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WASHINGTON (AP) — Did the CIA's harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects bring crucial information that could not have been obtained another way? CIA chief John Brennan says the answer cannot be known. The Senate torture report this week asserted that none of the CIA's techniques provided critical, life-saving intelligence. Brennan told a news conference today that valuable intelligence did come from the interrogations. But he conceded that it is impossible to know whether the detainees provided that information because of the "enhanced interrogation techniques."
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian government is blaming Israel for the sudden death of a Palestinian Cabinet minister following a confrontation between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers yesterday. The Palestinians say preliminary autopsy results indicate that the man died from a blow to the body. But Israeli doctors say he had a heart attack. Angry Palestinians are calling on their leaders to stop security cooperation with Israeli forces in the West Bank.
NEW YORK (AP) — A rally on the stock market has fizzled by day's end, as the price of oil sank. Lower energy prices are a boon to consumers, but they also hurt companies that drill for oil. Retail stocks rose after the U.S. government reported a pickup in sales last month. Home Depot rose 1.3 percent. The Dow, which had been up by 225 points earlier in the day, finished with a gain of 63 points. The S&P rose nine, and the Nasdaq gained 24 points. Oil fell 99 cents to $59.95 a barrel in New York -- it's first time under the 60-dollar level since 2009.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton says he must be on somebody's fantasy football league team -- and he thinks that "somebody" is "the man upstairs." Newton says he feels lucky to be alive, after the two-car accident this week that left him with two fractures in his lower back. The quarterback for the NFL's Carolina Panthers was back at the team's facility today, a day after being released from the hospital. He won't be playing on Sunday, and his status will be re-evaluated next week.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's a victory for labor unions today from the National Labor Relations Board. It says employees can use their company email accounts for union organizing and for other workplace-related purposes, if they do it on their own time. The ruling says once an employer gives an employee access to the company email system, the business can't restrict what the employee emails -- as long as it is generally workplace-related, and it isn't done during working hours.
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