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A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist. Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, …

NEW YORK – One of Kofi Annan’s (search) closest friends and colleagues is now in the crosshairs of Oil-for-Food investigators. Members of Paul Volcker’s Independent Inquiry Committee on Tuesday revealed that Iqbal Riza (search), the former chief of staff, shredded thousands of documents that might have shed light on Annan’s …

NEW YORK – Nielsen Media Research (search) outlined several steps Wednesday to better reflect the television viewing habits of blacks and Hispanics, including paying families more to measure what they watch. Nielsen also said it agreed with a task force’s recommendation that it purposely oversample minorities in the company’s research. …