BOSTON – Gateway Inc. (GTW) Chief Executive Wayne Inouye has unexpectedly resigned, less than two years after he joined the struggling PC maker and orchestrated a reorganization, the company said on Thursday. Gateway, which last year reported its first net profit since 2000, said Inouye, 53, left to pursue other …

WASHINGTON – President Bush said Thursday the bombing of a revered Shiite shrine in Iraq was “an evil act” intended to create strife. As violence and bloodshed spread after the attack on the Samarra shrine known as the Golden Mosque, Bush said he appreciated that leaders from all aspects of …

WASHINGTON – Wal-Mart’s chief executive told America’s governors on Sunday that he needs their help to make health care more affordable and accessible for the retail giant’s 1.3 million U.S. employees because the company can’t do it alone. Lee Scott said Wal-Mart’s health care costs have risen 19 percent in …

BAGHDAD – — 250,000 Iraqi security forces are trained and equipped. — 95,500 Iraqi police and highway patrol are trained and equipped. — Iraq’s Army service members: 113,700. — Iraq’s Air Force service members 600. — Iraq’s Navy service members 800. — Iraq’s Defense Forces total 115,100. — Iraq’s Interior …

BOSTON – The debut novel of a Harvard University sophomore includes several passages that are similar to a work by another author published in 2001. Kaavya Viswanathan’s “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life” was published in March by Little, Brown and Co., which signed her …

MIAMI – Activity the Miami International Airport was briefly interrupted Tuesday after a suspicious package was found on a concourse, but authorities said it was not an explosive device. “It has been cleared at the airport as far as the evacuation,” said Lt. Veronica Ferguson, a Miami-Dade police spokeswoman. The …

WASHINGTON – A new spaceship could be ready to replace the nation’s aging shuttle fleet by 2011 — three years ahead of schedule — if lawmakers added money to NASA‘s proposed budget, the head of the space agency told a congressional panel on Tuesday. NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said that …

NEW YORK – The reputed head of the Gambino crime family pleaded guilty Thursday to federal racketeering and extortion charges after getting an assurance from a judge that he was not admitting he was a Gambino. Arnold Squitieri, 70, would get seven years and three months to nine years in …

All right, you know most of these things: Gas prices are skyrocketing; the Duke rape case is still making headlines with another possible arrest; the president’s poll numbers are down; immigration is still a challenging issue and there have been — and possibly will be more — White House changes. …

LOS ANGELES – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign has picked up a $44,600 donation from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg — the maximum contribution allowed under California law. The billionaire mayor contributed the money Friday, state records show. It’s not the first time Bloomberg has done a good turn for his …