|
| |
|
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:08:43 GMT Economic growth likely slowed in second quarter
(AP)
|
AP - The already fragile economic recovery may be getting weaker.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:16:01 GMT Fed atty: Military secrets sold to pay for HI home
(AP)
|
AP - A federal prosecutor said Thursday a former B-2 bomber engineer helped China design a stealth cruise missile to raise money to pay the $15,000-a-month mortgage on the mansion-like home he built on Maui's north shore.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:35:48 GMT Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in Pakistan
(AP)
|
AP - The death toll in three days of flooding in Pakistan reached at least 267 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:29:27 GMT Panel hits Rangel with 13 ethics charges
(AP)
|
AP - House investigators accused veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of congressional ethics standards on Thursday, throwing a cloud over his four-decade political career and raising worries for fellow Democrats about the fall elections.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:29:50 GMT Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep
(AP)
|
AP - The showdown over Arizona's immigration law played out in court and on Phoenix's sun-splashed streets on Thursday, as the state sought to reinstate key parts of the measure and angry protesters chanted that they refused to "live in fear." Dozens were arrested.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:33:06 GMT House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders
(AP)
|
AP - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.
|
|
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:58:30 GMT News Analysis: Ruling Against Arizona a Warning for Other States |
Wednesday’s immigration ruling may halt, at least temporarily, a movement by states to make it a crime to be an immigrant without legal documents.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:50:22 GMT As Deaths Soar in the Desert, a Morgue Grows Crowded |
An Arizona morgue is running out of space as a growing number of border crossers have been found dead in the deserts around Tucson.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:20:33 GMT U.S. Military Scrutinizes Leaks for Risks to Afghans |
Some of the documents released by WikiLeaks contain the names of Afghans who provided credible information to U.S. and NATO troops.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:46:04 GMT Job Subsidies, Often Popular for Public Projects, Also Lift Private Employers |
Stimulus money sometimes goes to private companies to hire workers, instead of funding public projects.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:05:36 GMT Comic Book Heroes Drawn From Real Life |
A comic book company hopes to draw new readers with a series of comics based on famous people, including Jesus, Lady Gaga and Sarah Palin.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:20:28 GMT Congress Is Rethinking Its Ban on Internet Gambling |
Under pressure to find new revenue sources, Congress is reconsidering legalizing, and taxing, Internet gambling.
|
|
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:09:37 -0400 Arizona appeals immigrant law ruling amid protests |
| PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures in the law.



|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:02:06 -0400 Economic growth seen slower in Q2 on imports |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses was sated by imports and consumer spending tapered off, a government report is expected to show on Friday.



|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:29 -0400 House to take up offshore drilling reform bill |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three months after the catastrophic oil rig explosion that sent millions of gallons of crude spewing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. House of Representatives was poised on Friday to debate legislation clamping down on the industry's offshore drilling practices.



|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:35:53 -0400 BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage |
| BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.



|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:56:01 -0400 WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, U.S. says |
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost lives and damage trust of allies.



|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:45:14 -0400 Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup |
| GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.



|
|
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:32:41 +0000 MoD 'to pay for Trident renewal' |
The chancellor says the MoD, not the Treasury, will have to pay the £20bn cost of renewing the UK's nuclear deterrent, putting further pressure on the defence budget.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:00:35 +0000 Welfare reform options outlined |
Ministers are to set out options for reforming the benefits system and moving people from welfare into work.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:04:48 +0000 Lockerbie inquiry 'may visit UK' |
The US senator, who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the Lockerbie bomber release, tells the BBC he may send investigators to the UK.
|
| Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:02:00 +0000 FBI to aid Afghan war leak probe |
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates calls in the FBI to help investigate the leaking of 90,000 classified papers related to the Afghan war.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:15:02 +0000 Public to veto council tax rises |
The public will be able to veto their council tax bills in England if charges are above an agreed limit, ministers will announce.
|
| Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:59:08 +0000 Calcium pills 'raise' heart risk |
Calcium supplements taken by many older people could be increasing their risk of a heart attack, research shows.
|
World Trading News |
|
|
|