Ameritrade To Scoop Up TD Waterhouse USA

Ameritrade Holding Corp. is acquiring rival TD Waterhouse USA from Toronto-Dominion Bank in a $2.9 billion all-stock deal. The combined company will be called TD Ameritrade.

Life-long Pedophile Could Face 105-Year Sentence

Dean Arthur Schwartzmiller, ducking courtroom cameras, made his first court appearance since his arrest on extensive child molestation charges. The alleged 63-year-old pedophile faces a maximum of 105 years to life in prison if convicted.

Solar-Sail Launch Fails

It was certainly a disappointment to the privately funded US-Russian effort as their shoestring $4 million worth of revolutionary technology failed to reach its orbit, and may be laying in pieces in the Arctic.