Former Senator Stevens Is Killed in a Plane Crash - Mr. Stevens died in a crash in Alaska on Monday. The former NASA administrator Sean O’Keefe was also on the plane but survived.
| New York Times - August 10, 2010

Senate approves Obama nominee Kagan to top court - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday approved President Barack Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, his second appointment to the high court that decides abortion, death penalty and other contentious cases.
| Reuters - August 5, 2010

Obama Signs Overhaul of Financial System - The law is a culmination of two years of lobbying and debate over how to respond to the excesses that caused the financial crisis.
| New York Times - July 21, 2010

Goldman Sachs agrees record fine - US banking giant Goldman Sachs agrees to pay $550m to settle civil fraud charges of misleading investors.
| BBC - July 16, 2010

George Steinbrenner, Who Built Yankees Into Powerhouse, Dies at 80 - Mr. Steinbrenner bought a declining Yankees team in 1973, and then, in an often tumultuous reign, placed his stamp on seven World Series championship teams.
| New York Times - July 13, 2010