Breaking News Alert The New York Times Wed, April 13, 2011 -- 5:47 PM ET -----
Barry Bonds Guilty of Obstructing Justice in Steroid Case
Barry Bonds, the former outfielder who hit more career home runs than anyone else in baseball history, was convicted Wednesday of obstructing justice after a trial over whether he lied about taking steroids. But the jury failed to reach a verdict on other counts.
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Wed, April 13, 2011 -- 1:55 PM ET -----
Obama's Debt Plan Pairs Cuts With Higher Taxes on Rich
In a speech on Wednesday, President Obama called for cutting the nation's budget deficits by $4 trillion over the next 12 years, countering Republican budget plans with what he said was a more balanced approach that relies in part on tax increases for the wealthy as well as on spending cuts.
In a speech that serves as the administration's opening bid for negotiations over the nation's fiscal future, Mr. Obama conceded a need to cut spending, rein in the growth of entitlement programs and close tax loopholes, officials said shortly before he spoke.
But he also insisted that the government must maintain what he called investment in programs that are necessary to compete globally. And he made clear that, despite his compromise with Congressional leaders in December, Mr. Obama would fight Republicans to end lowered tax rates for wealthy Americans that have been in place since President George W. Bush championed them in the last decade.
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Mon, April 11, 2011 -- 10:02 AM ET -----
Former Leader of Ivory Coast Is Captured
The Ivory Coast strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, was captured on Monday after a week-long siege of his residence and placed under the control of his rival claimant to power, according to a senior American diplomat and news reports.
It remained uncertain whose forces had physically captured Mr. Gbagbo. Both French ground forces and troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast's election last year, had pressed into the city toward the residence where Mr. Gbagbo has been holed up.
