Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on |
- Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on
- Utah city's 'free-speech zones' challenged as unconstitutional
- Cuba says jailed American OK, renews offer of talks on case
- New England mob boss to plead guilty in strip club extortion scheme
- $8 a gallon gas? NJ, PA stations jack up price in protest
- Ex-Goldman employee's memoir expected on October 22
- NFL player charged with domestic battery in Florida
- NYC subway riders may lose discounts in next fare hike
- Number of U.S. poor holds steady but earnings gap grows
- Breach of security at 'Fort Knox' of uranium sets off alarms
- Both sides "dug in" as Chicago teachers strike drags on
- Texas woman to receive first U.S. double arm transplant
- U.S. judge's rule protects reporters, activists in their Middle East work
- California governor signs pension bill, hails it as historic reform
- Palmer receives Congressional Gold Medal
- West Nile cases in U.S. up nearly a third in latest week: CDC
- Peru police find U.S. teen who died on Amazon psychedelic retreat
- Trayvon Martin lawyer seeks probe of L.A. police use of force
- Long-time Madoff employee to plead guilty: prosecutors
- Corn crop larger than expected, soy smaller: USDA
- U.S. revoking 2 CVS stores' controlled substance licenses
- Family Dollar plans to settle with store managers on overtime
- Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on
- The firebrand leading Chicago's striking teachers
- New England mob boss to plead guilty in strip club extortion scheme
- Ex-Goldman employee's memoir expected on October 22
- Cuba says jailed American OK, renews offer of talks on case
- NFL player charged with domestic battery in Florida
- $8 a gallon gas? NJ, PA stations jack up price in protest
- Utah city's 'free-speech zones' challenged as unconstitutional
- Texas woman to receive first U.S. double arm transplant
- U.S. judge's rule protects reporters, activists in their Middle East work
- West Nile cases in U.S. up nearly a third in latest week: CDC
- Number of U.S. poor holds steady but earnings gap grows
- NYC subway riders may lose discounts in next fare hike
- Palmer receives Congressional Gold Medal
- Peru police find U.S. teen who died on Amazon psychedelic retreat
- California governor signs pension bill, hails it as historic reform
- Breach of security at 'Fort Knox' of uranium sets off alarms
| Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:24 PM PDT
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| Utah city's 'free-speech zones' challenged as unconstitutional Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a Utah city in federal court over a "free-speech zone" ordinance, saying the Orwellian-named measure unconstitutionally requires a permit for almost any form of public expression. The lawsuit was filed against Brigham City on Tuesday on behalf of the Main Street Church, a non-denominational faith barred under the municipal statute from distributing pamphlets on some sidewalks near a new Mormon temple in town. Brigham City, a predominantly Mormon town of about 18,000 people, is about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City, the state capital. ... |
| Cuba says jailed American OK, renews offer of talks on case Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Wednesday that jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross is in "normal" health, despite his wife's claims to the contrary, as it reiterated its willingness to talk with the U.S. government about resolving the case. Gross, arrested in Havana in December 2009 for illegally bringing in Internet equipment and setting up wi-fi networks under a controversial U.S. program, is serving a 15-year sentence handed down in an April 2011 trial. The case halted a brief warming in relations between Washington and Havana. ... |
| New England mob boss to plead guilty in strip club extortion scheme Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:36 PM PDT LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The suspected former head of the New England mafia will plead guilty to a charge of racketeering for participating in a scheme to extort protection payments from Rhode Island strip clubs and adult bookstores. Anthony DiNunzio, 53, of East Boston, Massachusetts agreed to enter the plea in federal court in Rhode Island on Thursday, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday. DiNunzio faced up to 20 years in prison, but as part of the agreement federal prosecutors will ask for a reduced sentence of between five and six and a half years. ... |
| $8 a gallon gas? NJ, PA stations jack up price in protest Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Talk about sticker shock. Motorists in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania saw gasoline prices on some stations from $8 to nearly $10 a gallon range Wednesday, as many Lukoil dealers staged a one-day protest over the wholesale prices the company is charging them. "The reason why we are doing this is we are sick and tired of Lukoil's uncompetitive pricing," Kinnelon, New Jersey, station operator Ameer Kraff said. "Their unfair treatment gets down to our customers. ... |
| Ex-Goldman employee's memoir expected on October 22 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc employee who publicly resigned from the investment bank in a scathing op-ed in March, has written a memoir that will be published next month. The book, titled "Why I Left Goldman Sachs," is set to be released on October 22, according to a statement from the book's publisher. Smith quit as an executive director at Goldman after writing an op-ed in the New York Times on March 14 that accused the firm of routinely ripping off clients. ... |
| NFL player charged with domestic battery in Florida Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT
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| NYC subway riders may lose discounts in next fare hike Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - In the next fare hike, New York City's bus and subway riders might lose some of the current discounts that cut the average cost of a ride to $1.63 from the $2.25 base fare, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Wednesday. "Do we need a discount that deep?" asked MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota after addressing a Crain's New York breakfast. Discounts are part of the city's culture, he noted, but added: "I think we need to have a very good public debate about fare prices and discounts. ... |
| Number of U.S. poor holds steady but earnings gap grows Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT
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| Breach of security at 'Fort Knox' of uranium sets off alarms Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT
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| Both sides "dug in" as Chicago teachers strike drags on Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:09 PM PDT
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| Texas woman to receive first U.S. double arm transplant Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the first such procedure performed in the United States. Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, Texas, will receive two new arms above the elbow. The hospital is working with a regional organ donor bank to find a donor. The surgery has not yet been scheduled. "I have the determination to make these arms my own," Hayes said at a news conference in Boston. "I want my life back. I want to hold my children. ... |
| U.S. judge's rule protects reporters, activists in their Middle East work Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge made permanent on Wednesday her order blocking enforcement of a U.S. law's provision that authorizes military detention for people deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan had ruled in May in favor of non-profit groups and reporters whose work relates to conflicts in the Middle East and who said they feared being detained under a section of the law, signed by President Barack Obama in December. ... |
| California governor signs pension bill, hails it as historic reform Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed on Wednesday a pension reform bill that he said puts into law the "biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the history of California pensions." The legislation raises minimum retirement ages and will reduce pension benefits for new public workers, moves that Brown said will save billions of dollars. "Under the new rules, employers and employees alike are going to contribute their fair share of the costs, resulting in a more sustainable system," Brown said in a statement. ... |
| Palmer receives Congressional Gold Medal Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT
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| West Nile cases in U.S. up nearly a third in latest week: CDC Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT DALLAS (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus climbed by nearly a third in the latest week as the spread of the mosquito-borne disease accelerated and threatened to make the 2012 outbreak the deadliest on record, government figures showed on Wednesday. So far this year, 2,636 cases have been reported to federal health officials, up from 1,993 the previous week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its weekly update of outbreak data. A total of 118 people have died from the disease, compared with 87 reported one week ago. ... |
| Peru police find U.S. teen who died on Amazon psychedelic retreat Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Wednesday that a shaman had buried the body of an 18-year-old American man to cover up his death during a spiritual retreat in the Amazon where he drank extracts of psychedelic plants. Shaman Jose Pineda Vargas, 58, confessed to burying Kyle Joseph Nolan in his jungle retreat, the Shimbre Shamanic Center, near the native community of Tres Islas in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon basin that borders Brazil, according to police colonel Roberto Palomino. ... |
| Trayvon Martin lawyer seeks probe of L.A. police use of force Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT
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| Long-time Madoff employee to plead guilty: prosecutors Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:37 AM PDT
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| Corn crop larger than expected, soy smaller: USDA Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT
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| U.S. revoking 2 CVS stores' controlled substance licenses Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:26 AM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is revoking the controlled substance licenses of two CVS Caremark Corp drugstores in Florida as part of a government crackdown on potentially addictive painkillers, especially oxycodone, according to a court filing. The DEA has alleged the two stores, about 30 miles south of Orlando, were inappropriately filling prescriptions for oxycodone, which can be highly addictive, and also had suspicious sales of other controlled substances. ... |
| Family Dollar plans to settle with store managers on overtime Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:39 AM PDT (Reuters) - Family Dollar Stores Inc said on Wednesday that it could pay up to $14 million to settle with a class of more than 1,700 store managers regarding their claims for overtime wages, and It plans to record a charge to cover the related costs. The preliminary settlement with New York employees provides for a payment of up to $14 million. A finalized settlement would need court approval, and that process has not yet begun, the discount chain said. ... |
| Both sides 'dug in' as Chicago teachers strike drags on Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:24 PM PDT
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| The firebrand leading Chicago's striking teachers Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:18 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Karen Lewis, the fiery, frumpy former teacher leading striking Chicago teachers, has carefully built support for her cause of challenging education orthodoxy through community organizing in poor neighborhoods of the inner city. Critics call her a throwback to the blustering, confrontational union bosses of the past. School district and union officials have said she was spoiling for a bare-knuckled fight in a town with a long history of union activism. ... |
| New England mob boss to plead guilty in strip club extortion scheme Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:36 PM PDT LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - The suspected former head of the New England mafia will plead guilty to a charge of racketeering for participating in a scheme to extort protection payments from Rhode Island strip clubs and adult bookstores. Anthony DiNunzio, 53, of East Boston, Massachusetts agreed to enter the plea in federal court in Rhode Island on Thursday, the Justice Department said in a statement on Wednesday. DiNunzio faced up to 20 years in prison, but as part of the agreement federal prosecutors will ask for a reduced sentence of between five and six and a half years. ... |
| Ex-Goldman employee's memoir expected on October 22 Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc employee who publicly resigned from the investment bank in a scathing op-ed in March, has written a memoir that will be published next month. The book, titled "Why I Left Goldman Sachs," is set to be released on October 22, according to a statement from the book's publisher. Smith quit as an executive director at Goldman after writing an op-ed in the New York Times on March 14 that accused the firm of routinely ripping off clients. ... |
| Cuba says jailed American OK, renews offer of talks on case Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Wednesday that jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross is in "normal" health, despite his wife's claims to the contrary, as it reiterated its willingness to talk with the U.S. government about resolving the case. Gross, arrested in Havana in December 2009 for illegally bringing in Internet equipment and setting up wi-fi networks under a controversial U.S. program, is serving a 15-year sentence handed down in an April 2011 trial. The case halted a brief warming in relations between Washington and Havana. ... |
| NFL player charged with domestic battery in Florida Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:54 PM PDT
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| $8 a gallon gas? NJ, PA stations jack up price in protest Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:48 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Talk about sticker shock. Motorists in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania saw gasoline prices on some stations from $8 to nearly $10 a gallon range Wednesday, as many Lukoil dealers staged a one-day protest over the wholesale prices the company is charging them. "The reason why we are doing this is we are sick and tired of Lukoil's uncompetitive pricing," Kinnelon, New Jersey, station operator Ameer Kraff said. "Their unfair treatment gets down to our customers. ... |
| Utah city's 'free-speech zones' challenged as unconstitutional Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:45 PM PDT (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union has sued a Utah city in federal court over a "free-speech zone" ordinance, saying the Orwellian-named measure unconstitutionally requires a permit for almost any form of public expression. The lawsuit was filed against Brigham City on Tuesday on behalf of the Main Street Church, a non-denominational faith barred under the municipal statute from distributing pamphlets on some sidewalks near a new Mormon temple in town. Brigham City, a predominantly Mormon town of about 18,000 people, is about 60 miles north of Salt Lake City, the state capital. ... |
| Texas woman to receive first U.S. double arm transplant Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:31 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - A Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the first such procedure performed in the United States. Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, Texas, will receive two new arms above the elbow. The hospital is working with a regional organ donor bank to find a donor. The surgery has not yet been scheduled. "I have the determination to make these arms my own," Hayes said at a news conference in Boston. "I want my life back. I want to hold my children. ... |
| U.S. judge's rule protects reporters, activists in their Middle East work Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:25 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge made permanent on Wednesday her order blocking enforcement of a U.S. law's provision that authorizes military detention for people deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan had ruled in May in favor of non-profit groups and reporters whose work relates to conflicts in the Middle East and who said they feared being detained under a section of the law, signed by President Barack Obama in December. ... |
| West Nile cases in U.S. up nearly a third in latest week: CDC Posted: 12 Sep 2012 03:09 PM PDT DALLAS (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus climbed by nearly a third in the latest week as the spread of the mosquito-borne disease accelerated and threatened to make the 2012 outbreak the deadliest on record, government figures showed on Wednesday. So far this year, 2,636 cases have been reported to federal health officials, up from 1,993 the previous week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in its weekly update of outbreak data. A total of 118 people have died from the disease, compared with 87 reported one week ago. ... |
| Number of U.S. poor holds steady but earnings gap grows Posted: 12 Sep 2012 02:21 PM PDT
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| NYC subway riders may lose discounts in next fare hike Posted: 12 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT (Reuters) - In the next fare hike, New York City's bus and subway riders might lose some of the current discounts that cut the average cost of a ride to $1.63 from the $2.25 base fare, the chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority said on Wednesday. "Do we need a discount that deep?" asked MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota after addressing a Crain's New York breakfast. Discounts are part of the city's culture, he noted, but added: "I think we need to have a very good public debate about fare prices and discounts. ... |
| Palmer receives Congressional Gold Medal Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT
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| Peru police find U.S. teen who died on Amazon psychedelic retreat Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:27 PM PDT LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Wednesday that a shaman had buried the body of an 18-year-old American man to cover up his death during a spiritual retreat in the Amazon where he drank extracts of psychedelic plants. Shaman Jose Pineda Vargas, 58, confessed to burying Kyle Joseph Nolan in his jungle retreat, the Shimbre Shamanic Center, near the native community of Tres Islas in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon basin that borders Brazil, according to police colonel Roberto Palomino. ... |
| California governor signs pension bill, hails it as historic reform Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:17 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown signed on Wednesday a pension reform bill that he said puts into law the "biggest rollback to public pension benefits in the history of California pensions." The legislation raises minimum retirement ages and will reduce pension benefits for new public workers, moves that Brown said will save billions of dollars. "Under the new rules, employers and employees alike are going to contribute their fair share of the costs, resulting in a more sustainable system," Brown said in a statement. ... |
| Breach of security at 'Fort Knox' of uranium sets off alarms Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:32 AM PDT
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