An Israeli newspaper’s decision to publish a handwritten prayer left by Barack Obama in the cracks of Jerusalem’s Western Wall drew criticism Friday as an invasion of his privacy and his relationship with God.In the note, placed at Judaism’s holiest...

A written prayer that Barack Obama left this week in the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, asks God to guide him and guard his family, an Israeli newspaper reported Friday.”Lord _ Protect my family and me,” reads the note published...

A Wachovia Capital Markets analyst cut his ratings for five lodging companies on Thursday, predicting that revenue per available room will drop 3 percent in 2009 across the top 25 markets.Revenue per available room, or revpar, is considered a key gauge...

How much does it cost for a loaf of bread in Zimbabwe?With inflation raging at more than 100,000 percent, a loaf costs 50 million Zimbabwe dollars.Now, Zimbabweans will need only one bill to pay for it. Authorities on Friday introduced a new 50 million...

Text of Private First Class Jason Scheuerman’s neatly written suicide note, including misspellings and blacked out names:This I leave as my last message to those who I leave behind. I know you think Im a coward for this but in the face of existing as I...

The gunman who killed eight people in a mall shooting “just snapped,” he said in a hand-scrawled suicide note released Friday that combines love for his friends and family with nothing but contempt for his random victims.”I know everyone will remember...