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| No Black Nurses Request Draws Lawsuit Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:53 PM PST  A Michigan hospital is under fire after a lawsuit claims it fulfilled a father’s request to have no black nurses look after his baby in the neonatal intensive care unit last fall. A black nurse sued Hurley Medical Center for discrimination and violation of the... Full Story | Top |
| McCain defends immigration plan to angry residents Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 09:16 PM PST  PHOENIX (AP) â€" Arizona took center stage in the national immigration debate Tuesday as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the state's border with Mexico and Sen. John McCain defended his proposed immigration overhaul to an angry crowd in suburban Phoenix. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio woman claims she was fired for Obama vote Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 08:29 AM PST  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) â€" A southwest Ohio woman who says she was fired because she voted for President Barack Obama filed a lawsuit against her former employer. Full Story | Top |
| Couple finds, returns over $11,000 found near Golden Gate Bridge Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 08:24 AM PST A couple visiting San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge on Valentine's Day discovered an unattended camera bag in a nearby parking lot. Inside the bag: credit cards, some papers and (wait for it) over $11,000. The couple, Carlos and Barbara Landeros of Vallejo, Calif., had driven down to San Francisco for a romantic dinner, according to [...] Full Story | Top |
| Family threatened by ex-cop recalls 6-day ordeal Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:58 AM PST  LOS ANGELES (AP) â€" Christopher Dorner's threats to kill officers and the families of those linked to his 2008 firing from the department was backed up with deep research that included surveillance of possible victims, officials said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| "Keep your so-called workers," U.S. boss tells France Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:58 PM PST  PARIS (Reuters) - The CEO of a U.S. tire company has delivered a crushing summary of how some outsiders view France's work ethic in a letter saying he would have to be stupid to take over a factory whose staff only put in three hours work a day. Titan International's Maurice "Morry" Taylor, who goes by "The Grizz" for his bear-like no-nonsense style, told France's left-wing industry minister in a letter published by Paris media that he had no interest in buying a doomed plant. "The French workforce gets paid high wages but works only three hours. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 07:51 AM PST SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after mass protests against high power prices and falling living standards, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during four years of debt crisis. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, an ex-bodyguard who took power in 2009 on pledges to root out graft and raise incomes in the European Union's poorest member, faces a tough task of propping up eroding support ahead of an expected early election. ... Full Story | Top |
| McConnell’s office duped by The Onion-style piece on Gitmo Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 06:01 AM PST Is the Obama Administration preparing to give prisoners at Guantanamo Bay GI Bill benefits as part of a plan to “completely crush their souls with bureaucracy?†Wired Magazine reports that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office asked the Pentagon that very question after a constituent sounded the alarm. The problem? That far-fetched notion came [...] Full Story | Top |
| Woman Dumps Boyfriend After Finding Him with Another Woman in Online Map Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:06 PM PST There is no good way to find out that your significant other is cheating on you, but one woman in Russia discovered her boyfriend's infidelity in a pretty surprising manner. Marina Voinova was looking up an address on Russia's version of Google Maps, Yandex Maps. She wanted to get a closer glimpse of a building [...] Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Senator Admits to Fathering Child With Other Senator's Daughter Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:05 PM PST  Former New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici revealed today that he fathered a son in an extramarital affair with another senator’s daughter more than 30 years ago and has kept the secret since then, only telling his own family in the last “several months.†In a... Full Story | Top |
| Pentagon notifies Congress of likely furloughs Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:49 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told Congress on Wednesday that if automatic government spending cuts kick in on March 1 he may have to shorten the workweek for the "vast majority" of the Defense Department's 800,000 civilian workers. Full Story | Top |
| One casualty of the sequester? Obama's entire legislative agenda Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 05:51 AM PST President Obama has been highlighting, with increasing urgency, all the ways in which the sequester â€" the across-the-board cuts to defense and nondefense discretionary spending scheduled to hit at the end of next week â€" would be bad for average Americans and could do serious damage to the economy. Full Story | Top |
| Obama mounts local media blitz on sequester Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 06:11 AM PST President Barack Obama will pound away at Republicans on Wednesday over the automatic “sequester†spending cuts in a series of eight local interviews, the White House announced. Obama will speak to reporters from Boston, Baltimore, San Francisco, Honolulu, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Kan., San Antonio, Texas, and Charleston, S.C. “By speaking to anchors from stations around [...] Full Story | Top |
| Obama considers weighing in on gay marriage case Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 07:07 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" The Obama administration is quietly considering urging the Supreme Court to overturn California's ban on gay marriage, a step that would mark a political victory for advocates of same-sex unions and a deepening commitment by President Barack Obama to rights for gay couples. Full Story | Top |
| Yahoo redesign aims to make site more inviting Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:50 PM PST  Yahoo is renovating the main entry into its website in an effort to get people to visit more frequently and stay longer.The long-awaited makeover of Yahoo.com's home page is the most notable change to ... Full Story | Top |
| Witness heard "non-stop shouting" before Pistorius shooting Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 06:52 AM PST  PRETORIA (Reuters) - A witness heard "non-stop shouting" in the home of South African athletics star Oscar Pistorius shortly before his girlfriend was shot dead, the detective leading the murder investigation said on Wednesday. Warrant officer Hilton Botha, a detective with 24 years on the force, also told the Pretoria magistrates court in a bail hearing that police had found two containers of testosterone and needles in Pistorius' bedroom. The athlete's defence team disputed the finding. ... Full Story | Top |
| Stanford University is 1st college to raise $1B Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 12:03 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) â€" Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
| Teachers ditch student desk chairs for yoga balls Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 07:24 AM PST  In 11 years of teaching, ditching students' desk chairs in favor of yoga balls is one of the best decisions Robbi Giuliano thinks she ever made.Replacing stationary seats with inflatable bouncers has raised ... Full Story | Top |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. pleads guilty in campaign case Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 03:56 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., holding back tears, entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court to criminal charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal items. He faces 46 to 57 months in prison, and a fine of $10,000 to $100,000, under a plea deal with prosecutors. Full Story | Top |
| NKorean propaganda video shows Obama in flames Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 08:38 PM PST  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) â€" A new North Korean video portrays President Barack Obama and American troops in flames and says the North conducted its recent nuclear test because of U.S. hostility. Full Story | Top |
| Triumph passengers bring class action against Carnival Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 02:55 PM PST  (Reuters) - The owner of the stricken Carnival Triumph cruise ship was hit by a lawsuit seeking class action status for stranding more than 3,000 passengers for five days on a ship without electricity or adequate sanitation. Carnival Corp should be held liable for physical and emotional anguish inflicted on the passengers as well as punitive damages, according to the lawsuit by Matt and Melissa Crusan. The lawsuit was filed on Monday in U.S. federal court in Miami. ... Full Story | Top |
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