Congress Approves Debt Relief Measure For Haiti Congress is calling for the United States to take the lead in relieving earthquake-shattered Haiti of its debts to international institutions. The House approved by voice vote Wednesday and sent to President Barack Obama legislation that instructs U.S. directors at the International Monetary Fund and other global development institutions to use their votes and influence to cancel Haiti's debt. Debt relief is one of several approaches to helping Haiti recover from the January earthquake that took ...

Activision sues two fired developers Call of Duty designers Jason West and Vincent Zampella violated their contracts, the game publisher alleges in its countersuit. Activision Blizzard Inc. came out with guns blazing Friday in its legal battle with two former lead developers of Call of Duty, the video game publisher's multibillion-dollar franchise. In a lawsuit that read like a dramatic Hollywood script, Activision claimed it fired Jason West and Vincent Zampella in March because the two "morphed from valued, responsible executives into insubordinate ...

U.S. weighs second penalty against Toyota Federal safety regulators find that 'two separate defects' exist in sticking accelerator pedals, but that the ongoing recall may address only one. Federal safety regulators are weighing a second penalty against Toyota Motor Corp. for its handling of the recall of 2.3 million cars and trucks with accelerator pedals that can stick and cause sudden acceleration. In a letter sent to Toyota this week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said its investigation found that "two separate ...

Acai Berry Diet Exposed: Miracle Diet or Scam? Acai berries are the latest weight loss fad. These so called Super Foods that you take as a supplement to lose weight have been getting a lot of international attention. And like you have probably already seen; they are all over the internet in blogs and success stories of people who have apparently used the pills and lost a ton of weight. But we here at News 6 are a little skeptical and ...

Peter and Benjamin Bratt are on a mission 'La Mission' fulfills their long-time dream of making a film about San Francisco's Mission District, where they grew up. When Peter and Benjamin Bratt were growing up in San Francisco, the city's Mission District was the soul of their compact universe. It was where their mother, a single parent, worked as a registered nurse and political organizer. It was where the boys and their siblings went to school and played in recreation centers. Named for ...

Key antiabortion Democrat retiring Stupak, of Michigan, appears to be the first big casualty of the healthcare overhaul. Reporting from Washington After receiving threatening late-night calls at home and having the term "baby killer" shouted as he spoke on the House floor, Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan on Friday became perhaps the most prominent casualty of the healthcare debate, announcing that he will retire from Congress. His announcement added to the problems of Democrats fearful of losing their majority in the November midterm election. Conservative ...

Four missing miners found dead The grim discovery in West Virginia makes it the worst mining disaster in the U.S. in 40 years. Reporting from Montcoal, W.Va. The remains of all four miners missing from the devastating explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine were found by rescue crews late Friday night, ending a desperate, four-day search for men who authorities now say were killed by the blast Monday afternoon. "We did not receive the miracle we prayed for," West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin ...

Man arrested on suspicion of killing ex-girlfriend's dog, dumping it in trash Rommel Marzan, an engineer with the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, said he had accidentally fallen on the small Maltese. A municipal water district engineer was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after he allegedly killed a former girlfriend's dog and dumped the small Maltese in a West Hills trash bin, investigators said Friday. Rommel Marzan, 44, was arrested Tuesday after investigators deemed that his story that he had fallen on ...

Suspect in Valley Village massacre is named Nerses Arthur Galstyan, accused in the slayings of four men, is at large and considered armed and very dangerous. He has also been indicted on federal weapons charges. Los Angeles police said Friday that they are searching for a 28-year-old suspected gun dealer in connection with the massacre of four men at a San Fernando Valley restaurant. Nerses Arthur Galstyan is considered to be armed and very dangerous and is still at large somewhere in the ...

Exhibit reflects Camp Pendleton's role as refuge for Vietnamese 'Images at War's End' shows weddings, baptisms, Buddhist ceremonies, even a hula hoop contest. Refugees say they think often of their experiences at the base. A few years ago, Faye Jonason received a call from a Vietnamese couple from Roseville, Calif., who asked if she had a photo of their wedding. The couple were married at one of the "tent cities" erected at Camp Pendleton that housed tens of thousands of Vietnamese refugees ...