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U.S. dollar marks worst week versus yen in a year
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar posted its worst week against the yen in a year on Friday as volatility in stocks and uncertainty about the outlook for U.S. monetary policy spurred investors to pare back bets against the Japanese currency. Some...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Economic Policy, Labor Markets, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., Portugal
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Exxon still waiting for ruptured Pegasus pipeline test results
Reuters* Almost two months since Mayflower, Arkansas, spill * Arkansas politicians demand part of line rerouted By David Sheppard NEW YORK May 24 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp is still waiting for test results from the ruptured section of its 95,000 barrel-...Tags: National Government, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Sunoco Incorporated, Exxon Mobil Corporation, U.S. Department of Transportation
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk Shows
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 26 - June 1, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SERIES Trisha's Southern Kitchen In the season...
Tags: Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Navy, Bob Dole, ABC (tv network), Afghanistan
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Obama awards medals to girls killed in '63 church bombing
Reuters(Reuters) - President Barack Obama signed a bill into law on Friday granting the United States' highest civilian honor to four black girls killed in a civil rights-era church bombing that shocked the nation in 1963. Congress awarded the Congressional...Tags: U.S. Congress, Ku Klux Klan, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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U.S. Education Secretary Talks School Safety In Hartford
The Hartford Courant— Local students gathered in a town hall meeting Friday asked U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan his opinion of armed guards in schools, how much standardized testing is too much, and a long list of school security issues. "The...Tags: U.S. Congress, Teaching and Learning, Health and Safety at School, Richard Blumenthal, Elizabeth Esty
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George Packer chronicles American boom and bust in 'The Unwinding'
George Packer's new nonfiction book, "The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America," has many of the qualities of an epic novel. Packer's subject is the last 35 years of U.S. history, the decades that gave us the conservative "Contract With...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Biofuels, Authors, Martin Luther King Jr., Environmental Issues
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Veterans' claims put pressure on Obama even as backlog dips
ReutersBy Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - A long-growing backlog of U.S. military veterans' disability claims, which has stoked congressional anger, has dipped in recent weeks, however tentatively. But that is not taking any pressure off...Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, Wars and Interventions, Chuck Hagel
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Daugaard looking for new student regent
South Dakota’s early citizens thought higher education to be so important that they amended the state constitution in 1896 to establish the Board of Regents One of the board’s nine seats is reserved for a state university student. The...Tags: University of Virginia, Students, Mike Rounds, Teaching and Learning, Crime, Law and Justice
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House Changes To GMO Bill Irk Activists
The Hartford CourantHARTFORD — Activists pressing for a state law requiring labels on food with genetically modified ingredients are disappointed and angry that the House of Representatives weakened a bill approved by the Senate earlier this week. "It's very clear...Tags: Genetic Engineering, European Union, J Brendan Sharkey, Crime, Law and Justice, Robin Williams
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Unity Temple ownership could change hands
Oak Park's Unity Temple could soon see a massive facelift if a fundraising effort that involves a recently announced $10 million grant from a Chicago foundation is successful. The foundation and the temple entered into an agreement that provides the...
Tags: National Government, Frank Lloyd Wright, Government
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Amanda Bynes' bong arrest could bring more legal woes in L.A.
Amanda Bynes' arrest in New York could spell trouble for the TV star back in Los Angeles, where she has had several run-ins with the law and is currently on probation. Last year, she pleaded no contest to driving with a suspended license in a case filed...Tags: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Manhattan (New York City), Lobbying
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Health care overhaul faces backlash from once supportive labor unions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Some labor unions that enthusiastically backed President Barack Obama's health care overhaul are now frustrated and angry, fearful that it will jeopardize benefits for millions of their members. Union leaders warn that unless...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Health Insurance Cost, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Congress, Health Care Reform (2009)
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