NEW EPISODE! Sun., Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. ET Hosted by Oliver North Come along as “War Stories with Oliver North” returns to Iraq for the 7th time since Operation Iraqi Freedom began. Oliver North and the team go inside the last minute negotiations and behind-the-scenes deal-making in Al-Anbar province …

SAN FRANCISCO – IBM (IBM), the world’s biggest computer services company, said Tuesday that quarterly profit rose, helped by its consulting business and sales of large computers to businesses. Net income climbed to $3.19 billion, or $1.99 per share, in the fourth quarter from a restated $2.83 billion, or $1.67 …

DETROIT – General Motors Corp. (GM) expects to achieve about $4 billion in savings this year as the world’s largest automaker implements its North American turnaround plan, CEO Rick Wagoner said Friday. In a statement preceding a conference call with analysts, Wagoner said the company is working to implement its …

NEW YORK – Under the glare of off-duty police officers packing a Bronx courtroom, “Sopranos” actor Lillo Brancato Jr. and a co-defendant were arraigned Monday on charges that they killed a policeman who confronted them during a burglary. Scores of other officers who couldn’t squeeze into the gallery milled in …

MILWAUKEE – Witness testimony, cell phone records and other evidence show that five Democratic campaign workers punctured tires on vehicles Republicans intended to use to get out the vote on Election Day 2004, a prosecutor told jurors in closing arguments Thursday. The son of a congresswoman and the son of …

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s president on Wednesday blamed “the occupiers of Iraq” — inferring the United States and Britain — for two bombings that killed at least nine people in the southwestern city of Ahvaz. The foreign minister said the bombers were supported by the British military, which is based …

DEDHAM, Mass. – A dominatrix was acquitted of manslaughter Monday in the death of a man who prosecutors say suffered a heart attack while strapped to a replica of a medieval rack. Barbara Asher, a 56-year-old woman who called herself Mistress Lauren M, was also cleared of dismemberment. Prosecutors said …

The Tampa Tribune says officials in Florida want to change the name of Slave Canal in Jefferson County as part of wide-ranging, statewide efforts to remove insensitive monikers from the map. The canal through a secluded swamp near Nutall Rise is so named because it was dug by slaves in …

This is a partial transcript of “The Big Story With John Gibson,” December 12, 2006, that has been edited for clarity. JOHN GIBSON, HOST: It is “Big Justice” time now. The feds just arrested an illegal immigrant, but did they also arrest a potential terrorist? A Rhode Island driving school …

Venture capitalists are offering start-ups better deal terms than they were four years ago, according to a new report by Dow Jones VentureOne, a venture capital research firm. “A saner investment climate has led to healthier companies, better able to negotiate favorable terms,” said Russell Garland, editor of the report, …