As far as unpleasant surprises go, Google hit Wall Street with a double whammy Thursday.

As far as unpleasant surprises go, Google hit Wall Street with a double whammy Thursday.
The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty _ the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.

D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray should have been more prepared for the waves of bad publicity that overtook his young administration and been able to turn the public's attention to his achievements and goals over the next four years, political analysts say.

Lance Armstrong just keeps rolling along.