CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. and Canadian health officials have approved the use of the medical isotopes created at a Polish nuclear reactor, a move that will help ease a shortage of the materials used in millions of diagnostic tests, health products provider Covidien said Thursday. The company said material from the Polish reactor should be available in the United States ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday praised Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd for his work on financial reform and pledged to work with him on a bid to overhaul banking rules. Geithner issued a statement not long after Dodd confirmed that a bipartisan Senate bid to craft new rules had collapsed. Dodd said he will unveil his ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former New Orleans police detective who now works as a U.S. immigration agent has pleaded guilty to helping cover up the shooting deaths of two people by police days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Jeffrey Lehrmann, 38, pleaded guilty to covering up the shooting and failing to report the conspiracy to prevent ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N> will increase its capital spending nearly 4 percent this year to $28 billion in part as the largest U.S. oil company seeks to increase its share of the global market for natural gas. Exxon, with huge liquefied natural gas projects in Qatar and its planned deal to buy U ...