tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79041039628326771282011-05-10T14:25:15.415-07:00mhiannNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-59355795994187032602011-05-09T14:25:00.000-07:002011-05-10T14:25:15.668-07:00$2B for rail projects, speed upgrades announcedMoney designated for a now-canceled rail line in Florida was divvied up among nearly two dozen projects around the country Monday, heartening supporters but giving critics fuel to deride it as a diversion from President Barack Obama's high-speed-train ambitions or as a simple waste of money.
The bulk of the $2 billion is to go the congested Washington-New York-Boston corridor, where $795 million News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-41075959832378067082011-05-07T06:57:00.000-07:002011-05-08T06:57:41.822-07:00Colin Powell: Obama blew away the birthersORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -- Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina's premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuous time that saw a royal wedding, a pope's beatification and a U.S. military assault that killed Osama bin Laden, "the worst person on earth."
But the former secretary of state and Joint Chiefs chairman told South Carolina State University's 400News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-71401076965253122652011-05-06T10:00:00.000-07:002011-05-07T10:00:19.614-07:00US increases inspection posts at key border bridgeLAREDO, Texas (AP) -- Federal authorities on Friday opened seven new inspection booths for commercial traffic heading north to the U.S. from Mexico, nearly doubling capacity at the bridge that's the busiest commercial port on America's southwestern border - and a prime smuggling corridor for drug gangs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the new posts will ease wait times on Laredo's World News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-30080705818685717302011-05-05T09:38:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:39:03.196-07:00Rights group says Myanmar not ready to chair ASEANJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Southeast Asian nations should reject Myanmar's request to chair their regional grouping in 2014 unless the government releases political prisoners and takes other concrete steps to improve human rights, a U.S.-based rights group said Friday.
Leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, will gather in the Indonesian capital over the weekendNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-39009303526003991842011-05-05T00:22:00.000-07:002011-05-06T00:22:06.324-07:00AP Exclusive: Bosnian Serbs given ultimatumSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) -- Bosnian Serbs have been given a week to call off a referendum many fear will throw an already volatile country into further turmoil, Turkey's ambassador said Thursday.
Vefahan Ocak told The Associated Press Thursday that key world power ambassadors were informed of the deadline - which came into force Wednesday - by Bosnia's international administrator during News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-35233595053059624032011-05-04T10:25:00.000-07:002011-05-05T10:25:46.101-07:00Mexican microbrews fight for space at barMEXICO CITY (AP) -- The craft brewers plotted their revolution in a bar evoking the era of Prohibition speakeasies.
Their goal felt equally subversive: nothing less than the transformation of Mexico's beer-loving culture into one that thirsts not for the mild flavors of Corona or Dos Equis, but for the richness of stouts, the dark body of double malts and the bitterness of India pale ales.
The News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-49979043671342717282011-05-04T04:40:00.000-07:002011-05-05T04:40:51.413-07:00Australian bank NAB reports 16 pct profit riseSYDNEY (AP) -- National Australia Bank, one of the country's largest lenders, reported a nearly 16 percent rise in first-half net profits on Thursday amid a strong economy, lower bad debts and a predicted surge in business lending.
Net profit for the six months to March 31 was 2.43 billion Australian dollars ($2.61 billion), up from AU$2.1 billion in the same period a year ago, the News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-73881175048297187832011-05-03T23:39:00.000-07:002011-05-04T23:39:22.546-07:00AOL says 1Q profit fell; ad, subscriptions downNEW YORK (AP) -- AOL's first-quarter earnings and online advertising revenue dropped sharply, but the struggling Internet company tried to reassure investors by pointing out that part of its ad sales grew for the first time in more than three years.
CEO Tim Armstrong called the quarter a milestone for AOL, but in an interview he also made it clear the company has a long way to go.
Monthly unique News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-35602687048052511942011-05-02T20:52:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:52:18.144-07:00Lawyers say focus on race infected Arpaio's sweepsPHOENIX (AP) -- Records show top deputies in Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office circulated offensive jokes about Mexicans at a time when the department faces a lawsuit alleging officers in Arizona's Maricopa County routinely racially profile immigrants during traffic stops.
One email from someone in the sheriff's office that was included in a flurry of lawyers' filings late last week had an attachment News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-25688512074530277732011-04-24T21:58:00.000-07:002011-04-25T20:58:56.706-07:00Rap music inspires Libyan rebels to defeat GadhafiAJDABIYA, Libya (AP) -- Libyan rebel fighter Jaad Jumaa Hashmi cranks up the volume on his pickup truck's stereo when he heads into battle against Moammar Gadhafi's forces.
He looks for inspiration from a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution.
The music captures the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-1382716714249457012011-04-23T21:59:00.000-07:002011-04-24T21:00:08.385-07:00Gulf anniversary renews debate on Arctic drillingWASHINGTON (AP) -- A year after the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, some experts are pondering the next doomsday scenario - a massive oil well blowout in the icy waters off Alaska's northern coast.
Like the deepest waters of the Gulf, the shallow but frigid seas off Alaska are a new frontier for oil and gas exploration. The reserves are large but come with risks.
With no roads News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-46233614286497697012011-04-23T18:11:00.000-07:002011-04-24T17:12:44.512-07:00Japan automakers check radiation on car exportsTOKYO (AP) -- Japanese automakers have begun checking the level of radiation on cars to be exported from the country in a bid to ease worries among foreign consumers, an industry group said Friday.
The automakers will inspect radiation inside cars and on tires before shipment, said Hirokazu Furukawa, a spokesman for the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. No radiation has been detected soNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-31536289184089921062011-04-22T18:29:00.000-07:002011-04-23T17:30:26.683-07:00UN panel urges probe of alleged Sri Lankan abusesCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A U.N. panel has called for a thorough investigation into what it calls credible allegations that war crimes were committed by both sides in Sri Lanka as its decades-old civil war drew to a close nearly two years ago.
A copy of the three-member panel's report was printed Saturday in The Island newspaper. The report called the conduct of the war a "grave assault" on News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-43850615968340205142011-04-17T11:11:00.000-07:002011-04-18T10:12:40.694-07:00Health Insurance Plans AdvantagesHealth insurance plans could appear like an added fixed cost that you can not really want. However, health insurance can be helpful for a list of causes. You can seek through health insurance plans to get the better one for you, whether it is something that only covers the some and far-between doctor's visits you may need throughout the year, or disability coverage that takes into account any News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-29631373669404339032011-04-15T23:23:00.000-07:002011-04-16T22:24:14.574-07:00Obama signs spending bill he negotiated with GOPWASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama signed a six-month spending bill Friday that cuts more than $38 billion from the current budget. The legislation averted a government shutdown and was the result of intense negotiations between the White House and emboldened Republicans.
There was no signing ceremony.
In an accompanying signing statement, however, Obama questioned the constitutionality ofNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-65957031570029030652011-04-08T08:37:00.000-07:002011-04-09T07:38:32.205-07:00A Consumer's Guide to Health Care OvertakeThe six-month day of remembrance] of the enactment of the health care overtake, many of the law's provisions will be in effect. Most consumers, however, won't see any changes until after Jan. 1, when their new health insurance plan year begins.
Meanwhile, employees will be getting ready for drops "open registration" point, once they choice their health coverage for the coming class. Additionally,News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7904103962832677128.post-35333337614005686672011-03-16T00:16:00.000-07:002011-03-16T23:16:58.260-07:00Missing Texas woman's family hopes for answersFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Since Martha Martinez Maxwell vanished nearly 20 years ago, her relatives have been left without answers, without a body to bury, without evidence of any crime - just their suspicions of a husband they say repeatedly abused her.
Now that investigators have reopened the missing Texas woman's 1992 case following her former husband's weekend arrest on charges of abducting News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com