Tensions in Libya ahead of first post-Gadhafi vote AP - 6 hrs agoFears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened Friday to mar Libya's first nationwide parliamentary election, a milestone on the oil-rich North African nation's rocky path toward democracy after the ouster … More »Tensions in Libya ahead of first post-Gadhafi vote
Fears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened Friday to mar Libya's first nationwide parliamentary election, a milestone on the oil-rich North African nation's rocky path toward democracy after the ouster of dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
Rate-rigging probe escalates in U.K. and Germany Reuters - 9 hrs agoA global investigation into manipulation of interbank lending rates widened on Friday with Britain's fraud squad taking up the case and sources telling Reuters that Germany's markets regulator had launched a probe into Deutsche … More »Rate-rigging probe escalates in U.K. and Germany
A global investigation into manipulation of interbank lending rates widened on Friday with Britain's fraud squad taking up the case and sources telling Reuters that Germany's markets regulator had launched a probe into Deutsche Bank. Authorities in the United States, Europe, Japan and Canada are examining more than a dozen …
Zimmerman leaves jail on $1 million bond ABC News - 12 hrs agoGeorge Zimmerman walked out of jail on $1 million bond today to await his trial on charges of killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. More »Zimmerman leaves jail on $1 million bond
George Zimmerman walked out of jail on $1 million bond today to await his trial on charges of killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
- Rep. Thaddeus McCotter resigns from Congress The Ticket - 9 hrs ago
Michigan Republican Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, who launched a short-lived White House bid in 2011, announced Friday that he was resigning from Congress, citing personal family issues. "After nearly 26 years in elected office, this past nightmarish month and a half have, for the first time, severed the necessary harmony between …
- From now to the election, Obama’s economic record is set in stone The Signal - 11 hrs ago
After being battered by the Clinton campaign over bad economic figures in the first two quarters of 1992, George H. W. Bush's reelection campaign should have been relieved that things started picking up over the summer. The nation added 141,000 new jobs in August of that year, dropped off in September, and then resurged …
- Ohio diner owner dies hours after Obama visit The Ticket - 8 hrs ago
Friday morning, President Barack Obama ate a breakfast of eggs, bacon and wheat toast at Josephine "Ann" Harris' restaurant in Akron, Ohio. She met the president, and embraced him. A few hours later, she was dead. The Akron Beacon Journal said Harris, 70, apparently succumbed to a heart attack. Obama, winging his way back …
- Best Buy to cut 2,400 jobs in turnaround effort AP - 5 hrs ago
Electronics retailer Best Buy Co. is laying off 600 staffers in its Geek Squad technical support division and 1,800 other store workers as it seeks to restructure operations and improve results, the company said Friday.
- More Americans convinced of climate change after extreme weather The Lookout - 9 hrs ago
Every summer it seems like a different kind of out-of-control weather pattern decides to strike. In the past month alone, we've experienced deadly Colorado wildfires, early-season heat waves and a wind-whipping hurricane, convincing formerly dubious Americans that climate change is actually real, according to the Associated …
- Boy, 4, dies after tombstone falls on him in Utah AP - 5 hrs ago
A 4-year-old boy is dead after a large tombstone toppled onto him while his family and some friends gathered to take pictures at a historic cemetery in a Utah ski resort town.
- Con Edison, union to resume talks Saturday as NYC broils Reuters - 2 hrs 50 mins ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Contract talks between Consolidated Edison Inc and locked-out union workers concluded late Friday while replacement crews struggled to end brownouts in Brooklyn and the Bronx as New York City sweltered in a prolonged heat wave. A Con Ed spokesman confirmed the talks had ended late on Friday night and …
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Saturday formally designated Afghanistan a "major non-NATO ally," setting the stage for tighter military cooperation even as international troops are on a path to withdraw from the war-torn country by the end of 2014. Clinton announced … More »U.S. anoints Afghanistan a 'major non-NATO ally'
President Barack Obama promised cheering supporters in Ohio that he would "make no apologies" … More »Obama: 'I make no apologies' for my health care law
California lawmakers approved billions of dollars Friday in construction financing for … More »Calif. OKs funding for first high-speed rail line
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