Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights

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• Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights
• Massive wildfire drives hundreds from homes in Idaho
• Jobs rut tips scales in favor of Fed stimulus
• Romney says he would keep parts of Obama healthcare law
• Florida police officer escorting Obama motorcade crashes, dies
• Chicago teachers still negotiating hours from strike deadline
• Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little
• Gasoline rises 8 cents a gallon on storm disruption
• Homeless in Miami find new outlet, feeding the well-heeled
• Will acceptance of gays by high court influence rulings?
• Tropical Storm Leslie slowly moves past Bermuda, bound for Canada
• Chicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike
• NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition
• California toddlers rescued from sailboat, father arrested
• Florida police officer escorting Obama motorcade crashes, dies
• Massive wildfire drives hundreds from homes in Idaho
• Chicago teachers still negotiating hours from strike deadline
• Tropical Storm Leslie slowly moves past Bermuda, bound for Canada
• Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights
• Gasoline rises 8 cents a gallon on storm disruption
• Romney says he would keep parts of Obama healthcare law
• NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition
• Will acceptance of gays by high court influence rulings?
• Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little

Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleven years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, New Yorkers will mark the anniversary on Tuesday against a backdrop of health concerns for emergency workers and a feud over financing that has stopped construction of the $1 billion Ground Zero museum. While notable progress on redevelopment of the World Trade Center has been made since early disputes over financial, design and security issues, the project remains hobbled by political battles and billions of dollars in cost overruns. ...

Massive wildfire drives hundreds from homes in Idaho Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A massive Idaho wildfire forced hundreds of people from their homes on Sunday as high winds pushed the blaze to within miles of two communities. Managers of the 260,000-acre Mustang Complex fire, ignited by lightning in July in mountainous pine forests dissected by steep, narrow canyons in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, prepared to defend threatened houses along a strategic stretch of highway near the two towns in east-central Idaho. ...

Jobs rut tips scales in favor of Fed stimulus Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:05 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve looks set to launch a third round of bond purchases this week to try to drive borrowing costs lower and breathe more life into an economy that is not growing fast enough to lower unemployment. Despite political opposition and some internal dissent, economists said a weak report on jobs growth for August was likely enough to convince the U.S. central bank a looser monetary policy was needed. "The Federal Reserve will ease again," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at California State University Channel Islands in Camarillo, California. ...

Romney says he would keep parts of Obama healthcare law Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has called for scrapping President Barack Obama's 2010 U.S. healthcare law, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he likes key parts of "Obamacare" despite his party's loathing of it and wants to retain them. Romney, who faces Obama in the November 6 election, has vowed throughout the campaign to repeal and replace the Obama healthcare law. But asked about the Obama healthcare law on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, Romney said, "Well, I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform. ...

Florida police officer escorting Obama motorcade crashes, dies Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida police officer involved in setting up security for U.S. President Barack Obama's motorcade was killed on Sunday after his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck. Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said the officer was entering a major roadway when he was hit by a Ford F-150 truck. The officer was part of the security team responsible for setting up a rolling roadblock for the president's motorcade, Barbera said. The officer was taken to a local hospital, where he died. ...

Chicago teachers still negotiating hours from strike deadline Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:39 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers and officials of the nation's third-largest school district were locked in negotiations with just hours to go before a midnight deadline for a strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. The Chicago Teachers Union scheduled a 10 p.m. local time news conference to give an update on the bitter and protracted talks but gave no hint if a deal was close. The uncertainty has left parents scrambling to make alternative arrangements for 350,000 children if school is called off on Monday. ...

Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most unpopular and unproductive Congresses in modern history returns on Monday from a five-week recess, facing a crush of big tasks, few of which will likely get done. Lawmakers are expected to be in Washington for only about two weeks between now and the November 6 election, making their return to the capital little more than a pit stop. "Everyone wants to get out of town -- fast," said a top Senate aide, voicing the sentiment on both sides of the political aisle. ...

Gasoline rises 8 cents a gallon on storm disruption Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT (Reuters) - Gasoline prices in the United States rose nearly 8 cents a gallon over the past two weeks largely because Hurricane Issac forced temporary reductions in refining capacity, according to a widely-followed survey. The national average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.838 on September 7, up from $3.759 on August 24, said Trilby Lundberg, editor of the Lundberg Survey, which covers some 2,500 gas stations nationwide. The hurricane, which passed across the Gulf of Mexico at the end of August, caused some refineries to shut down and others to reduce their capacity, she said. ...

Homeless in Miami find new outlet, feeding the well-heeled Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - As part of an innovative effort to tackle Miami's problem with homelessness, Xavier Wright has traded the streets of downtown for a live-in community farm project in south Florida that grows produce for an upscale restaurant. Wright, 25, said it's his first steady job in two years. "I love this. I love being outside, I love working with my hands," said Wright, wearing a straw hat to shield himself from Florida's relentless summer sun. Verde Gardens, a $17. ...

Will acceptance of gays by high court influence rulings? Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tall, hulking man in his late 70s, William Rehnquist, then chief justice of the United States, crawled down on all fours to say hello to the two little girls who had scurried under the table when he approached at a luncheon. Sally Rider and her partner Betsy had tried to teach their two preschool-age daughters how to shake hands with Rehnquist. At the time, Rider was his top aide. ...

Tropical Storm Leslie slowly moves past Bermuda, bound for Canada Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Leslie churned east of Bermuda on Sunday, buffeting the island with stiff winds and rain and heading on a path that may carry it to Canada's easternmost province of Newfoundland. A tropical storm warning remained in effect across Bermuda, where forecasters warned hazardous surf and rip currents were expected to continue through Monday. Most flights in and out of the island were canceled on Sunday. Bus and ferry services were suspended. At 5:00 p.m. ...

Chicago teachers, school officials resuming talks to avert strike Posted: 09 Sep 2012 04:06 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Negotiations between the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district were going down to the wire on Sunday, as teachers threaten to strike on Monday over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. Both sides expressed varying degrees of optimism on Saturday night about chances for a resolution, although school district officials sounded more hopeful than union leaders. School board President David Vitale said he thought the district's latest proposal was "very close" to what was needed for a deal. Talks resume on Sunday morning. ...

NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:48 AM PDT (Reuters) - Silverstein Properties still expects to land tenants for its three delayed downtown World Trade Center skyscrapers despite competition from established and planned midtown competitors, Janno Lieber, Silverstein's president, said on Friday. Officials from Silverstein Properties, named after developer Larry Silverstein, were demonstrating the progress that has been achieved in redeveloping ground zero before next Tuesday's 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...

California toddlers rescued from sailboat, father arrested Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:52 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A man suspected of kidnapping his two young children and fleeing with them aboard a stolen yacht along the Northern California coast has been arrested, and the youngsters safely returned to their mother, police and the U.S. Coast Guard said on Saturday. Christopher Maffei, 43, who was taken into custody on Friday evening off Monterey, California, is accused of abducting his son and daughter on Tuesday from their mother's home in South San Francisco, according to police. ...

Florida police officer escorting Obama motorcade crashes, dies Posted: 09 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Florida police officer involved in setting up security for U.S. President Barack Obama's motorcade was killed on Sunday after his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck. Palm Beach County Sheriff's spokeswoman Teri Barbera said the officer was entering a major roadway when he was hit by a Ford F-150 truck. The officer was part of the security team responsible for setting up a rolling roadblock for the president's motorcade, Barbera said. The officer was taken to a local hospital, where he died. ...

Massive wildfire drives hundreds from homes in Idaho Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A massive Idaho wildfire forced hundreds of people from their homes on Sunday as high winds pushed the blaze to within miles of two communities. Managers of the 260,000-acre Mustang Complex fire, ignited by lightning in July in mountainous pine forests dissected by steep, narrow canyons in the Salmon-Challis National Forest, prepared to defend threatened houses along a strategic stretch of highway near the two towns in east-central Idaho. ...

Chicago teachers still negotiating hours from strike deadline Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:39 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago teachers and officials of the nation's third-largest school district were locked in negotiations with just hours to go before a midnight deadline for a strike over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. The Chicago Teachers Union scheduled a 10 p.m. local time news conference to give an update on the bitter and protracted talks but gave no hint if a deal was close. The uncertainty has left parents scrambling to make alternative arrangements for 350,000 children if school is called off on Monday. ...

Tropical Storm Leslie slowly moves past Bermuda, bound for Canada Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:47 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Leslie churned east of Bermuda on Sunday, buffeting the island with stiff winds and rain and heading on a path that may carry it to Canada's easternmost province of Newfoundland. A tropical storm warning remained in effect across Bermuda, where forecasters warned hazardous surf and rip currents were expected to continue through Monday. Most flights in and out of the island were canceled on Sunday. Bus and ferry services were suspended. At 5:00 p.m. ...

Anniversary of 9/11 marked under cloud of health problems, funding fights Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:52 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eleven years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, New Yorkers will mark the anniversary on Tuesday against a backdrop of health concerns for emergency workers and a feud over financing that has stopped construction of the $1 billion Ground Zero museum. While notable progress on redevelopment of the World Trade Center has been made since early disputes over financial, design and security issues, the project remains hobbled by political battles and billions of dollars in cost overruns. ...

Gasoline rises 8 cents a gallon on storm disruption Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:38 AM PDT (Reuters) - Gasoline prices in the United States rose nearly 8 cents a gallon over the past two weeks largely because Hurricane Issac forced temporary reductions in refining capacity, according to a widely-followed survey. The national average price of a gallon of regular gas was $3.838 on September 7, up from $3.759 on August 24, said Trilby Lundberg, editor of the Lundberg Survey, which covers some 2,500 gas stations nationwide. The hurricane, which passed across the Gulf of Mexico at the end of August, caused some refineries to shut down and others to reduce their capacity, she said. ...

Romney says he would keep parts of Obama healthcare law Posted: 09 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who has called for scrapping President Barack Obama's 2010 U.S. healthcare law, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he likes key parts of "Obamacare" despite his party's loathing of it and wants to retain them. Romney, who faces Obama in the November 6 election, has vowed throughout the campaign to repeal and replace the Obama healthcare law. But asked about the Obama healthcare law on NBC's "Meet the Press" program, Romney said, "Well, I'm not getting rid of all of healthcare reform. ...

NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:48 AM PDT (Reuters) - Silverstein Properties still expects to land tenants for its three delayed downtown World Trade Center skyscrapers despite competition from established and planned midtown competitors, Janno Lieber, Silverstein's president, said on Friday. Officials from Silverstein Properties, named after developer Larry Silverstein, were demonstrating the progress that has been achieved in redeveloping ground zero before next Tuesday's 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...

Will acceptance of gays by high court influence rulings? Posted: 09 Sep 2012 06:17 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A tall, hulking man in his late 70s, William Rehnquist, then chief justice of the United States, crawled down on all fours to say hello to the two little girls who had scurried under the table when he approached at a luncheon. Sally Rider and her partner Betsy had tried to teach their two preschool-age daughters how to shake hands with Rehnquist. At the time, Rider was his top aide. ...

Analysis: Returning Congress faces big tasks, likely to do little Posted: 09 Sep 2012 05:14 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of the most unpopular and unproductive Congresses in modern history returns on Monday from a five-week recess, facing a crush of big tasks, few of which will likely get done. Lawmakers are expected to be in Washington for only about two weeks between now and the November 6 election, making their return to the capital little more than a pit stop. "Everyone wants to get out of town -- fast," said a top Senate aide, voicing the sentiment on both sides of the political aisle. ...

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