plan-upper-deck-spared.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:36:19 EDT A man waving a knife hijacked a jetliner carrying about 100 people Tuesday in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, forcing it to land at a World War II-era airfield in the heart of the Sahara Desert in neighboring Libya, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/sudan-plane-hijacked-in-southern-darfur.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:19:36 EDT George Clooney and Brad Pitt, whose schedule now includes the care of newborn twins, were expected to make two appearances at the Venice Film Festival this week. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116797-aptopix-italy-venice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/clooney-pitt-to-walk-red-carpet-walk-for-charity.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/clooney-pitt-to-walk-red-carpet-walk-for-charity.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:37:50 EDT Never mind those stinging "celebrity" ads, or the rebuttal by Paris Hilton. Musicians, artists and Hollywood types are descending on Denver--and so what if Barack Obama doesn't need their star power? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/west-lopez-daughtry-among-stars-in-denver.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:59:52 EDT Never mind those stinging "celebrity" ads, or the rebuttal by Paris Hilton. Musicians, artists and Hollywood types are descending on Denver--and so what if Barack Obama doesn't need their star power? http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/west-lopez-daughtry-among-stars-in-denver.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:18:02 EDT Sudan's president says the genocide charges leveled against him are part of a global campaign to topple his government, divide the country and steal its oil resources. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080823/sudan-leader-genocide-charges-meant-to-topple-him.htm Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:04:20 EDT A student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate Thursday at a high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/report-1-wounded-in-shooting-at-tenn-school.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:03:24 EDT When Sudan's president landed in this remote western Darfur town, he was warmly greeted by a man who by all logic should be his mortal enemy--a tribal chief the Sudanese leader is charged with trying to exterminate. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112432-mideast-darfur-fine-line.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/darfur-tribal-chiefs-throw-in-with-al-bashir.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/darfur-tribal-chiefs-throw-in-with-al-bashir.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:08:23 EDT