- FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work AP - 2 hrs 57 mins ago
The Federal Aviation Administration announced new steps Friday to help prevent air traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job, including allowing controllers … More »FAA: Tired air traffic controllers can skip work
The Federal Aviation Administration announced new steps Friday to help prevent air traffic controllers from falling asleep on the job, including allowing controllers to use sick or annual leave time if they are too tired to work.
Vulnerable feel the pinch of Minn. gov't shutdown AP - 8 mins agoThe blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care subsidies. More »Vulnerable feel the pinch of Minn. gov't shutdown
The blind are losing reading services. A help line for the elderly has gone silent. And poor families are scrambling after the state stopped child care subsidies.
- Gas is 24 cents/gallon cheaper than Memorial Day AP - 3 hrs ago
Call it an Independence Day discount. More »Gas is 24 cents/gallon cheaper than Memorial Day
Call it an Independence Day discount.
- Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger AP - 43 mins ago
Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 yea … More »Shriver files papers to divorce Schwarzenegger
Six weeks after Arnold Schwarzenegger revealed he had fathered a child out of wedlock, wife Maria Shriver filed divorce papers Friday to end their marriage of 25 years.
- Royals tour Canada, Monaco gets a new princess AP - 3 hrs ago
and poignant reminders of princesses past. More »Royals tour Canada, Monaco gets a new princess
and poignant reminders of princesses past.
- China documentary directors say they have freedom AP - 25 mins ago
Chinese directors attending a Hong Kong documentary festival say they enjoy significant creative freedom despite outside opinion of harsh censorship and oppression.
- Jagr to Philly; Richards looking for new NHL home AP - 1 hr 58 mins ago
So much for this being an unattractive bunch of NHL free agents.
- Analysis: Geithner may want to go; will Obama let him? Reuters - 6 hrs ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Timothy Geithner may be musing about stepping down as Treasury secretary but President Barack Obama has ample reason to try to talk him out of it, not least that doing so would avoid a bruising succession battle.
- KKR, Silver Lake to buy Go Daddy for $2.25 billion: sources Reuters - 1 hr 41 mins ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Web hosting company The Go Daddy Group Inc agreed to be bought by a private equity consortium led by KKR and Silver Lake for $2.25 billion, including debt, people close to the situation said on Friday.
- Minnesota government shutdown begins after talks fail Reuters - 3 hrs ago
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota's state government began a broad shutdown on Friday going into the July 4 holiday weekend after the Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders failed to agree on a budget.
- Manufacturing rises but consumers remain wary Reuters - 10 hrs ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pace of growth in U.S. manufacturing picked up for the first time in four months in June, surprising investors and fueling optimism the recent economic slowdown will be temporary.
- Shriver files for divorce from Schwarzenegger Reuters - 3 hrs ago
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former California first lady Maria Shriver filed for divorce on Friday from her estranged husband, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the ex-governor and film star who has admitted fathering a child out of wedlock more than a decade ago.
- Rockets push back rebels south of Libyan capital Reuters - 4 hrs ago
BIR-AYYAD, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels who had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of Muammar Gaddafi's stronghold in the capital were forced to retreat on Friday after coming under a barrage of rocket fire from government forces.
- Zynga files for IPO, surfs Facebook wave Reuters - 7 hrs ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Zynga Inc, developer of popular Facebook games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, could be the best proxy for investing in Facebook until the world's largest social network goes public itself.
- June auto sales weak for 2nd month in row Reuters - 7 hrs ago
DETROIT (Reuters) - The auto industry sputtered to its second consecutive month of weaker-than-expected U.S. sales in June, marked by disappointing results from General Motors Co, Ford Motor Co and the big Japanese automakers, as the weak economy and tight supply of cars left buyers wary.
- Facebook set for $1 billion in social-gaming revenue Reuters - 7 hrs ago
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is on course to generate $1 billion in revenue this year from social gaming, according to Kevin Ryan, a leading Internet entrepreneur and former chief executive of online advertising giant DoubleClick.
Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault. More »Ex-IMF chief freed without bail; charges stand