Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va The Press Democrat | Activists are pushing a "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plate in Virginia, which would become only the fourth state to offer a pro-choice plate and the first to require legislative approval for it. Supporters have threatened to sue if lawmakers don't give drivers the option. | "We really don'...
The Daily Mail | Despite feverish speculation linking Tiger Woods with a return to golf at the Accenture Match Play Championship in a fortnight, all the smart money in America remained on his comeback being at one of two events in Florida next month. | The speculation had begun with a story in Austral...
Police: Ohio girl dies after fall into snow bank Ohio | ASHLAND: Police say an 8-year-old Ohio girl has died after falling into a hole she dug while playing in a snow bank in front of her family's home. | Ashland police Sgt. Joel Icenhour says that Emily Kramer was playing alone Sunday afternoon when sh...
NYC mayor wants federal promise to fund 9/11 trial Houston Chronicle | NEW YORK - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he is skeptical that the federal government would cover the cost of trying Sept. 11 suspects in Manhattan, a day after President Barack Obama said he had not ruled out holding the trial in New Y...
NYC mayor wants federal promise to fund 9/11 trial The Press Democrat | Bloomberg said Monday that he wants the Obama administration to guarantee it will help pay for the added security and other infrastructure the city would have to provide for the trial of professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four...
Advocates push abortion-rights license plate in Va The Press Democrat | Activists are pushing a "Trust Women/Respect Choice" license plate in Virginia, which would become only the fourth state to offer a pro-choice plate and the first to require legislative approval for it. Supporters have threatened to sue if lawmaker...
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Darling draws the line at seal meat for his G7 dinner The Independent | In his role as Chancellor, Alistair Darling has become used to eating local delicacies laid on by his hosts at international summits. But at the G7 finance ministers' meeting in ...
HSBC denies US Senate accusations of corruption The Independent | HSBC has strongly defended itself against a US Senate report into foreign corruption and US interests which is critical of the bank's lax anti-money laundering measures. | A bank...
P.E.I. aquaculture gets cash infusion CBC The tunicate cover the mussels, making them difficult to harvest. (CBC) | The Prince Edward Island aquaculture industry will receive more than $600,000 in federal funding this year...
West Bank to hold municipal elections July 17 The News & Observer | RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' government decided Monday to hold municipal elections in the West Bank in July, the first voting since Abbas' Fatah movement was trounced by the militant Islamic Hamas in national polls fo...
Missouri Department of Transportation commits all $525M in stimulus money early Business Journal Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ Video offering...
Bill tightens requirements for pension fund placement agents Business Journal Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words from the security image above: | Get new image | Audio verification | reCAPTCHA™ | Assemblyman ...
Bank of America, former CEO charged with fraud Deccan Herald New York, Feb 5 (DPA) | Bank of America and its former chief executive Kenneth Lewis have been charged with fraud over the controversial takeover of rival Merrill Lynch at the height of the financial crisis, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said. | The lawsuit alleges that Bank of America's top management purposely concealed massive losses at...
