The World Bank's bleak forecast for the world economy has dragged stocks to their biggest loss in two months. Almost all the major stock indices tumbled.

The federal authorities formally filed new felony charges against the hacker that illegally accessed the Yahoo e-mail account of the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, on Monday.

International Paper Co., the world's largest maker of cardboard boxes and office paper, slashed its quarterly dividend by 90 percent to preserve cash, joining other high-profile U. S. companies that have done the same, due to recession.

Last week, General Electric cut its dividend 68 percent, and JPMorgan Chase & Co reduced its dividend by 87 percent.

A Tennessee woman has been charged with lying about having breast cancer and accepting hundreds of hours of donated leave from her city government co-workers. 38-year-old Keele Maynor, the former Chattanooga city employee has been arrested Thursday in Union City, Ga.

The New England Patriots have signed up former Tennessee Titans general manager Floyd Reese as part of a reorganization of the team's front office. Reese has been responsible for building the Tennessee Titans' 1999 AFC championship team and might be able to provide invaluable expertise in talent evaluation and contracts.

Nashville, Tennessee. Voters have rejected a proposal making all government business to be done in English. There were 25,573 votes against the proposed amendment and 20,329 in favor.

If the referendum had got a clearance, the only possible government exceptions to the English-only law would have been health and safety.

Renewed efforts to get women to undergo regular pap tests are underway with a new poster campaign in Forth Valley as a part of Tennessee's participation in the nationwide observance of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

Antipsychotic drugs which are prescribed for schizophrenia, autism and dementia can make the patients twice susceptible to death due to sudden heart failure.

The drugs in question have replaced the older and much cheaper drugs on the premise that they are more effective.

A study, released Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that patients with advanced Parkinson's disease had a better response to a pacemaker like devise implanted in the brain than drugs and therapy did

CLARCOR Inc. has acquired the Keddeg Company, a privately-owned manufacturer of aviation filtration products, for undisclosed amount.

Under the arrangement, Keddeg will operate as a member of CLARCOR's Purolator Advanced Filtration Group which is part of CLARCOR's Industrial/Environmental Filtration segment.