Shareholders of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today elected eleven directors at the company’s annual meeting of shareholders and voted to support six of the seven proposals submitted by AIG. Proposal 3, an amendment to increase the authorized number of shares of AIG Common Stock, was not approved.

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THE Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has left open the option of a federal takeover of public hospitals despite rejection of the idea by four state governments.

Boris Pokrovsky dominated Soviet opera for over 50 years and his productions – lavish, traditional, even sometimes staid – defined the Bolshoi style. But his chamber opera company often moved in a very different direction.

Michael Jackson's body will be taken to his Neverland Ranch on Thursday morning for a public viewing Friday, a law enforcement source said Tuesday.

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So wasted on drugs, he couldn't put fork in his mouth The Sun Jackson's nutritionist also told how she refused him powerful sedative Diprivan - but got a call from one of his staff four days before his death that made ... and more »

From the San Diego Bay to Legoland, fireworks will be set off throughout the county on the Fourth of July. Courtesy On the beach, at the fair, aboard a ship -- there are plenty of places to get your pyrotechnic fix on July 4. And thanks to the calendar gods, those super-flashy displays happen on Saturday this year (unless otherwise noted). Check 'em out: Big Bay Boom 2009: 9 p.m. Fireworks will ...

Roadhouse BBQ on Beacon Street will stop using the 4,500-pound smoker it has used to cook meat since the fall, after neighbors complained about the smoky smell, according to town officials.

For those who commented that I didn't know what I was talking about in my recent article about the AIG Reverse Stock Split of twenty...