tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62181444532151017742024-09-08T04:39:36.983-07:00Current eventsWhat happenedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-9432027425391567102011-11-29T04:59:00.000-08:002011-11-29T04:59:00.269-08:00Barney Frank, author of Wall Street reform, to retire
(Reuters) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representative Barney Frank, a Democrat who helped to craft the landmark overhaul of financial regulations that bears his name, will not seek re-election in 2012, his office said on Monday.Frank, 71, one of the most outspoken liberals in Congress, will hold a 1 p.m. EST/1800 GMT news conference to discuss the decision, according to his office.He has represented his Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-11637055905452373722011-11-29T03:34:00.000-08:002011-11-29T03:34:00.246-08:00Newt Gingrich: Union Leader endorsement a big boost in New Hampshire
(The Christian Science Monitor) Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign just got a big boost in New Hampshire – the state holding the first Republican primary election.The Union Leader, the state’s most prominent publication and a leading voice in conservatism, says it’s backing Gingrich over Mitt Romney.Romney, who holds a commanding lead in New Hampshire polling, is still the man to beat there. But the Union Leader’s rejectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-81934474193902139222011-11-29T02:32:00.000-08:002011-11-29T02:32:00.098-08:00Europe scrambles to save euro
(AP) by GREG KELLER and PAN PYLAS, AP Business Writer Greg Keller And Pan Pylas, Ap Business Writer – 7?mins?agoPARIS – European leaders raced Monday to save the euro from impending breakup, as momentum gained for a radical proposal in which countries that use the common currency would cede control of a big chunk of their budgets to a central authority.In the run-up to the next European summit on DecUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-76367746422831521342011-11-29T00:49:00.000-08:002011-11-29T00:49:00.115-08:00AP IMPACT: More kids skip school shots in 8 states
(AP) ATLANTA – More parents are opting out of school shots for their kids. In eight states now, more than 1 in 20 public school kindergartners aren't getting all the vaccines required for attendance, an Associated Press analysis found.That growing trend among parents seeking vaccine exemptions has health officials worried about outbreaks of diseases that once were all but stamped out.The AP analysis Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-73930860896835990022011-11-28T23:00:00.000-08:002011-11-28T23:00:01.413-08:00NYC judge rejects $285M SEC-Citigroup agreement
(AP) NEW YORK – A federal judge in New York has struck down a $285 million settlement that Citigroup reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission, citing a need for truth about the financial markets.Judge Jed Rakoff rejected the settlement Monday. The deal would have imposed penalties on Citigroup even as it allowed the company to deny allegations that it misled investors on a complex mortgageUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-7279217424689466742011-11-28T21:14:00.000-08:002011-11-28T21:14:00.330-08:00Attorney: there was 'culture of hazing' at FAMU
(AP) LITHONIA, Ga. – Florida A&M University had a "culture of hazing" that led to the recent death of a marching band member, an attorney for the student's family said Monday.Attorney Christopher Chestnut said the family plans to file a lawsuit in the death of 26-year-old Robert Champion, who was found Nov. 19 on a bus parked outside an Orlando, Fla., hotel after the school's football team lost to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-12475346727196702422011-11-28T20:14:00.000-08:002011-11-28T20:14:00.898-08:00IMF denies in Italy aid talks
(Reuters) By James Mackenzie and Francesca Landini James Mackenzie And Francesca Landini – Mon?Nov?28, 3:56?am?ETROME (Reuters) – Italy's prime minister faces a testing week as he seeks to shore up the country's strained public finances, with an IMF mission expected in Rome and market pressure building to a point where outside help may be needed to stem a full-scale debt emergency.However, an IMF Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-22974141393446174332011-11-28T18:27:00.000-08:002011-11-28T18:27:00.139-08:00After extending olive branch, Los Angeles posts eviction notice on Occupy LA camp
(The Christian Science Monitor) ATLANTA – Arguably the most peaceful and orderly large Occupy Wall Street encampment – a nearly 500-tent occupation on two flanks of Los Angeles City Hall – is scheduled to be evicted at 12:01 a.m. Monday.While police in cities from Oakland to New York City have clashed, sometimes violently, with the grassroots economic justice movement that sprang up near-spontaneously in October, Los Angeles Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-71384830722933397952011-11-28T17:09:00.000-08:002011-11-28T17:09:00.532-08:00Pakistan PM: No more "business as usual" with U.S.
(Reuters) ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ruled out "business as usual" with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, and the army threatened to curtail cooperation with Washington on Afghanistan drastically.Saturday's incident on Pakistan's border with Afghanistan has complicated U.S. attempts to ease a crisis in relations with Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-74984452210758594372011-11-28T15:52:00.000-08:002011-11-28T15:52:00.493-08:00Egypt's post-Mubarak poll peaceful, high turnout
(Reuters) CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptians voted on Monday in the first election since a popular revolt toppled Hosni Mubarak's one-man rule, showing new-found faith in the ballot box that may sweep long-banned Islamists into parliament even as army generals cling to power.Voters swarmed to the polls in a generally peaceful atmosphere despite the unrest that marred the election run-up, when 42 people were Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-26571796931024023852011-11-28T14:17:00.000-08:002011-11-28T14:17:00.330-08:00Tobey Maguire, others settle over poker winnings
(AP) By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer Anthony Mccartney, Ap Entertainment Writer – 14?mins?agoLOS ANGELES – Tobey Maguire has decided to fold `em and settle a lawsuit over his winnings from a convicted con man during high-stakes Hollywood poker games.The "Spider-Man" star agreed to pay $80,000 to settle the lawsuit filed over more than $311,000 he was paid by a convicted Ponzi scheme Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-47514062344674772152011-11-28T12:45:00.001-08:002011-11-28T12:45:19.552-08:00Rep. Barney Frank announced retirement
(AP) By BOB SALSBERG and DAVID ESPO, Associated Press Bob Salsberg And David Espo, Associated Press – 26?mins?agoNEWTON, Mass. – Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts says he does not intend to seek re-election in 2012.Frank spoke Monday at a news conference in his hometown of NewtonFrank said he originally intended to run for one more term, but that his decision was partially due to the factUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-11261524286050256012011-11-15T05:38:00.000-08:002011-11-15T05:38:00.789-08:00Angry over spying, Muslims say: 'Don't call NYPD'
(AP) By EILEEN SULLIVAN and CHRIS HAWLEY, Associated Press Eileen Sullivan And Chris Hawley, Associated Press – Mon?Nov?14, 10:53?am?ETNEW YORK – Fed up with a decade of police spying on the innocuous details of the daily lives of Muslims, activists in New York are discouraging people from going directly to the police with their concerns about terrorism, a campaign that is certain to further strain Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-17667489705722091552011-11-15T04:13:00.000-08:002011-11-15T04:13:00.346-08:00Europe could be in worst hour since WWII: Merkel
(Reuters) LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday that Europe could be living through its toughest hour since World War Two as new leaders in Italy and Greece rushed to form governments and limit the damage from the euro zone debt crisis.A rally on financial markets sparked by the appointment of respected European technocrats in Rome and Athens soon stalled. Analysts Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-9680985128309457862011-11-15T03:11:00.000-08:002011-11-15T03:11:00.407-08:00Supreme Court will hear health care case this term
(AP) By JESSE J. HOLLAND and MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Jesse J. Holland And Mark Sherman, Associated Press – 44?mins?agoWASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul — a case that could shake the political landscape as voters are deciding if Obama deserves another term.This decision to hear arguments in the spring Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-79320212852928615762011-11-15T01:28:00.000-08:002011-11-15T01:28:00.715-08:00Buffett sheds tech aversion with big IBM investment
(Reuters) (Reuters) – Warren Buffett has always made his distaste for technology investments clear, but on Monday he changed his ways in spectacular fashion.The Berkshire Hathaway chief executive said he has bought nearly $11 billion of International Business Machines Corp stock in the last eight months, building a roughly 5.5 percent stake that potentially makes him the largest shareholder in the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-60585853237041760772011-11-14T23:39:00.000-08:002011-11-14T23:39:00.207-08:00House GOP leader says deficit deal likely
(AP) WASHINGTON – The No. 2 Republican in the House says he's still confident that a bipartisan deficit "supercommittee" will be able to reach agreement even though there's little more than a week to go before its deadline.Majority Leader Eric Cantor said he knows the panel is under great pressure but he believes its members can succeed by Nov. 23.The panel is charged with coming up with at least $Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-20517928051728442572011-11-14T21:53:00.000-08:002011-11-14T21:53:00.784-08:00Press probe says more papers may have phone-hacked
(Reuters) LONDON (Reuters) – Other tabloids besides Rupert Murdoch's News of the World may have hacked phones, a London court heard on Monday as it began an investigation into newspaper practices that could lead to tougher regulation of the entire UK press.The Leveson inquiry, expected to take about a year, was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron after it was revealed in July that the News of the WorldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-77285827605790316172011-11-14T20:53:00.000-08:002011-11-14T20:53:00.101-08:00Wall St falls on euro zone recession worries
(Reuters) NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stocks declined on Monday as euro zone data signaled the region could be facing a recession, adding to worries about Europe's debt crisis.Initial optimism about prospects of pro-growth reforms under new governments in Italy and Greece gave way to caution over the huge debt problems still plaguing the euro, which fell against the U.S. dollar.Industrial production Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-85135308693465594682011-11-14T19:06:00.000-08:002011-11-14T19:06:00.434-08:00Republican debate highlights foreign policy differences
(The Christian Science Monitor) Saturday nighta€?s Republican debate saw no major stumbles or gaffes, nothing in what CBS News and the National Journal ostentatiously called a€?The Commander-in-Chief Debatea€In fact, of all the (it only seems like) hundreds of debates so far, this one seemed the most substantial, focusing on national security and foreign affairs – life-and-death issues that President Obama polls relatively Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-73392049402168753062011-11-14T17:48:00.000-08:002011-11-14T17:48:00.137-08:00Syria faces growing world pressure to halt bloodshed
(Reuters) BEIRUT (Reuters) – Jordan's King Abdullah told Syria's President Bashar al-Assad on Monday he should step down and the European Union added pressure with more sanctions after the Arab League's surprise decision to suspend Damascus for its violent crackdown on protests.Syria looks ever more isolated, but still has the support of Russia, which said the Arab League had made the wrong move and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-23045301319237386762011-11-14T16:31:00.000-08:002011-11-14T16:31:00.186-08:00President of Pa. charity linked to abuse resigns
(AP) PITTSBURGH – The youth charity at the center of the child sex-abuse charges against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky received donations in recent years from hundreds of corporations, community groups and individuals — including the judge who arraigned Sandusky earlier this month.On Monday, The Second Mile's president resigned, saying he hoped his departure would help Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-11035143119498900152011-11-14T14:56:00.000-08:002011-11-14T14:56:00.331-08:00Players reject NBA's offer, begin to disband union
(AP) NEW YORK – The NBA players rejected the league's latest offer Monday and have begun the process to disband the union.The decision likely jeopardizes the season."We're prepared to file this antitrust action against the NBA," union executive director Billy Hunter said. "That's the best situation where players can get their due process."He said players were not prepared to accept the NBA Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-3283370855493688162011-11-14T13:24:00.001-08:002011-11-14T13:24:33.945-08:00Airline fined $900,000 for lengthy tarmac delays
(AP) WASHINGTON – The Department of Transportation said Monday it has fined a regional affiliate of American Airlines $900,000 for keeping hundreds of passengers cooped up for hours on planes in Chicago earlier this year, a clear warning to airlines on the eve of the holiday travel season that similar incidents won't be tolerated.American Eagle Airlines had tarmac delays of more than three hours on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6218144453215101774.post-66004616116366588522011-11-07T04:50:00.000-08:002011-11-07T04:50:00.988-08:00Insight: Euro has new politburo but no solution yet
(Reuters) PARIS (Reuters) – Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula.Forged in the fire of a bond market inferno, the shadowy so-called Frankfurt Group has grabbed the helm of the 17-nation currency area in a few short weeks.The inner circle comprises the leaders of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0