WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to try to push past the fiscal battles...
Insight: Divided Damascus confronted by all-out war
Label: BusinessDAMASCUS (Reuters) - MiG warplanes roar low overhead to strike rebels fighting to oust President Bashar al-Assad on the fringes of Damascus, while artillery batteries pound the insurgents from hills overlooking a city divided between all-out war and a deceptive calm. Whole families can be obliterated by air raids that miss their targets. Wealthy Syrians or their children are kidnapped....
Feb
12
Wall Street flat ahead of Obama speech
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Tuesday, hovering near multi-year highs as traders awaited President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. The economy will be one of the main topics of Obama's speech at 9 p.m. (0200 GMT Wednesday). Investors will listen for any clues on a deal with Republicans in Congress to avert automatic spending cuts due to take effect March...
Groups want broad EPA probe of tainted Texas water
Label: WorldHOUSTON (AP) — More than 80 environmental groups on Monday demanded a broad investigation into whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency behaved improperly when it abruptly dropped enforcement actions against a gas driller it had accused of contaminating water in Texas.The 86 groups from 12 states sent a letter to the EPA‘s inspector general, Arthur Elkins, asking that he widen an existing...
Why pope will long be remembered
Label: LifestyleTim Stanley says Pope Benedict will be seen as an important figure in church history.STORY HIGHLIGHTSTimothy Stanley: Benedict XVI's resignation is historic since popes usually serve for lifeHe says pope not so much conservative as asserting church's "living tradition" He backed traditionalists, but a conflicted flock, scandal, culture wars a trial to papacy, he saysStanley: Pope kept to principle,...
China joins U.S., Japan in condemning North Korea nuclear test
Label: BusinessSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from around the world, including from its only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest. The reclusive North said the test was an act of self-defense against "U.S. hostility" and threatened further, stronger steps if necessary....
Feb
11
Wall Street dips from multiyear highs, Fed's Yellen on tap
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slipped at the open on Monday, with the S&P and Nasdaq dipping from multiyear highs, as Google shares weighed on the market on plans by its former chief executive to sell a large chunk of his stake in the Internet company. Trading volume was relatively low, which could make the market volatile and exaggerate moves. Google fell 0.9 percent...
Snedeker on the rise with Pebble win
Label: TechnologyPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Everything about Brandt Snedeker moves at warp speed, including his rapid rise into golf's elite.He talks so fast that he always seems to be a few words short of a complete sentence. He plays fast, giving his hips a quick swivel to set his position before pulling the trigger. Even his putts go into the hole quickly, most of them struck with purpose instead of hope.But when...
First Person: Digging Out from Nemo in Western Massachusetts
Label: WorldYahoo! News is gathering brief first-person accounts, photos and video from the severe winter weather in the northeastern United States. Here’s one resident’s story.FIRST PERSON | WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS — The snow started Friday afternoon, the nice kind of snow that’s fun to play in. My family and I took a walk through our neighborhood with our 2-year old, who had a blast running along the lightly...
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