American Airlines’ parent company, AMR Corp., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday, and Chief Executive Gerard Arpey has retired.]]> Casey Anthony's parents have received several death threats in the two days since she was found not guilty of murder, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office in Florida.]]> The chief executive officer of NPR, Vivian Schiller, has departed following tumult over comments made by a National Public Radio executive about the "tea party." NPR made the announcement early Wednesday. "It is with deep regret that I tell you that the NPR Board of Directors has accepted the resignation of Vivian Schiller as President and CEO of NPR, effective immediately," the public broadcaster said in a statement. "The Board accepted her resignation with understanding, genuine regret, and great respect for her leadership of NPR these past two years."]]> There is a community of Arizonans who live in constant anxiety. They worry that their neighbors want to persecute them. They feel surrounded by hostile strangers. They believe that public opinion and public institutions have been mobilized to undermine their place in society.]]> In a relatively brief 1,540 word speech at Bagram Air Base in a surprise trip to Afghanistan, President Obama has framed the key elements of what America's post-Afghanistan game will look like: moving in 2013 to a full support role for an Afghan security and police force now standing with a personnel of more than 352,000. The full transition of roles and responsibility will be fully complete by the end of 2014.]]> If you want to feel optimistic about the state of things for unemployed, disengaged, and dissatisfied youths in America, here's a way. Spin a globe. Stop it with your finger. If you touch land, the overwhelming odds are that the young people in that country are doing much worse.]]> The scandal that has overshadowed President Obama’s attendance at a regional summit in Colombia keeps widening and now involves the military. The 11 agents who were put on administrative leave Saturday allegedly brought prostitutes back to their hotel rooms, reports the Washington Post. On Saturday, the Defense Department said five military service members staying at the same hotel were suspended for breaking curfew and unspecified “inappropriate conduct,” reports the Wall Street Journal.]]> The Republican-led House on Friday approved an amendment to a massive spending bill that would prohibit federal funding for Planned Parenthood.]]> In a poised and lively appearance before business executives in Woodbury on Thursday, Sarah Palin remained coy about whether she will run for president next year.]]> Borders Group Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday after five years of turnaround efforts failed to return the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based bookseller to health.]]>