CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Wells Fargo & Co's (WFC.N) chief financial officer will retire after taking nearly a half year of unpaid leave and will be replaced by the bank's administrative chief.The San Francisco-based bank's shares were down 2 percent to $33.40 in after-hours trading. The shares rose 2.3 percent on Tuesday before the…

WELLINGTON (AFP) – For decades, New Zealand has campaigned for museums to repatriate the mummified and heavily-tattooed heads of Maori warriors held in collections worldwide -- now it must decide what to do with the gruesome but culturally valuable relics. New Zealand's national museum Te Papa has more than 100 of the heads, known as…

A study by the Automobile Club of Southern California found that drunk driving incidents are 27% more likely to occur statewide on Super Bowl Sunday. Motorists need to be aware of the very real risks of impaired driving, especially on Super Bowl Sunday, says California injury lawyer Mike Bomberger of ESTEY BOMBERGER. San Diego, CA…

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Ben Hansbrough scored 25 points and Carleton Scott had 12 points and 11 rebounds to lead No. 9 Notre Dame to its fifth straight win, 76-69 victory over Rutgers on Sunday.The Irish (19-4, 8-3) reclaimed sole possession of second place in the Big East behind No. 4 Pittsburgh and will host…

MONTREAL – Dainius Zubrus and Ilya Kovalchuk scored 2:52 apart early in the first, sending the New Jersey Devils on to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Sunday.Martin Brodeur got his 615th career win despite leaving after the first period because of a bruised right leg. Brodeur stopped all 11 shots he faced…

LAHORE, Pakistan – A court on Thursday ordered the detention of an American official suspected in the shooting deaths of two Pakistanis extended by at least eight days, in defiance of U.S. demands the man be released immediately.The United States says the American, identified by Pakistanis as Raymond Allen Davis, has diplomatic immunity and is…

PITTSBURGH – Google Inc. has acknowledged that it trespassed when it took a photo of a Pittsburgh-area house for its Street View service, but will pay only $1 in damages to a couple who sued.U.S. District Magistrate Judge Cathy Bissoon on Thursday signed off on a consent judgment, a mutually agreed-upon verdict, between the Mountain…

NEW YORK – Americans are primping their lawns and maintaining their homes but holding back on large-scale remodeling, Home Depot's third-quarter net income results showed Tuesday.The largest U.S. home-improvement retailer said keeping a tight lid on expenses helped its third-quarter net income rise 21 percent, despite a lackluster 1 percent revenue increase.The results mirror Monday's…

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio – An Ohio man accused of keeping a 13-year-old girl bound and gagged in his basement spent six years in a Colorado prison for setting a fire to cover up a burglary and had been released from parole only a month ago.The teenager's mother and brother, along with a friend of her…

Apple held its annual iPod show this week and the Macalope's here to give you the final take-away. Truth be told, he's not even going to talk about Ping because he doesn't get it, but you know how it is with nerds: we can't pass up a chance to make .CalvinballThe "one more thing" at…