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- Spouse appeal: Wives help Obama, Romney campaigns
- THE RACE: Weak recovery weighing on Obama thrusts
- Obama, Romney trade jabs over jobs and Medicare
- Military spending fight hits foreign oil, biofuel
- Congress OKs American Samoa minimum wage freeze
- Pentagon sending new aid to Yemen
- FCC says Internet providers are lifting their game
- Pentagon takes concern about leaks seriously, lawmakers say
- Romney says Obama has "abdicated leadership" on Syria
- Spouse appeal: Wives help Obama, Romney campaigns
- Obama, Romney trade jabs over jobs and Medicare
- Romney's wife says voters will 'fire the coach'
- Iraq closes main border crossing with Syria: mayor
- Mass anti-austerity protests on Spanish streets
- Factory, jobs data show economy mired in weakness
- Plain language law off to a spotty start
- House panel to take up Russia trade agreement
- Canada's Conservatives slightly ahead of opposition: poll
- 250 people killed in Syria in highest death toll: opposition
- Statistics Canada mulls changes to data release system
- Steep hike in customs fees leaves many Cubans fuming
- U.S. says Iran ships using foreign flags to evade sanctions
- Strategist is central figure against gay marriage
- Syrian rebels control border crossings with Iraq, Turkey
- Canadian territory hopes for shale oil riches
- Freed Italian, Spanish hostages head home
- Contested Tennessee mosque will not open in time for Ramadan
- Battles in Damascus, rebels claim Syria borders
- Factbox: What's at stake for the United Nations in Syria?
- A look at President Barack Obama's inner circle
- 80 Spanish cities see protests against austerity
- GSA inspector probes $268K awards ceremony
- U.S. procurement agency embroiled in new spending scandal
| Spouse appeal: Wives help Obama, Romney campaigns Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:12 PM PDT
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| THE RACE: Weak recovery weighing on Obama thrusts Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:33 AM PDT
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| Obama, Romney trade jabs over jobs and Medicare Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:10 PM PDT
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| Military spending fight hits foreign oil, biofuel Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:40 PM PDT
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| Congress OKs American Samoa minimum wage freeze Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:40 PM PDT Congress passed a bill this week to freeze American Samoa's minimum wage, responding to employer concerns and a government financial report that suggest automatic increases were harming the U.S. territory's economy. |
| Pentagon sending new aid to Yemen Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:34 PM PDT The Pentagon is pouring new funding into Yemen for weapons and aircraft to help bolster the embattled country's counterterrorism forces, amid growing concerns about Iranian spying and meddling there. |
| FCC says Internet providers are lifting their game Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An annual report card on how well Internet service providers meet or exceed advertised broadband speeds has placed Verizon Communications Inc and Cablevision Systems Corp at the top of the class. Overall, the 13 top U.S. broadband providers, representing four-fifths of all U.S. landline broadband connections, are coming much closer to consistently delivering their advertised speeds, the Federal Communications Commission said on Thursday. U.S. ... |
| Pentagon takes concern about leaks seriously, lawmakers say Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers expressed concern on Thursday about a spate of recent national security leaks but said they were convinced that top Pentagon officials view the issue seriously and have taken steps to prevent the release of secret material. "We're concerned about the leaks that have come out over the years and accelerated, it seems, over the last few months," Representative Buck McKeon said after a closed-door hearing with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Army General Martin Dempsey, the military's top uniformed officer. Recent disclosures about U.S. ... |
| Romney says Obama has "abdicated leadership" on Syria Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:12 PM PDT
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| Spouse appeal: Wives help Obama, Romney campaigns Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:12 PM PDT
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| Obama, Romney trade jabs over jobs and Medicare Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:10 PM PDT
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| Romney's wife says voters will 'fire the coach' Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:06 PM PDT
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| Iraq closes main border crossing with Syria: mayor Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:02 PM PDT BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has closed its main border post with Syria and sent troops to the frontier after Syrian rebels took control of the Abu Kamal crossing, a local mayor said on Thursday. "Qaim post, opposite Abu Kamal, is closed and now under the control of the Iraqi army," the mayor of Qaim, Fahan Fitaihan, said. Iraqi troops had also taken over another nearby post from Iraqi customs officials, he said. He said the Syrian Free Army had raised its flag on the other side of the border. (Reporting by Raheem Salman; Writing by Sylvia Westall; Editing by Alison Williams) |
| Mass anti-austerity protests on Spanish streets Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:01 PM PDT
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| Factory, jobs data show economy mired in weakness Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:00 PM PDT
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| Plain language law off to a spotty start Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT An effort to make the government write so people can understand what they're reading is off to a spotty start. |
| House panel to take up Russia trade agreement Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:50 PM PDT The House committee that oversees trade will vote next week on a Russia trade bill, giving momentum to legislation that lawmakers and business groups say is crucial to expanding U.S. exports in Russia's growing markets. |
| Canada's Conservatives slightly ahead of opposition: poll Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:48 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's governing Conservatives have a slight lead over the main opposition party but do not have enough support to win convincingly if an election were held now, a new poll showed on Thursday. The right-of-center Conservatives have seen their support gradually slip since they got 39.6 percent of the vote in the last election in May 2011 and won a majority government. The next election is scheduled for October 2015. The new Nanos Research poll, conducted between July 7 and 12, put Conservative support at 33.6 percent, just 0. ... |
| 250 people killed in Syria in highest death toll: opposition Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:45 PM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 250 people were killed in Syria on Thursday, an opposition monitoring group said, the highest death toll in a single day since the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad erupted 16 months ago. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human rights said 155 civilians, including 44 people in Damascus where pitched battles have raged for five days, and 93 security forces personnel were killed. ... |
| Statistics Canada mulls changes to data release system Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:44 PM PDT OTTAWA (Reuters) - Statistics Canada on Thursday said it was seeking comments about possible changes to the way it releases government data, an idea it floated in April but abandoned after a media outcry. The federal agency said it had begun consulting news organizations on whether to delay the release of data from its media lockup room to 08:30:04 from 08:30:00, so that the material could appear simultaneously on its website. ... |
| Steep hike in customs fees leaves many Cubans fuming Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:43 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - A sharp increase in customs duties has angered many Cubans and cast a shadow over market-oriented reforms on the communist-ruled island advocated by President Raul Castro. The move, which raises fees many times over in some cases, is expected to ratchet up prices and decrease the availability of imported merchandise. It also threaten to bankrupt some of the tens of thousands of mom-and-pop businesses that have sprung up in recent years. ... |
| U.S. says Iran ships using foreign flags to evade sanctions Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:40 PM PDT
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| Strategist is central figure against gay marriage Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:40 PM PDT
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| Syrian rebels control border crossings with Iraq, Turkey Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:38 PM PDT CILVEGOZU, Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Syrian rebels took control of two major crossings on the border with Turkey and the main Abu Kamal post on the border with Iraq on Thursday, the first time opponents of President Bashar al-Assad have seized posts on the country's frontiers. Hakim al-Zamili, head of the security and defense committee in the Iraqi parliament, told a local television station that rebels were in control of the Abu Kamal border crossing, on the Damascus-Baghdad highway and one of the most important trade routes in the Middle East. ... |
| Canadian territory hopes for shale oil riches Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A new oil prospect in Canada's Northwest Territories could give the sparsely populated region a boost after years of costly delays in approving a big natural gas pipeline had frustrated economic hopes, a government official said on Thursday. The Canol shale deposit near Norman Wells, in central Northwest Territories, has been the target of brisk bidding for drilling rights, David Ramsay, the territory's minister of industry, tourism and investment said, with the value of work commitments by oil companies now at C$628 million ($623 million). ... |
| Freed Italian, Spanish hostages head home Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:31 PM PDT OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - One Italian and two Spanish hostages freed by kidnappers linked to al Qaeda in Mali headed home on Thursday after an accord which mediators said involved a prisoner swap. The three aid workers, captured in Algeria last October, were flown home to Europe from the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou. The Burkina officer who headed the operation said two Islamists in jail in Mauritania had been released as part of a deal with Mali's MUJWA, the al Qaeda splinter group which had been holding the hostages. ... |
| Contested Tennessee mosque will not open in time for Ramadan Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - A newly constructed Muslim mosque in Tennessee, the subject of a long-running fight in the community, did not receive building inspectors' clearance to open in time for the start of Ramadan on Thursday. The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro said it had learned that several more construction steps that could take 10 days to complete would be needed to obtain an occupancy certificate. Opponents of the Islamic Center, which replaces a 30-year-old facility, have tried to stop it since local authorities approved the mosque in 2010. They claim Islam was not protected by the U.S. ... |
| Battles in Damascus, rebels claim Syria borders Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:24 PM PDT
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| Factbox: What's at stake for the United Nations in Syria? Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:15 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council must decide by midnight on Friday (0400 GMT Saturday) the fate of a U.N. observer mission in Syria, which is crucial to helping implement international envoy Kofi Annan's six-point peace plan. * If the 15-member council cannot reach an agreement by then on whether to extend the mission for 30 days, its mandate will expire and the mission will pack up and leave Syria. The council initially approved the mission, known as UNSMIS, for 90 days. ... |
| A look at President Barack Obama's inner circle Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:12 PM PDT
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| 80 Spanish cities see protests against austerity Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT
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| GSA inspector probes $268K awards ceremony Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:11 PM PDT The General Services Administration spent more than $268,000 on a one-day awards ceremony, an inspector general told Congress Thursday, the latest revelation of lavish government conferences on the taxpayers' tab. |
| U.S. procurement agency embroiled in new spending scandal Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disclosure of another lavish party thrown by the U.S. government's buildings and procurement agency prompted fresh attacks on Thursday from Republican lawmakers on wasteful Washington spending under President Barack Obama. The General Services Administration spent at least $268,732 on a one-day performance awards ceremony in November 2010 -- including $20,578 on wooden drumsticks -- the agency's inspector general revealed to Congress as part of an investigation. The Washington, D.C. ... |
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