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Ignoring warnings North Korea continues to fire projectiles

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:25:10 -0400

PYONGYANG - North Korea continued to fire short range projectiles into waters off its east coast for a third straight day on Monday, officials here said, despite warnings from the US and South Korea against increasing tensions. The North has conducted six such firings since Saturday, in what are believed to be tests of short-range guided missiles or rockets from multiple launchers, officials ...

Actavis buying Warner Chilcott in $8.5bn deal

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:34 -0400

WASHINGTON/ DUBLIN - Actavis Inc, the largest US generic drug maker by market value, is acquiring Dublin-based Warner Chilcott in a deal worth $8.5billion (5.6billion pounds) including $3billion net debt, to create the third-biggest specialty pharmaceutical company in the country. Under the deal, Actavis, which itself has been the subject of bid speculation, would be offering $5billion in ...

New business jet Challenger 350 launched by Bombardier

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:21 -0400

GENEVA - Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier has expanded its leading Challenger family of business jets with the launch of the new Challenger 350 aircraft in collaboration with global leader in private aviation, US firm NetJets. The launch on Monday was held at a special event here at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (EBACE). Bombardier said deliveries of the ...

Moscow safer than New York Russian minister

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:10:01 -0400

Russian police reforms have proved so successful that, in some areas, Moscow outperforms New York on safety, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev has boasted while on a visit to the US. Kolokoltsev made the claims during a meeting in New York late Monday with New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly. "We have compared the crime situation in Moscow and New York, factoring in the ...

Shocking lawsuit claims NY high schools admissions policy racially biased

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:20:01 -0400

New York City high school admissions policies are racially biased against black and Hispanic students. A lawsuit filed in a federal civil rights complaint said that parents and activists have charged the school. According to the New York Daily News, in the complaint, filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights, the parents and their lawyers call for a federal investigation and overhaul of a ...

US charges three NYU researchers for taking bribes from Chinese company

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:50:03 -0400

Three New York University researchers from China divulged results from a federally funded study to Chinese competitors in exchange for tuition, rent and other expenses. Federal prosecutors said that Yudong Zhu, a U.S.-educated NYU professor, and Xing Yang, a lab engineer, were released on bail after appearing in federal court in Manhattan to face commercial bribery and other charges. According ...

US senators approve immigration changes requiring fingerprint system at 30 airports

Tue, 21 May 2013 05:10:02 -0400

Every foreigner leaving America from any of the country's 30 busiest airports will have to undergo mandatory fingerprinting under an amendment senators have added to a new immigration bill. Lawmakers called it a step towards a more expansive biometric system that would use identifiers such as fingerprints to keep track of immigrants and visitors exiting the U.S. Currently no such system is in ...

Obama admin to hand over some CIA drone operations to Pentagon

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:03 -0400

US President Barack Obama's administration has decided to give the Pentagon control of some drone operations against terrorism suspects overseas that are currently run by the CIA, according to several US government sources. Obama has pledged more transparency on controversial counterterrorism programs, and giving the Pentagon the responsibility for part of the drone program could open it to ...

U.S. condemns Hezbollahs intervention in Syrian conflict

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:10:02 -0400

Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The United States on Monday denounced Hezbollah for siding with the Syrian government forces in their battle against the rebels in Syria's central city of al-Qussair. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said his country condemned the "direct intervention" by the Shiite militant group in neighboring Lebanon, as its fighters were playing "a significant role" ...

Miranda Kerr flashes bare boobs on Miami Beach

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400

Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ...

Mary J. Blige hit with $3.4m tax bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:02 -0400

American singer Mary J. Blige has been slapped with a 3.4-million-dollar bill by Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS filed a federal tax lien against the 42-year-old singer, claiming that she failed to pay all her income taxes for 3 years 2009 (574,907.30 dollars), 2010 (2,203,743.53 dollars) and 2011 (647,604.60 dollars), TMZ.com reported. Meanwhile, the State of New Jersey has claimed ...

Chicago man crushes Ferris Wheel ride world record

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:10:01 -0400

A man from Chicago rode Ferris Wheel for more than two days - 384 times, up and around - to break the existing world record. Clinton Shepherd, a park operations manager of Chicago's Navy Pier, who spent 48 hours, 8 minutes and 25 seconds riding Navy Pier's Ferris wheel over the weekend, said that he thought that Chicago - birthplace of the ride - should have the title, People magazine reported. ...

Paraguay becomes South Americas used car paradise

Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:02 -0400

Paraguay has become the main destination in South America for used cars from Japan, the US and other countries, thanks to new regulations aimed at making it easier to import automobiles so low-income consumers can purchase vehicles. Used cars are all the rage in Paraguay, where vehicles that have been shipped from thousands of kilometers away are put to use as soon as they are repaired and made ...

US Sees Climate of Intolerance on Global Religious Freedom

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:12 -0400

The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is uneven ...

Burmese Presidents White House Visit a Reward for Reforms

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:11 -0400

Burmese President Thein Sein is visiting the White House, becoming the first leader of his nation to do so in nearly half a century. It marks the latest U.S. effort to reward him for introducing reforms after decades of military rule. The White House meeting with President Barack Obama also represents a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of ...

Past Differences Hamper US-Russian Efforts to Help Syria

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:06 -0400

Public diplomacy experts say a difference in perceptions dating back to the Cold War era could hamper U.S. and Russian efforts to deal with the ongoing civil war in Syria. Heritage Foundation senior fellow Helle Dale said there is a "love-hate" relationship between the United States and Russia that is "quite complicated." On VOA's Encounter program, Dale said she agrees with an ...

Obama Praises Burma Reforms Calls For End to Attacks on Muslims

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:04 -0400

U.S. President Barack Obama praised Burma's president on Monday for his leadership in pushing through political reforms, while warning that ethnic and communal violence targeting minority Muslims in Burma must stop. Mr. Obama spoke Monday at the White House, alongside Burmese President Thien Sein, the former general who in 2011 became president after Burma's first democratic polls in more than ...

President Obama To Visit Senegal South Africa Tanzania

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:03 -0400

The White House says U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Africa this summer, visiting three countries. In a statement Monday, the White House says President Obama along with his wife, Michelle, will travel to Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania in late June and early July. The administration says Obama will meet with government officials as well as leaders from business, civil ...

Wave of Attacks Kills At Least 76 in Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:15:02 -0400

A wave of car bombings and suicide attacks against Shi'ite Muslims ripped through Iraqi cities Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding scores more, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew from the country in December 2011. The attacks increased the number of Iraqis killed in sectarian clashes over the past week to more than 200, including 70 who died Friday in ...

Chicago Gun Law Bars Historic Guns From Museum Displays

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:00:24 -0400

Chicago's stringent gun laws are so severe they border on the absurd. It has just been brought to the attention of Chicago Alderman Edward Burke that Chicago ...

Arias asks jury to give her life in prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

Jodi Arias points to her family as a reason for the jury to give her a life in prison sentence instead of the death penalty on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix. (AP Photo/The Arizona ...

No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

An aerial view shows the Monday tornado's path through a residential area Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Moore, Okla. A huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school. (AP Photo/Tony ...

Idaho man facing terror charges will remain jailed

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:33 -0400

This undated image provided by the Idaho State Police shows Fazliddin Kurbanov. Kurbanov, an Uzbekistan national, pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance Friday, May 17, 2013 on U.S. charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack there. (AP Photo/Idaho State ...

Oklahoma schools hit by tornado had no safe rooms

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:32 -0400

MOORE, Okla. -; An emergency official says Oklahoma has reinforced tornado shelters in hundreds of schools across the state, but the two that were hit by this week's storms in suburban Oklahoma City did not have ...

Miles and minutes Okla. tornado by the numbers

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:30 -0400

A tornado moves past homes in Moore, Okla. on Monday, May 20, 2013. A monstrous tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. (AP Photo/Alonzo ...

Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:28 -0400

In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...

Arias tells jury she wants to live

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:57:23 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

Which Is More Corrupt Afghanistan or America

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:50 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan -- None of President Hamid Karzai's top advisers knew that he had been receiving tens of millions of dollars in secret cash from the CIA, Afghanistan's senior anticorruption official said, and he added that he did not believe the Afghan leader's claim that he had been giving the agency regular receipts for the money. Mohammad Yasin Osmani, the head of the ...

San Francisco and Houston awarded 2016 and 2017 Super Bowls

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:34 -0400

CSN: The Super Bowl's golden anniversary will be held in the Golden State. The new stadium, which opens in 2014, in Santa Clara will host Super Bowl L two years later, the NFL announced ...

Lawyer Feds investigate missing mom Susan Powell case

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:51:31 -0400

SEATTLE (AP) - The lawyer for the family of a missing Utah woman said Tuesday there's an ongoing federal investigation into Susan Powell's disappearance.Anne Bremner made the announcement at a Seattle news conference a day after local officials in Utah said they had closed their investigation into the Susan Powell case.Newly released police records show that Utah officials believe Josh ...

United States - Outrage over U.S. investigation of journalists private communications

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:50:01 -0400

The International Press Institute (IPI) expresses outrage that the U.S. government searched a reporter's private communications on the ground that his use of flattery to obtain information from a State Department source made him a co-conspirator to espionage.In a court affidavit first obtained ...

Former High-Ranking Official and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:47:58 -0400

Earlier today, Michael Provenzano, formerly director of Construction Services for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 18 months followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $30,000 restitution to the city of New York and a $5,000 fine following his corruption conviction for taking bribes. As ...

United Airlines restarts Dreamliner flights after grounding

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:45 -0400

United Airlines put its 787 Dreamliner back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind ...

Four tornadoes have struck Moore Oklahoma since 1998

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:37 -0400

Dr. Harold Brooks of the NOAA Severe Storms Lab shares comparisons of the tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma to the one which hit in 1999. Brooks also talks about the remainder of tornado ...

Mutual aid efforts offer support in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:37 -0400

State Rep. Emily Virgin talks about recovery efforts and explains how neighboring areas took the injured into their hospitals and offered first responders to ...

Silver lining Family digs dogs out of rubble

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:39:37 -0400

Leslie Hendricks, 27, and her father, Levi Hendricks Sr., 53, hold their dogs they rescued from the rubble of their house in Moore, Okla., on ...

The 50th Super Bowl Goes to San Francisco Bay Area

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:36:33 -0400

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Group wants atheist books placed with Bibles in Georgia state parks

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:07 -0400

ATLANTA (Reuters) - A national atheist group said it plans to donate enough books on its views to be placed in all Georgia state park cabins after the state's governor said Bibles should remain at the vacation properties despite an atheist's recent ...

Family of man shot 16 times by police in Miami files lawsuit

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:06 -0400

MIAMI (Reuters) - The family of a 22-year-old man who was shot 16 times by police two years ago during a hip-hop festival in Miami Beach filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday against two Miami area police ...

Carol Burnett to receive top honor for American comedians

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:32:03 -0400

Actress Carol Burnett arrives for the taping of ''Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl'' in Los Angeles January 8, ...

Bike Share in New York Built From Ideas Around World

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:31:25 -0400

Clockwise from top left: Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Alex Wong/Getty Images; Facundo Arrizabalaga/European Pressphoto Agency;and Lourdes Segade for The New York ...

Miami face-eater victim recovering well from wounds

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:17 -0400

A homeless man whose face was chewed off in a cannibal-style attack on a causeway a year ago is recovering well from his life-changing wounds, but will never regain his eyesight, doctors said on Tuesday.Ronald Poppo, 66, "is very content with where he is right now," playing the guitar in his hospital room every day and enjoying following the Miami Heat's challenge for ...

Miami Cannibal victim copes with life nearly year later

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:30 -0400

MIAMI— Nearly one year after he was attacked by a crazed man who chewed off his face, Ronald Poppo is blind, has no nose and is struggling to cope with his new life. But Poppo, known around the world as the victim of the so-called Causeway Cannibal, was described Tuesday by doctors and therapists as a happy man. "He is more than content with how he is," said plastic surgeon ...

Jodi Arias tells Arizona jury she can be productive in prison if spared death

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:22 -0400

Jodi Arias looks at her family during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 20, ...

Fitch Latin American National Oil Companies Constrained by Government Involvement

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:28:05 -0400

Accounting Rules May Encourage Short-Term Leases The latest lease-accounting proposals from international and U.S. standard-setters, designed to aid transparency and consistency, may encourage companies to shift to short-term leases or structure agreements as service contracts, Fitch Ratings says. This could mean that fewer leases than originally anticipated will be brought onto the balance ...

How Americas National Security Apparatus -- in Partnership With Big Corporations -- Cracked Down on Dissent

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:57 -0400

Dissent or Terror: How the Nation's Counter Terrorism Apparatus, In Partnership With Corporate America, Turned on Occupy Wall Street ," is an eye-opening look into how the U.S. counter-terror apparatus was used to track the Occupy movement in 2011 and 2012 and also help protect the business entities targeted by the movement. The report specifically looks at the activities of ...

New York Accounting Foundation Awards $183750 in Scholarships

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:55 -0400

New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants' (NYSSCPA) Foundation for Accounting Education (FAE) has announced the sixty-seven New York State students who will receive Excellence in Accounting Scholarships for the 2013-2014 school year. scholarships are awarded in order to provide financial assistance and encouragement to accounting majors. Sixty college students received a ...

Video Jodi Arias makes her opening statements to the jury

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:37 -0400

In this recently released video Jodi Arias, the Phoenix woman on trial for her boyfriend's 2008 stabbing and shooting death, sings and laughs to herself during a break from ...

Video Up-close video of Moore Okla. tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400

A giant tornado tore through the middle of Moore, Okla., killing at least 51 people, 20 of them children. Charlie Rose, Norah O'Donnell and Anna Werner ...

Federal appeals court strikes down Arizonas 20-week abortion ban

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe v. Wade that guarantees a woman's right to an abortion before a fetus is able to survive outside the womb. That's generally considered to ...

Video Stories of survival Victims on how they weathered Okla. twister

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400

Glenn Lewis, the mayor of Moore, Okla., talks to Norah O'Donnell about how the city is coping in the wake of a massive tornado that devastated homes, five schools and a major ...

How tornado-affected Oklahomans can avoid scams

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:26:36 -0400

Federal and local officials, as well as volunteers, have rushed to the area to help. But tragedy, unfortunately, also provides the opportunity for scammers to take advantage of the needy and desperate. Criminals often travel to the area of such tragedies to offer "services" in clean-up, home repair, debris removal and tree-trimming, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt warns. ...

San Francisco Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona Abortion Ban

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:35 -0400

Pro-life and pro-choice activists argue in front of the US Supreme Court during the March for Life on January 25, 2013 in Washington. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty ...

Emanuel Stands Firm On School Closings Plan Ahead Of Board Vote

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:25 -0400

Mayor Rahm Emanuel discusses the plan to close 53 elementary schools a day ahead of a Chicago Board of Education vote on the plan. (Credit: Craig ...

Burmese optimistic after historic White House visit

Tue, 21 May 2013 15:16:25 -0400

Burmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 ...

Twister destroys like lawnmower blade

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:57:08 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH. Moore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Amid downed power lines, hissing gas pipes and immense devastation, rescuers searched "board by board" Tuesday for survivors and ...

Hospitals treat hundreds after Oklahoma tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:59 -0400

Cindy Wilson texts to friends Monday, May 20, 2013 after her home was destroyed by a massive tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., in the afternoon. Wilson and her husband, Staff Sgt. B. Wilson, took cover in their bathtub when the tornado hit. Cindy received a deep gash to her forehead and her wound was treated by first responders at the scene. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Jim ...

NH marks presidential primarys 100th anniversary

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:58 -0400

CONCORD, N.H. -; Defenders of New Hampshire's enviable role in presidential politics are paying tribute to the past while keeping an eye on the ...

Police Suspect in abduction of 2 girls found dead

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:57 -0400

A convicted sex offender suspected of abducting two girls from an Iowa bus stop has been found dead, and a massive search for one of the girls continues, authorities said ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2091

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:55 -0400

As of Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at least 2,091 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press ...

White House Reporters shouldnt be prosecuted

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:55 -0400

White House spokesman Jay Carney says he can't comment on any specific government investigation into leaks of classified information. But he says Obama believes the questions currently being asked about how to strike the balance between protecting national security and journalists' freedom are entirely ...

Suspect in FAMU hazing death files written plea

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:54 -0400

ORLANDO, Fla. -; The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual says his client won't have to appear for an arraignment because he already entered a written not guilty ...

Why Dont We Pay Attention To Los Angeles Mayoral Elections

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:41:06 -0400

may have suggested at one point that going west might be a good idea, but he probably wouldn't be happy to see what's going on with Los Angeles as of late. The Dodgers are in last place in the National League West, the Angels are hovering near the bottom of the American League West, and the Lakers' appearance in the playoffs was brutally short. ...

Arias pleads for her life says I want everyones pain to stop

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:07 -0400

By Gil Aegerter, Staff Writer, NBC News Asking a jury that had convicted her of murder to now let her live, Jodi Arias said in a Phoenix courtroom Tuesday that she never meant to cause her victim’s family so much pain and that if she was given a life sentence she would contribute to ...

How to reduce the impact of natural disaster in the future

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:07 -0400

disaster relief . an average of nearly $400 per american household per year. the trend line over the past two decades shows a spike in billion-dollar damage events. ultimately, beyond the human toll, these disasters are extremely expensive and are only becoming more frequent. joining us now from washington, ...

Upsets Chemical releases disrupt lives but rarely result in punishment

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:06 -0400

Four hours earlier, Exxon operators detected an odor in the East area tank field and discovered a "bleeder" valve on Tank 801 dripping naphtha into a sewer. The leaky valve dumped 411 barrels into the underground system, company records filed with the state show. The liquid traveled a mile before pouring into a separator pit, vaporizing along the way, and releasing tens of thousands of ...

Moore officials Federal grants to help build safe rooms delayed by red tape

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:40:05 -0400

The Weather Channel's Mike Bettes takes a look at the tornado shelter where six people rode out the devastating storm in Moore, Okla., on Monday, talking to survivor Gerald Mobley about his harrowing experience ...

Miami charities accepting donations for Oklahoma tornado victims

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:39:36 -0400

South Florida charities are collecting donations to help victims of the massive tornado that struck Oklahoma.Organizations including the Greater Miami Jewish Federation and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami are taking donations online and through the mail. “The Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami has been in touch with Catholic Charities in Oklahoma and we are ...

New York City FC has Manchester City and the New York Yankees as backers but there are still big obstacles

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:34:47 -0400

Manchester City and the Yankees have agreed to invest $100m in a new MLS team, New York City FC, but making the 20th team a success will require much ...

First New Xbox in 8 Years

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:39 -0400

May 21, 2013: Microsoft's Don Mattrick unveils the next-generation Xbox entertainment and gaming console system, at an event in Redmond, Wash. It's been eight years since the launch of the Xbox ...

New mental health manual sparks controversy

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:39 -0400

The most recent revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) has arrived, and the latest changes have caused divisions among those in the psychiatric community. Often touted as the psychiatrist's "Bible," the DSM is published by the American Psychiatric Association and establishes the almost universal standard by which doctors classify, ...

Peace Corps to accept same-sex couple applicants

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:39 -0400

The Peace Corps says it will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet says the change will diversify the pool of applicants who want to help improve the quality of education, health care and economic development in host countries around the world. Married couples have been ...

Paula to Get Own Museum

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:38 -0400

It looks like a museum dedicated to the Queen of Butter is in the works. A Paula Deen museum focusing on the accomplishments of the Food Network star has been in the planning stages for two years now and is expected to be housed in Albany, Georgia, the cook's childhood home. The Albany Herald, who spoke with Deen, reported that B.J. Fletcher, an Albany businesswoman is behind the effort ...

P.M. Kitco Roundup Gold Ends Down But Up From Daily Low U.S. Federal Reserve Events Loom

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:36 -0400

Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session moderately lower Tuesday. The market saw a downside technical correction and some chart consolidation following a surge higher in late trading Monday. Comex June gold last traded down $9.30 at $1,374.80 an ounce. Spot gold was last quoted down $17.00 at $1,377.50. July Comex silver last traded down $0.147 at $22.44 an ounce. The gold market ...

NY art dealer tied to forgeries charged with tax fraud

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:03 -0400

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK | Tue May 21, 2013 2:33pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes. Glafira Rosales, 56, faces three counts of filing false tax returns and five ...

Heartbreak and joy after tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:32:19 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of ...

Xis Latin American tour to enhance co-op

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:31:19 -0400

Latin America n nations to further increase political trust and consolidate friendship with them, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday. Hong Lei's comments at a press briefing came after Qin Gang, also a Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, announced earlier Tuesday that Xi will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6. Hong said Xi's ...

Former Oklahoma governor As many as 20000 families could be displaced

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:22 -0400

Former Gov. Frank Keating, R-Okla., talks about the 'agony, fear, real concern and alarm," Oklahoma political leaders are feeling in the aftermath of the tornado. Keating also talks about how the community can proceed to ...

Living in an era of extreme weather

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:22 -0400

record number of twisters, but until this week, the past 12 months had seen the fewest tornadoes in 20 years. but still recent history sucks that a new era ...

Everything is just gone and it goes on for blocks and blocks

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:20 -0400

tornado , that still could be upgraded was one mile wide and 20 miles long with windspeeds of up to 200 miles per hour. for 40 minutes it tore through block after block of homes and businesses, leveling everything in its path. including two schools and a hospital. the massive funnel was captured on video by one resident as it tore through nearby newcastle. in the tragedy's wake. some ...

Share your stories of heroism in Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:19 -0400

Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school in Moore, Okla., after a tornado destroyed the school Monday. Heroic action was in no short supply Monday as a massive tornado blazed a trail of destruction through Moore, Okla.Did you witness ordinary people doing extraordinary things? Share your stories, photos and video with us ...

Victims ‘trying to wrap their minds’ around the fact everything’s gone

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:19 -0400

i still don't know if people know what they need the most. because i've been talking to people yesterday and even into today. they're still just trying to wrap their minds around the fact that everything they have is gone. everything. and everything their neighbors have, is gone. but we are fortunate ...

Sen. Inhofe Help for Okla. will be different than Sandy Aid package

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:25:18 -0400

Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla, talks to MSNBC's Chris Jansing about federal disaster aid for Oklahoma and how it will be different than the relief money New Jersey received following Hurricane ...

United Airlines throws a big party on the east coast

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:20:03 -0400

United Airlines CEO Jeff Smisek was on hand for all the festivities today at United Airlines Terminal C hub. They're celebrating at Newark Liberty International Airport with a special exhibit, cake and a fashion show, no less. Why? Because today marks the 25th anniversary of United Airlines' Terminal C hub at the New Jersey airport, one of three principal airfields serving the congested ...

FBI IDs Benghazi suspects _ but no arrests yet

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:28 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. officials say they have identified five men they believe might be behind the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year. The officials say they have enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists - but not enough proof to try them in a U.S. civilian court as the Obama administration ...

Tornados destruction like a lawnmower blade

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:19:11 -0400

Judge warns bin Ladens son-in-law on lawyer choices

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:36 -0400

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The son-in-law of Osama bin Laden and former spokesman for al Qaeda, who has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to kill Americans, was warned on Tuesday that his three chosen lawyers may not get clearance to review classified evidence in the ...

Developer plans new office building in Miami Township

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:46 -0400

CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. A developer in Miami Township is moving forward with a second phase of a business park. CEA Properties LLC, which owns the building leased by Ameriprise Financial at 3045 Newmark Drive, plans to build a second building next door. Plans for the ...

Climate change will push up New Yorks heatwave deaths

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:16:31 -0400

Radley Horton of Columbia University in New York and colleagues have now calculated the net effect. They matched daily temperature data for Manhattan with death rates between 1982 and 1999 to estimate how sensitive the city's population is to temperatures, then used future temperature forecasts to estimate future death rates. In all their 16 models, temperature-related deaths increased ...

How America became a third world country | Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford for TomDispatch

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:14:38 -0400

The streets are so much darker now since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung diseases have ...

Boy Scouts to vote this week on lifting ban on gay youth

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:45 -0400

DALLAS (Reuters) - Leaders of Boy Scout groups across the country will vote this week on a controversial proposal that would remove the organization's ban on gay scouts but not gay adult ...

Boston bomb brothers more American than Chechen Depardieu

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:45 -0400

1 of 2. Actor Gerard Depardieu participates in a news conference in Grozny May 21, 2013. According to local media, Depardieu is visiting the Chechen capital for the filming of his new movie ...

America 10 Years After Sequestration

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:13:28 -0400

website. The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of childhood asthma and other lung ...

Voters take to the polls in Los Angeles to decide new Mayor marijuana ordinances

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:18 -0400

Mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti and his wife Amy cast their ballots at Allesandro Elementary school in Los Angeles early Tuesday morning. Los Angeles residents will vote for a new mayor, Garcetti or Wendy Greuel in the citywide election. Photo by David Crane/Staff Photographer (David ...

Limited service resumes on NYC-Conn. train route

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:50 -0400

HARTFORD, Conn. Connecticut says limited, slower train service is about to resume, four days after a derailment injured scores of commuter rail ...

Video Couple hiding in bathtub saved by Okla. first responders

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:11:49 -0400

A older couple is taking shelter at the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma after they spent the night hiding in the bathtub, as the back of their home was ripped off by the hurricane. Elaine Quijano ...

Watch AFTER Oklahoma Tornado Disaster

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:32 -0400

This is a special report from ABC news. Hello when I'm -- Cutler -- New York with this ABC news digital special report on the Oklahoma tornado disaster. The damage in Oklahoma. Staggering in the ...

Illinois House Committee OKs Fracking Regulation Proposal

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:08:10 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling cleared a top committee Tuesday, sending it on to the House floor. The House Executive Committee voted 11-0 to send the full House a bill meant to regulate hydraulic fracturing, or ';fracking,'; though it was unclear when the chamber ...

Former head of Federal Reserve Miami joins Ocean Bank board

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:05:02 -0400

Juan del Busto, Ocean Bank board member. Ocean Bank added Juan del Busto, the former head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlantas Miami branch, to its board of directors. The move should give the Miami-based bank a boost in its dealings with regulators. The bank has been under enforcement orders from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Florida Office of Financial Regulation since 2007, ...

Chicago Sky lands broadcast TV deal with Weigel

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:01:44 -0400

Chicago Sky is getting wider exposure as its games air this season on and ESPN, WCIU, The U and The U Too. WNBA franchise Chicago Sky has signed a five-year broadcast contract with Weigel Broadcasting Co. Chicago-based Weigel will air 24 regular-season games this season on its local stations WCIA and The U Too, beginning with the May 31 home opener at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, according to the ...

US lawmakers seek Asia missile defense safeguard

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:58:32 -0400

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Lawmakers are seeking to prohibit the U.S. from removing missile defense equipment from East Asia, even if the threat posed by a nuclear-armed North Korea is ...

How America Became a Third World Country

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:06 -0400

latest updates from TomDispatch.com . The streets are so much darker now, since money for streetlights is rarely available to municipal governments. The national parks began closing down years ago. Some are already being subdivided and sold to the highest bidder. Reports on bridges crumbling or even collapsing are commonplace. The air in city after city hangs brown and heavy (and rates of ...

The Secret Donors Behind the Center for American Progress and Other Think Tanks

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:04 -0400

The Center for American Progress, Washington’s leading liberal think tank, has been a big backer of the Energy Department’s $25 billion loan guarantee program for renewable energy projects. CAP has specifically praised First Solar, a firm that received $3.73 billion under the program, and its Antelope Valley project in ...

Bill Clinton voices support for Illinois same-sex marriage bill

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:26 -0400

President Bill Clinton laughs as he listens to philanthropist Pete Peterson speak at the Clinton Global Initiative University symposium at Washington University in St. Louis on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Photo by Christian Gooden, ...

Limited slower Conn. rail service starts Tuesday

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:05 -0400

Metro North employees, in orange vests, help transfer westbound commuters at the transportation center in Bridgeport, Ct., to shuttle buses Monday, May 20, 2013. The commuters had arrived from New Haven by train and were being bused to Stamford, Ct., where rail service to New York was available. A train collision on Friday injured 72 people and disrupted rail service into New York City. (AP ...

Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:04 -0400

File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...

Senate debating federal dollars for crop insurance

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:02 -0400

WASHINGTON -; The farm bill the Senate is considering this week would cut some farm subsidies but also expand government-subsidized crop insurance, a safety net used by many farmers in case of bad weather or lost ...

Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:59 -0400

Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House on Capitol Hill, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the White House in five ...

WikiLeaks prosecutor accepts GIs plea to 1 count

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:57 -0400

Wikileaks posted the cable in 2010 about a meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, summarizing U.S. Embassy discussions with Icelandic officials about the country's financial ...

WikiLeaks prosecutor agrees to 1 lesser charge

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:25:53 -0400

FORT MEADE, Md. -; Prosecutors say they have agreed to charge the Army private who released more than 700,000 secret U.S. documents to the WikiLeaks site with a lesser offense on one of the 22 counts against ...

Heartbreak joy after Oklahoma twister

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:45 -0400

>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO, KOKH, KOKIMoore, Oklahoma (CNN) -- Kids screamed for their parents and parents hollered their children's names, walking and searching in panic in the parking lot of ...

Head hunter Russell Reynolds adds health care head in San Francisco office social media guru in Palo Alto

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:22:16 -0400

Sofie Qiao. Russell Reynolds Associates, a New York-based executive search firm, named Sofie Qiao as San Francisco-based executive director of the health care sector. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds, Qiao co-founded biotech firm LEAD Therapeutics, consulted and did other management work at Discovery Partners International, Syrrx (now Takeda California), McKinsey and Co., and Genzyme (now ...

Lawyer Colorado parolee made woman turn over gun

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:59 -0400

This undated image provided by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shows Stevie Marie Ann Vigil, 22, who was arrested Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Vigil is accused of buying the gun used to kill Colorado's prisons chief, and plans to plead not guilty, her lawyer said Monday, May 20, ...

Xi to visit Latin America and the Caribbean

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:26 -0400

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.Hong Lei, foreign ministry spokesperson, told a press briefing on Tuesday that they will be the first state visits to Latin America and the Caribbean by Xi.Hong said Xi's visit to Trinidad and Tobago will be the first visit to an ...

Top White House officials kept tax probe from president

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:18:59 -0400

Top White House aides knew of a scandal over tax officials targeting conservative groups in April, but did not tell President Barack Obama, in a possible bid to insulate him from political damage.In a new twist to the drama, the White House revealed on Monday that knowledge over a report into the affair by a government watchdog was more widespread among top officials than previously ...

Resisting the Tide of Secularism in America

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:12:46 -0400

So said First Things editor R.R. Reno in a speech delivered to a Hillsdale College leadership seminar this past February. In his address, Reno tracks the hostility that the Obama administration, the courts, and the ascendant "Nones" (those who, when asked in surveys to identify their religious affiliation, indicate "none") are exhibiting toward religious liberty in America. ...

Chicago-area public pension funding gap rises 16.7 pct in 2011 -report

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:11:30 -0400

CHICAGO | Tue May 21, 2013 1:11pm EDT CHICAGO May 21 (Reuters) - The funding gap for 10 Chicago-area public pension systems widened by 16.7 percent to $32 billion in fiscal 2011 from fiscal 2010, heightening the risk of tax increases or service cuts for residents, a report by a civic watchdog group said on Tuesday. The Chicago-based Civic Federation also found that pension funding levels ...

Chrysler CEO apologizes for Italian-American slur

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:07:17 -0400

Chrysler and Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne has apologized to the Italian-American One Voice Coalition for using a term offensive to Italian Americans during an interview during the North American International Auto Show last January in ...

Protesters chant IRS has got to go in Cincinnati

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:44 -0400

Internal Revenue Service offices that handled group applications for tax-exempt status. IRS officials have acknowledged that some conservative groups received inappropriate attention and questioning. Tea party protests of the IRS also were planned in other cities across the country. Some recent IRS retirees in ...

Judge agrees to delay in case of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokar Tsarnaev

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:37 -0400

By Pete Williams, NBC News justice correspondent The judge overseeing the government's prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving defendant in the Boston Marathon bombing case, has agreed to delay the next step in the case for roughly a month.A probable cause hearing had been scheduled for May 30, but federal prosecutors and lawyers for Tsarnaev asked Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler to ...

Wells Fargo Chase slow foreclosure sales while Bank of America continues

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:06:09 -0400

Three large banks have nearly halted foreclosure sales while making sure they are meeting revised standards on how troubled homeowners are to be treated. Wells Fargo and Co., JPMorgan Chase and Co. and Citigroup Inc. have nearly halted foreclosure sales after federal regulators revised orders on the how troubled borrowers were to be treated before losing their homes. But Bank of America Corp. is ...

African American community Neglected by finance

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:48 -0400

Half of African Americans say their financial situations have improved from a year ago, compared to 33% of the general population, according to a Prudential report released Tuesday. The survey polled 1,153 people who identified as African American or black and a general sampling of 471 ...

Emanuel Quinn snipe over regulating a Chicago casino

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:56:10 -0400

Pat Quinn, governor of Illinois, said he wants to address the state's pension crisis before any plans for a Chicago casino. In November, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Governor Pat Quinn appeared together and said they had resolved their differences over how to regulate a Chicago casino. But now those differences appear to have ruptured once again, according to a report by the Chicago Sun-Times. At a ...

Half Of America Wants To Impeach Obama According To Impeachable Polling Outfit

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:51 -0400

"It may be early in the process for members of Congress to start planning for impeachment of Barack Obama, but the American public is building a serious appetite for it," said Fritz Wenzel, of Wenzel Strategies, which did the telephone poll Thursday. It has a margin of error of 4.36 percent. "Half or nearly half of those surveyed said they believed Obama should be impeached for ...

America has a fundamental problem with people who hate gay people | Sharon Stapel

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:39 -0400

mourn the brutal death of Mark Carson , a 32-year-old, shot and allegedly taunted with homophobic slurs by the shooter. The killing happened in Greenwich Village, one of the city's most famous gay friendly neighborhoods.In recent years, we at the New York City Anti-Violence Project have seen an increase in reports of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer hate violence throughout ...

Video Obama to tornado survivors The country stands beside you

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:50 -0400

President Obama addressed the nation about the destructive tornado that struck Oklahoma and promised federal aid to help them rebuild their ...

Video Rep. Tom Cole A very grim day for us

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:50 -0400

Rep. Tom Cole, who represents the city of Moore, Oklahoma, in Congress talks to Charlie Rose about the massive tornado that ripped through his ...

Deadly second act 1999 Moore Okla. tornado vs. 2013s devastating storm

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:49 -0400

scene of destruction . The city was among the areas hit by the strongest tornado ever recorded 14 years ago. For an hour-and-a-half on May 3, 1999, the tornado carved a path of destruction. By the end of the day, 44 people were dead, including three children. The massive storm system unleashed a total of 76 tornadoes, including an EF-5 twister that swept through Moore. It registered ...

Video Moore mayor Six neighborhoods now nothing but slabs

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:49 -0400

Glenn Lewis, the mayor of Moore, Okla., talks to Norah O'Donnell about how the city is coping in the wake of a massive tornado that devastated homes, five schools and a major ...

Video How is the Red Cross responding to Oklahoma disaster

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:48 -0400

Video Eye Opener at 9 Massive tornado kills dozens in Okla.

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:48 -0400

A massive tornado in Moore, Okla., kills dozens, including children. Also, the National Guard has been called in to search for survivors. A look at what we've been covering on "CBS This ...

Video First responders talk overnight search after Moore tornado

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:47 -0400

Video Frmr. Okla. gov Need to reconsider our shelter-in-place protocol

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:47 -0400

Glenn Lewis, the mayor of Moore, Okla., talks to Norah O'Donnell about how the city is coping in the wake of a massive tornado that devastated homes, five schools and a major ...

Video Oklahoma Lt. Gov Were going to find survivors today

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:47 -0400

Oklahoma Lieutenant Gov. Todd Lamb speaks to Norah O'Donnell about the damage in the aftermath of a massive tornado, how residents are recovering, and how survivors should look for loved ...

Video Oklahoma mom on destroyed school Parents worst nightmare

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:46 -0400

Moore resident Ashlee Quigel's two young children, a first-grader and a third-grader, were inside Briarwood Elementary School when the tornado ...

Watch Florida Teen Arrested for Same-Sex Relationship

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:50:30 -0400

Freak hate it's -- slogan of the FaceBook page started by Caitlin hunt's parents. Desperate to help their eighteen year old daughter who is facing felony charges for having a sexual relationship ...

History Of Tornadoes In Chicago Area

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:16 -0400

CHICAGO (CBS) — The massive EF-4 tornado to hit Moore, Okla., is rare, but twisters with that kind of force have hit the Chicago area in the past, and have been extremely deadly. There have been eight EF-4/5 tornadoes to hit the Chicago area between 1950-2010, the latest official data available from the State Climatologist Office For Illinois. (Unofficially, we could find no evidence of a ...

San Francisco’s Oldest Restaurant Opening Washington D.C. Location

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:49:15 -0400

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)-- The owner of the famed Tadich Grill restaurant, San Francisco’s oldest continuously running restaurant, is set to open a new locale in Washington, D.C. You don’t have to look far in the city to find someone with sentimental feelings toward Tadich Grill, located on 240 California in the Financial District.The original version of the seafood restaurant opened in ...

United Airlines steps out on the fashion runway

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:45:55 -0400

United Airlines will debut new uniforms on June 25. First came the new livery with the stylized globe on the plane tails. New comes a new look in uniforms at United Airlines (NYSE: UAL). Starting June 25, employees will don uniforms that further underscore the reality that United is a new airline sprung from the merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines. United pilots, however, ...

Vallette Joins Barney Barney in San Francisco

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:43 -0400

Barney & Barney LLC has hired insurance executive Sarah Vallette for its office in San Francisco. Vallette will work with a team of professionals offering commercial property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, workers' compensation, compensation consulting, executive liability, personal lines and surety. She has 12 years of insurance industry experience. Prior to Barney & ...

The Main Street America Group Expands Commercial Products into Wisconsin

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:44:42 -0400

The Main Street America Group has introduced its commercial product line, featuring its Main Line Business Owners Policy (Main Line BOP), to independent agents who represent the super regional property/casualty insurance carrier's Austin Mutual Insurance Co. throughout the state of Wisconsin. In addition to Main Line BOP, a property and liability product for small business owners that ...

Stop and frisk 7 questions about New Yorks controversial policing tactic

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:42:56 -0400

US Supreme Court ruling. Closing arguments in the trial were May 20, with the judge expected to rule in several months.Proponents call it the most effective policing tactic to date, while opponents say it illegally targets minorities and is indiscriminate and discriminatory. But what is it and does it ...

Petro America founder out on bond until sentencing

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:27:19 -0400

The ringleader of a $10.2 million stock scam that targeted Kansas City-area black churches is back on the streets, at least for a few months. Isreal Owen Hawkins Jr., 57, the founder of Petro America Corp. who was convicted last week of securities fraud, money laundering and other charges, was released on $50,000 bond after a hearing Tuesday. Prosecutors argued that Hawkins was a flight risk ...

Officials Senators reach deal on high-tech visas

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:14:59 -0400

Leading senators working to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa program, officials said Tuesday, resolving one of two major hurdles to committee passage of the landmark bill.The deal negotiated by Sens. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, aimed to resolve the interests of the high-tech industry, which relies ...

Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trading eyes on Federal Reserve moves

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:14:09 -0400

NEW YORK - Stock indexes are edging higher in midday trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 32 points at 15,367 at noon Eastern Daylight Time Tuesday, a gain of 0.2 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up a point at 1,667, or 0.08 percent. The Nasdaq composite was up two points at 3,498, ...

Court US can keep bin Laden photos under wraps

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:30 -0400

FILE - This undated file photo shows al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan. A federal appeals court is backing the U.S. government's decision not to release photos and video taken of Osama bin Laden during and after a raid in which the terrorist leader was killed by U.S. commandos. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia turned down an ...

AP Sources Obama ok punting gay immigration idea

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:30 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Two people familiar with the Senate immigration deliberations say the White House has suggested to Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy that it would be best to put off a controversy over gay marriage until a bill goes before the full ...

Former IRS chief Cant say how targeting happened

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:27 -0400

former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman testifies on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, before the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice of targeting applicants for tax-exempt status based on political leanings. (AP Photo/Charles ...

Okla. Senator says tornado aid should be paid for

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:26 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Conservative Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn says that any additional federal aid to help tornado victims and to rebuild devastated areas of his state should be financed with cuts to other programs in the government's $3.6 trillion ...

Senators agree to expansion of high-tech visas

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:13:25 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Officials say leading senators trying to resolve a key issue on immigration legislation have agreed to a compromise covering expansion of a high-tech visa ...