probe begins after train, car collide - Independent Online
26 May 2012, 8:03 am
An investigation is under way after a family of five were injured when their car collided with a train at Vlottenburg Station near Stellenbosch on Friday. Train number 3419 was on its way from Cape Town to Muldersvlei when the accident occurred at 3.43pm ...

UN Monitors probe Reports of 90 Deaths in Syrian Town - Voice of America
26 May 2012, 5:40 am
A team of U.N. observers has arrived in the Syrian town of Houla, where activists say intense government shelling has killed at least 90 people since Friday, including 25 children. The attacks could further strain a fragile six-week-old cease ...

Transit police probe fatal vehicle accident at MBTA ferry boat terminal in Quincy - Boston Globe
26 May 2012, 2:48 am
Transit police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident early this morning at the MBTA’s ferry boat terminal in Quincy. The incident took place around 3:34 a.m. at the Harbor Express parking lot on Washington Street, according to ...

Haley accuses House speaker in ethics probe - RealClearPolitics
26 May 2012, 12:18 am
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is accusing House Speaker Bobby Harrell of inappropriately inserting himself into the House panel's probe into an ethics complaint against her. But Harrell says he's doing no such thing. Harrell spokesman Greg ...

Myspace settles privacy probe with FTC - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 11:28 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Myspace, the once-mighty social network ultimately toppled by Facebook, settled a privacy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to submit to privacy audits over the next 20 years. The settlement, over ...

Best Buy Chairman steps down after CEO probe - Yahoo Finance
25 May 2012, 3:36 pm
NEW YORK (AP) -- Best Buy's founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman of the beleaguered consumer-electronics chain after the company's investigation revealed that he failed to alert the board of directors when he learned that the CEO ...

Scott Walker Recall: Dem's Internal Poll Shows Dead Heat, Growing Awareness Of 'John Doe' probe - Huffington Post
25 May 2012, 12:37 pm
WASHINGTON -- The Wisconsin gubernatorial recall race is now a dead heat as voters have learned more about the corruption probe surrounding Gov. Scott Walker (R), according to a new internal poll for the campaign of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D).

SEC-Lehman probe, Cross-Border Card Fees, Fed: Compliance - Bloomberg
25 May 2012, 7:36 am
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigators have concluded their probe of possible financial fraud at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and determined that they probably won’t recommend any enforcement action against the firm or its ...

Vatican detains 'Pope's butler' as suspect in leaks probe - BBC News
24 May 2012, 6:57 pm
The Vatican says it has detained a person suspected of leaking a series of confidential documents and letters to the media. Reports citing unnamed sources said he was the Pope's personal butler. The "Vatileaks" scandal, as it is known, has ...

Lawmakers probe food contract for troops in Afghanistan - YAHOO!
24 May 2012, 12:02 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The lawmakers are investigating a billing dispute of at least $750 million between the main supplier of food to U.S. troops in Afghanistan and the Pentagon. The Pentagon says Supreme Foodservice GmbH overcharged it, but the ...