Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has named Bret Mills as the state's new director of economic development.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says UNICEF chief Ann Veneman will not seek a second term.
Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. on Tuesday named Stephen Burke, the chief operating officer of Comcast Corp., to its board of directors.
Mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said Monday that one of its directors, Barbara T. Alexander, will not seek re-election when her term expires in March 2010.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it appointed Louis Silverman, CEO of Marina Medical Billing Service Inc., to its board.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Friday it appointed to its board Louis Silverman, CEO of Marina Medical Billing Service Inc.
Power company Ameren Corp. said on Friday that Stephen R. Wilson has been elected to its board.
Bookseller Borders Group Inc. said Thursday it amended its bylaws to allow holders of 10 percent or more of the company's outstanding shares to call a special meeting of shareholders, consistent with a proposal that was passed at its annual meeting in May.
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. approved a new leader Tuesday as part of an overhaul of the quasi-governmental agency, which has been criticized as ineffective in a state with a struggling economy and whose 12.9 percent unemployment rate is third worst in the nation.
A Romanian court has rejected the appeal of a British citizen convicted on manslaughter charges for causing a 2006 car accident that killed award-winning Romanian film director Cristian Nemescu.
Prosecutors want to boost sexual assault charges against the Academy Award-winning songwriter behind "You Light Up My Life," who already is accused of 11 casting-couch rapes.
A prominent mainland Chinese director banned by Beijing from making movies brought his new gay romance film to Hong Kong on Friday for what is likely the last of a handful of screenings on his home soil.
Academy Awards overseers have chosen an entertainment veteran to direct the next Oscar show.
The former head of the Idaho Transportation Department filed a lawsuit Friday against the agency, saying she was fired in a political power play to help Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter and his big campaign donors.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's finance director is stepping down after four years, leaving the administration to fill a key vacancy as the state faces what is expected to be another multibillion dollar deficit.
The former president of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute will be taking over as the new director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
The Senate has confirmed former United Mine Workers union official Joseph Main to head the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration.
Utility company Southern Co. said Monday Henry A. Clark III was elected to its board.
Financial software company Intuit Inc. said David Batchelder will be added to its board's slate of nominees standing for election at its 2009 annual shareholder meeting.
Yahoo Inc. director Maggie Wilderotter plans to step down from the slumping Internet company's board at the end of this year. The resignation will leave Yahoo with 11 directors.
Bank of America Corp. said Monday it appointed Charles "Chad" Holliday Jr. to its board of directors, effective immediately.
Conductor James Bagwell has been appointed music director of New York City's renowned Collegiate Chorale, succeeding the late Robert Bass.
A former State Department official under George W. Bush will lead the ex-president's think tank at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Homebuilder Meritage Homes Corp. said Friday it added Dana C. Bradford to its board, bringing the total number of directors to 7.
The Senate on Friday confirmed Dr. Francis Collins, a scientist who helped unravel the human genetic code, as director of the National Institutes of Health.
The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan had been courted by the US as a possible informant, US intelligence sources have said.
Speaking to CNN on Tuesday, DeMint defended his objection to the nomination, repeatedly insisting "there's a reason" why the TSA is not allowed to unionize, but never really outlining what that reason is.
"Rush Limbaugh is so "divisive" that to get him fired Leftie agitators have to invent racist sound bites to put in his mouth.
After directing the popular X-Men based comic book films, X-Men and X2: X-Men United, director Bryan Singer may be back in the X-Men director's chair for another X-Men movie sooner than fans may think, as Bryan Singer recently revealed he's in talks with Fox to possibly helm anot …
Switzerland would have arrested film director Roman Polanski on earlier visits to the country if justice authorities had been aware of his presence, a Swiss minister said.
Rosemary's Baby ("outdoes Hitchcock" — Roger Ebert), Chinatown ("outstanding" — Variety), and The Pianist ("definitive" — the New York Times) are fine films. They have been rightly honored and praised.
The grand jury transcripts of the sex abuse case paint a far more damaging picture of the events that allegedly unfolded between the director and a 13-year-old girl at Jack Nicholson's home in 1977. Q: Did you resist at that time?
so far this "czars" debate seems like a witch hunt egged on by sloppy reporting.
Sam Pointon, age 6, has been selected to be "Director of Fun" at the National Railway Museum in the United Kingdom.
The Oscar-winning composer and director behind You Light Up My Life raped 11 women he lured to his apartment with the promise of a starring role in a movie prosecutors said.
Was it an accident, greed or revenge for being locked up? A chimpanzee called Pedro made a name for himself on Monday by biting off the forefinger of Berlin Zoo's director.
A female teacher and a male school director prevented a potentially-disastrous traffic accident this morning (Fri) by stopping a school bus after the driver became incapacitated.
Tyler Perry has chosen R&B; superstar and nine-time Grammy winner Mary J. Blige to co-star in his next film, "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," due in theaters on Sept. 11.
The King of England, Henry VIII in rehab! Jonathan Rhys Meyers is in rehab for the third time. Hopefully three is a charm! I hope this brilliant actor can overcome his problem with alcohol.
TEMECULA ---- More than 200 dogs and cats were found dead and decomposing in plastic bags on a rural Temecula property Friday in a case one local animal control official is calling the worst she has seen in her 21-year career.
Dennis Blair, the man tapped to oversee U.S. intelligence is promising Congress there will be no torture, harsh interrogations and warrantless wiretapping on his watch.
Real-life tragedy nearly struck at a Florida theatre on Monday night, when an actor fired a live gun at a cast member's head.
Excerpt: While a Senior in High School Mark worked full time at a 1,000 watt radio station in Berwick, Pennsylvania. Mark worked 46 hours a week for a meager salary and all the 45's he could grab from Newberry's 5 & 10.
Though it went much deeper than the usual window dressing, essentially this doesn't speak anything negative about the Indian software industry's delivery model or capabilities..
His plays were masterpieces of artistic control. And even at his own funeral Harold Pinter made sure he exterted a director's influence.
Excerpt: KANSAS CITY, MO. — This is just what you need, in the aftermath of pumpkin pie and the advent of holiday parties: gross-out science about deep belly fat. In the annals of exercise research, increasingly the answer is "brisk walking."
ET confirms a director has been hired for 'New Moon,' the sequel to 'Twilight.' Chris Weitz has been hired to direct the film, which is based on the second book in author Stephenie Meyer's mega-popular vampire series.
Excerpt: Producers Chris Adams and Steve Kearney are joining with producer-director RJ Cutler to create a feature documentary about a true-life love story that played out on YouTube.com.
Steve Guttenberg, a movie actor and "Dancing with the Stars" personality, has appeared in an apparently amateur video on YouTube (as well as posted on countless other personal websites) as he is running naked through New York City's Central Park.