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Spanish surplus figures improve

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:34:58 -0400

Spain has reported a trade surplus, the first since 1971. With imports slumping due to austerity measures, the first monthly trade surplus for more than 40 years is being seen as a positive development. However, the country is still suffering from an economic downturn with unemployment in Spain now running at 26.7%. The surplus of 634.9 million euros in March reflects a 15% plunge in ...

Letta may abolish unpopular taxes

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:40:20 -0400

Italy's coalition government has promised to abolish some salaries and perks which are handed out to government ministers. A controversial property tax will also be abolished, or frozen, by the new government of Enrico Letta, who has also promised to do away with the double salary received by some parliamentarians. Before the election, it had been mooted by Letta's coalition partners that ...

Ocado enters sale and lease back deal with Morrisons for Dordon facility

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:53 -0400

LONDON - Morrisons Supermarkets, one of the major British retail chains, has entered into a 170 million pounds and 25-year agreement with Ocado Group plc ("Ocado"), to acquire its recently opened Dordon Customer Fulfilment Centre (CFC) in the Midlands, and lease it back with commitment to use its logistics and distribution facilities to start grocery deliveries to customers by January 2014. ...

India-EU BTIA conclude another round of negotiations

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:03 -0400

Chief negotiators of India and the European Union (EU) met here from May 15 to May 17 and concluded another round of negotiations for the India-EU Broad-based Trade and Investment Agreement (BTIA). An official press release said that all issues were put on the table for discussions. Negotiators on both sides felt that some positive movements have been accomplished, though they admitted that ...

Wilkinson mettle steers Toulon to Euro title

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:15:40 -0400

France Jonny Wilkinson showed trademark nerves of steel to kick Toulon to glory over Clermont in a tense European Cup final.Ten years after kicking England to World Cup glory, the 33-year-old fly half's left foot did the trick once again, converting Delon Armitage's 65th minute try to put Toulon ahead for the first time in the match.Clermont had looked favourites to be crowned ...

Car hits parade injuring up to 60

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:13:07 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Bristol Herald Courier, Earl Neikirk - Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in ...

Paul McCartney kicks off Out There tour in U.S.

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:58 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/Andre Penner, File - FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 file photo, British musician Paul McCartney performs during his "Up And Coming Tour" at the Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo. ...

Texas joins flood of states suing BP over 2010 Gulf spill

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:55 -0400

BP America in its suit - of violating Texas' environmental regulations. Texas is seeking money from "lost" tourism revenues due to the spill, as well as monies that would have been generated from state park entrance and concession fees by visitors to the coastal communities. In addition, the state is seeking civil penalties for each day the oil spilled into the Gulf, and each ...

First lady to high school grads live your dreams

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:30:52 -0400

(AP Photo/Mark Humphrey). First lady Michelle Obama, right, applauds as students enter the arena for the commencement ceremony of Martin Luther King, ...

Powerball jackpot could go higher than $600M

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:28:20 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - People wait in line to purchase Powerball lottery tickets at the Port Authority bus station in New York May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Brendan ...

Cops investigate after NY college student killed

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:28:19 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/ Louis Lanzano - Hofstra University students gather near the house where another student and an armed intruder were killed during an overnight house break-in next to the campus, Friday, ...

North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles Says The South

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:27:44 -0400

After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles Saturday, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said. NPR's Louisa Lim reports that North Korea fired the missiles in defiance of international sanctions. She filed this report for our Newscast ...

Chicago commuter headache as L train line shut for five months

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:21:15 -0400

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago will shut down part of its "L" elevated rail system's busiest line for five months starting on Sunday, forcing thousands of commuters to seek other routes and creating the biggest such U.S. transit disruption in two ...

Fruitvale Station Storms Cannes

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:37:52 -0400

CANNES, FRANCE--Shot on a low budget of less than a million dollars, Sundance Film Festival winner "Fruitvale Station" is taking the Cannes Film Festival by storm. It's competing in the "Un Certain Regard" category in the festival, and the notoriously critical Cannes audience gave the film rapt applause when the screening concluded. The film, directed by 26-year old Ryan ...

European Union to ban refillable olive oil jugs

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:40:41 -0400

Restaurants must use pre-packaged oil in a tamper-proof bottle from now on, while opponents claim the move will largely harm small-time ...

Investigators seek cause of commuter train crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:33:14 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Passengers wait to be picked-up after two commuter trains collided in Bridgeport, Connecticut causing one to derail injuring numerous passengers, May 17, 2013. Some 20 to 25 people were ...

Plane makes emergency belly landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:33:11 -0400

View Photo Associated Press/WABC TV News - In this image taken from video and provided to WABC TV News by an airport source, emergency personnel spray foam on the fuselage of a US Airways Express commuter plane ...

Mystery of moons magnetic field deepens

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:31:35 -0400

magnetic field until at least 3.56 billion years ago, 160 million years longer than previously thought, a new study reports. These findings could shed light not just on the magnetic field ...

Majority of number combos picked for Powerball pot

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:26:58 -0400

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Powerball is a game of numbers, and lottery officials say the majority of possible combinations have already been purchased ahead of Saturday night's near-historic $600 million ...

Sea turtle comeback in a corner of the Caribbean

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:08:46 -0400

Flourishing turtle tourism is providing good livelihoods for people in formerly dead-end farming towns, with the Trinidad-based group Turtle Village Trust saying it brings in some $8.2 million annually. The inflow of visitors, both domestic and foreign, to Trinidad's northeast coast jumped from 6,500 in 2000 to over 60,000 in 2012. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say ...

Despite controversies Obama agenda marches on

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:37 -0400

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn ...

Merkel and Pope talk about a strong Europe

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:48:36 -0400

Pope Francis meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a private audience at the Vatican, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, ...

The Euro Sell-Off Market Forecasting

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:36:34 -0400

The key to staying on the right side of the market is in knowing how to collate the different tradable patterns in that market. Contrary to what many educators teach it is not "top-down analysis" which counts, but identifying those times when the majority of patterns are aligned. It is widely ...

Afghan lawmakers block law on womens rights

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:07:58 -0400

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage ...

Dollar index near 10-month high ECB deposit rate cut talk hits euro

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:33:35 -0400

LONDON: The dollar rose against a basket of currencies on Friday, trading near a 10-month high as debate over whether the Federal Reserve would wind down its asset buying program later this year gathered pace. The dollar's strength, along with expectations that the European Central Bank could ...

Activists Rebel groups clash in northern Syria

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:53 -0400

from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News ...

IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:27:50 -0400

conservative groups . The nation's tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, ...

Ex-NBA player stabbed seriously injured in fight

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:26:17 -0400

* Panamanian stops Lebedev in penultimate round * Povetkin knocks out Pole to set up Klitschko fight (updates with Jones win, adds details) MOSCOW, May 17 (Reuters) - Former champion Guillermo Jones of Panama stopped title holder Denis Lebedev with seconds remaining in the 11th round to reclaim his WBA cruiserweight crown from the Russian on Friday. Earlier, Alexander Povetkin knocked out ...

Benitez out to avoid Euro playoff

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:21:56 -0400

Rafael Benitez hopes to bid farewell to Chelsea by securing a victory over Everton on Sunday which would guarantee third spot in the Premier League. Photo by Mike ...

Cannes loses sparkle after €300000 hotel jewel raid

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:20:16 -0400

Robbers made off with a haul of jewels worth more than EUR300,000 (250,000) today during a raid on a Cannes hotel, hours after the screening of a film about a gang who stole luxury goods and cash from the rich and ...

Wenger relieved to ‘control’ Euro fight

Sat, 18 May 2013 07:19:42 -0400

Arsene Wenger insists he would have been happy to see Arsenal's Champions League hopes go to the final day when his side appeared out of the race for a top four finish earlier this ...

US Energy Revolution Gathers Pace

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:24:15 -0400

The growing role of the U.S. in world energy markets was underlined on Friday as the Obama administration approved wider exports of liquefied natural gas and international companies committed billions of dollars for new infrastructure. The developments were both consequences of ...

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:21:40 -0400

(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki). Cathy Raymond, of Oklahoma City, displays the Powerball Lottery tickets she purchased in Oklahoma City, Friday, May 17, ...

North Korea fires three short-range missiles

Sat, 18 May 2013 05:17:18 -0400

SEOUL – North Korea fired three short-range missiles from its east coast on Saturday, South Korea’s Defence Ministry said, but the purpose of the launches was unknown. Launches by the North of short-term missiles are not uncommon, but the ministry would not speculate whether these latest launches were part of a test or training exercise. "North Korea fired short-range guided ...

Landing gear issue leads to planes belly landing

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:27:08 -0400

NEWARK, N.J -- An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported.US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...

O.J.s ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:52 -0400

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based ...

2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:15:50 -0400

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) -- A pair of tamed but persistent wildfires still burned in the hills and mountains around Interstate 5 after a wild week of burning brush in the area north ...

Customs save Exchequer €1.75m in closure of diesel operation

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:48 -0400

Investigations are continuing after custom officers discovered and closed a diesel-laundering operation in Dublin last night.The operation was located in an industrial estate in Blanchardstown.It is estimated a loss of around EUR1.75m to the Exchequer was prevented by the intelligence sting operation.No one was arrested but investigations are ...

Obama Agenda Seems to Be Weathering Controversies

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:02:46 -0400

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. "Absolutely not," Steven Miller, the recently resigned acting head of the Internal Revenue ...

Probe begins after Conn. commuter trains crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:21:34 -0400

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Two commuter trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in an accident that sent more than 60 people to Connecticut hospitals, severely damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the congested Northeast ...

Harry Potter first edition annotated by author up for auction

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:06:30 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - British author JK Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter series of books, poses during the launch of new online website Pottermore in London June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Suzanne ...

Lawyer for accused singer steroids had ill effect

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:16:44 -0400

VISTA, Calif. -; The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer's mind has been ravaged by steroid ...

Obama aims to cut Afghan war spending by 10 percent

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:02:13 -0400

overseas operations by 10 percent, reflecting his plans to wind down the U.S. presence in that country. The president asked for $79.4 billion to fund so-called overseas contingency operations in fiscal 2014, which begins October 1, down from his original $88.5 billion request, a White House aide ...

Simpsons ex-lawyer says he poured his soul into trial

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:02:08 -0400

View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Yale Galanter, O.J. Simpson's former defense attorney, reacts during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 17, 2013. REUTERS/Steve ...

Petroceltic stalls stock listing as deal delayed

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:16 -0400

Petroceltic reached an agreement to sell an 18.37pc interest in the Isarene permit to Italian energy giant Enel.Petroceltic received more than $100m (EUR77.6m) from Enel, which represented nearly a quarter of all the back costs incurred in the exploration period of the permit, and nearly half the costs of the six appraisal wells that had been drilled.Petroceltic, which is already listed on ...

European stocks at five-year high on back of US bounce

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:15 -0400

John Mulligan - 18 May 2013 European stock markets surged to a five-year high after economic data from the United States showed that consumer confidence there jumped to its highest level in almost six ...

Cracks in Philips Ocado deal

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:15 -0400

Under his tenure, the UK's fourth biggest grocery chain has been suffering, losing market share to rivals including Asda and Sainsbury's. The difficult market is evidenced in Tesco's travails, too.The deal Morrisons unveiled yesterday with online retailer Ocado aims to help the chain regain lost ground. Morrisons already sells non-food items online, but this will extend its ...

Dells profit falls 79pc as founder continues $24bn takeover battle

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:14 -0400

Hewlett-Packard , Dell is investing heavily on research and sales to retain customers.Mr Icahn and major stakeholder Southeastern Asset Management, however, dismiss Mr Dell's go-private deal as too cheap for a company trying to become a major provider of enterprise computing. They are proposing new leadership and additional cash or stock for shareholders. ...

Danish PM shelves plan for a vote on joining euro

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:13 -0400

A referendum on joining the euro "in this election term is unrealistic", Ms Thorning-Schmidt said, adding: "I don't think it makes any sense to discuss the option of a euro referendum in the next term" (set to run from 2015 to 2019).Ms Thorning-Schmidt, who is half-way through her first four-year term, said Denmark's chosen model of an opt-out from the euro had ...

Europes car market rises at last but the recovery may be short-lived

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:05:13 -0400

Christiaan Hetzner and Rhys Jones - 18 May 2013 EUROPE'S ailing car market has ended a streak of 18 straight months of falling sales, although a number of one-off factors suggest that a sustained recovery will be harder to ...

Bold New Efforts to Talk Down the Euro

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:55:34 -0400

(MENAFN - DailyFX) With the Eurozone economy still mired in recession, policymakers have begun making more concerted efforts to talk down the euro as a means of stimulating exports and driving growth.The euro (EUR) came under selling pressure against the US dollar (USD) after European Industry ...

Amazing videos in the face of tornadoes

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:59 -0400

A series of 16 violent tornadoes ransacked north Texas this week, killing six people and flattening entire neighborhoods. Seven people who were reported missing early Friday morning have now been accounted for, but the storms aren't over yet. Severe thunderstorms are expected late Friday in Alabama and Mississippi, and the Plains and the Midwest face threats of even more tornadoes this ...

Officials About 50 people injured in Conn. train collision

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:48:57 -0400

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) -- Danish museum officials say that an archaeological dig last year has revealed 365 items from the Viking era, including 60 rare ...

Colorado sheriffs sue to block new gun-control laws

Fri, 17 May 2013 22:42:17 -0400

DENVER (Reuters) - A group of Colorado county sheriffs, angry over two new state gun control laws passed in the wake of last year's mass shootings in Connecticut and Colorado, filed a federal lawsuit on Friday seeking to block the laws from going into ...

Flesh-eating disease victim gets prosthetic hands

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:53:13 -0400

ATLANTA -- A metro Atlanta woman who lost both hands, her left leg and right foot after contracting a flesh-eating disease was on her way back from Ohio Friday after being fitted with prosthetic hands.Aimee Copeland, 25, is returning from Hilliard, Ohio, where she was fitted with a pair of hands with 24 programmable functions that will improve her dexterity, her father, Andy, told the Associated ...

Editorial €300000 worth of jewellery swiped so many explanations

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:37:02 -0400

Ah, the irony. The Cannes Film Festival - promoter of any number of heist movies - was itself the scene of an audacious robbery yesterday. Indeed, it was on the very day of the screening of The Bling Ring (about a gang that burgles the rich and famous while they are strutting the red carpet) that thieves swiped EUR300,000 (250,000) worth of jewellery that was to adorn Hollywood's A-listers ...

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on the moon

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:25:45 -0400

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on ...

The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:07:26 -0400

The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...

Tornado-ravaged Texas town to start recovery

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:33:59 -0400

Power lines damaged by Wednesday's tornado litter the streets in Cleburne, Texas on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Ten tornadoes touched down in several small communities in Texas overnight, leaving at least six people dead, dozens injured and hundreds homeless. Emergency responders were still searching for missing people Thursday ...

EURO Ressources Announces Date of Annual Shareholders Meeting and Dividend Distribution

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:28:57 -0400

) - EURO Ressources S.A. ("EURO" or the "Company") (PARIS The Board of Directors proposed on May 9, 2013, a cash dividend in the maximum amount of EUR 0.40 per share.? This amount may be reduced, by the board of directors, if the Company's disposable funds are deemed insufficient at this date for ...

Alaska volcano shoots ash 15000 feet into the air

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:21 -0400

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes has shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air in an ongoing eruption that has drawn attention from a nearby community but isn't expected to threaten air ...

SPIN METER GOP raps Dems for IRS union cash

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:28:51 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Seeking maximum political gain from the string of controversies swirling around the White House, Republicans are on the attack against Democratic lawmakers who accepted donations from the union that represents Internal Revenue Service ...

Divided Europe veers between urgent growth and bleak austerity

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:56:03 -0400

Angela Merkel 's pro-austerity policies soon after becoming president in May last year, blamed the tough cutbacks regime imposed on troubled economies for much of Europe's economic problems. "What is hitting Europe is a recession ... provoked by the austerity policy," Hollande said at a Paris news conference. The president was especially keen to pin the blame on European ...

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:20:00 -0400

WASHINGTON -; Political scandals cause collateral damage and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will snag some really big game - President Barack Obama's health care ...

Joining an office pool Watch yourself

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:29 -0400

Powerball ticket and a shared daydream. The office lottery pool is a way to improve your odds and have a little fun with co-workers. And besides, who wants to be the only person at work the next day when everyone quits? With $600 million on the line, this is the time to play. It's the ...

IRS asked anti-abortion group about prayers

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:28 -0400

While applying with the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status in 2009, an Iowa-based anti-abortion group was asked to provide information about its members' prayer meetings, documents sent by an IRS official to the organization reveal. On June 22, 2009, the Coalition for Life of Iowa received a letter from the IRS office in Cincinnati, Ohio, that oversees tax exemptions requesting ...

Death toll from new bird flu in China rises

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:04:27 -0400

confirmed cases , the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. The United Nations health agency said the four deaths were from cases that had already been identified in laboratories. Since May 8, there have been no new cases of infection with H7N9, it added. The WHO reiterated that there is no evidence that the new strain of bird flu, which was first detected in patients in China in ...

Eurozone Remains in Recession

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:54:43 -0400

Data released this week showed that real GDP in the Eurozone declined 0.2 percent (0.8 percent at an annualized rate) in the first quarter (Figure 1). The outturn marked the sixth consecutive quarter in which economic activity declined, bringing the total contraction over that period to 1.5 percent. Moreover, real GDP is now 3.3 percent below its peak in Q1-2008. In contrast, U.S. real GDP now ...

Eurozone remains in recession

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:52:53 -0400

At their latest meeting, Eurozone finance ministers have been trying to boost confidence in the European finance sector. They also released the first instalment of bail-out money for Cyprus . However growth figures from the region shows its problems are far from over. Also on this edition of Business Weekly: European inspectors raid office of some top oil companies and the leading price setter ...

Possibility of Spanish downgrade looms over euro zone

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:32:28 -0400

Spanish government bonds have had a good run since the European Central Bank said it would protect the euro last year. But some analysts say the threat of a rating downgrade to junk remains an important risk. Credit default swap prices are discounting such a move, according to Markit. Spain is only one notch above junk according to Moody's and Standard & Poor's ratings, and two ...

Dollar Beats Euro Yen Consumer Sentiment Rebounds GM Shares Break $33 IPO Level

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:00:58 -0400

Dollar Beats Euro, Yen (Reuters) The dollar rose against a variety of foreign currencies today on the back of debates over the future of the Fed’s stimulus program. The dollar marked a six-week peak against the euro and its best level against the yen in four and a half years, due respectively to concerns about action by the European Central Bank and Japan’s continued easy-money ...

College student masked gunman killed in New York break-in

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:10 -0400

Obamas other problem He cant draw tigers

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:09 -0400

(Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images) Following a rough, scandal-filled week in Washington, President Barack Obama got dressed down by a bunch of kids. During a visit to Moravia Park Elementary School in Baltimore, Md., Friday, the president was asked to do another challenging task: Draw a tiger. "I got to help with one of the lessons. We were having to draw zoo animals," Obama said in a ...

Cops daddy mode kicks helps lift SUV off trapped girl

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:08 -0400

Harrowing dash-cam footage shows officer Steve Nunez of the New Mexico State Police and some good Samaritans lifting an overturned SUV off of a little girl last week. Nunez spoke ...

Did the IRS target liberal groups too

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:30 -0400

improperly scrutinized certain conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. As an inspector general report on the practice found, groups with phrases like "tea party," "patriots" and "9/12 project" were targeted for ...

Hatchet hitchhiker gets handcuffs with his Starbucks

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:29 -0400

ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) -- Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. An employee at ...

Daring ‘dambuster’ mission remembered with flight

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:40:28 -0400

Operation Chastise , more popularly known as the "dambusters" mission. Vintage airplanes, including a Lancaster bomber, recreated a daring run Thursday that combined courageous flying with ingenious military ...

Charges filed against man in Nevada killing spree

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:50 -0400

Authorities in northern Nevada are seeking murder charges against a 25-year-old man they believe is responsible for killing five people, carjacking a newspaper deliveryman, and setting fire to an elderly couple's home all in a matter of ...

UKs FTSE touches 5-12 year highs

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:44 -0400

London - Britain's top share index hit fresh five and a half year highs on Friday, as banks were buoyed by an upgrade, the prospect of the end of state ownership in the sector and rotation out of defensive ...

Obama turns his attention to jobs economy

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:21 -0400

After a week filled with controversy and criticism, President Barack Obama leaves town Friday for the second stop on his "Middle Class Jobs & Opportunity Tour." The trip, previously scheduled, takes him to Baltimore, Md., where he will press his economic agenda. Obama, who will tour a Baltimore elementary school, a manufacturer and a community center, plans to underscore White ...