BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumers and companies are vulnerable to hackers and identity thieves even after U.S. authorities arrested a man they said was a master hacker who stole 170 million credit and debit card numbers.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man who carried a fake bomb into New York’s LaGuardia Airport this month and disrupted air traffic nationwide is emotionally disturbed and unfit to stand trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Bill headed west-northwest over the open Atlantic Tuesday on a path toward Bermuda that would likely keep it clear of the U.S. East Coast but could spell trouble for Canada’s Maritime Provinces.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Wall Street Journal editor may pursue a racial discrimination case against her one-time employer, after alleging that she was fired because she is black, a federal judge has ruled.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of 24 state attorneys general is urging Congress to move quickly on legislation that would create a controversial new federal agency to police financial products, according to a letter released on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three men were indicted on Monday for allegedly stealing more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers in what U.S. authorities said they believe is the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Liberal Democrats warned President Barack Obama on Monday that a retreat on support for a government-run health insurance plan could endanger passage of major healthcare reform in Congress this year.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Credit Suisse Group AG broker was convicted by a federal jury of fraud for steering corporate clients into risky auction-rate securities, causing nearly $1 billion of losses.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - Investors who lost their life savings in certificates of deposit issued by Allen Stanford’s Antiguan bank told a congressional panel on Monday that U.S. regulators ignored warnings as early as 2003 that the accused swindler’s finances were questionable.

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A new high-tech helicopter that was designed to whisk U.S. President Barack Obama to safety in the event of a nuclear attack had a secret capability — cooking.