No on Keystone pipeline -- but GOP vows replay
Republicans say they'll resurrect the controversial issue after the first of the year.Read More ...
Source: Obama to ease immigration rules on millions of undocumented
By
Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is
poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented
immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal
residents, according to a source familiar with White House
deliberations. Obama has promised to lay out the details of an executive
order on immigration. The action could come as early as this week. The
source, who asked not to be identified, said some details were not yet
available on which parents of citizens or permanent residents would be
included. ...Read More ...
Senate blocks NSA phone records measure
WASHINGTON
(AP) — The Senate on Tuesday blocked a bill to end bulk collection of
American phone records by the National Security Agency, dealing a blow
to President Barack Obama's primary proposal to rein in domestic
surveillance.Read More ...
Missouri Governor names panel to address inequity in Ferguson
By
Scott Malone ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Missouri's governor on Tuesday named
16 members to a panel charged with making recommendations to fix social
and economic inequalities in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb hit by
protests since a white policeman fatally shot an unarmed black teen in
August. Governor Jay Nixon, a Democrat, took the action as the region
braced for a decision by a local grand jury on whether to indict
Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of 18-year-old
Michael Brown. Protests are expected, particularly if Wilson does not
face criminal charges. ...Read More ...
All 50 U.S. states feeling freezing temperatures
By
Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Temperatures in all 50 U.S. states
dipped to freezing or below on Tuesday as an unseasonably cold blast of
weather moved across the country, while heavy snow prompted a state of
emergency in western New York. In the U.S. South, states were bracing
for a record chill from the Arctic-born cold that swept the Rocky
Mountains last week. Every U.S. state, including Hawaii, was bitten by
temperatures at the freezing point of 32 degrees F (0 C) or below, the
National Weather Service (NWS) said. ...Read More ...
Same-sex marriage now allowed in most populous Kansas county
KANSAS CITY Kan. (Reuters) - The Kansas Supreme Court said on Tuesday the state's most populous county could issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and left it to the federal courts to determine whether a Kansas ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution. The court did not address whether same-sex marriage should be allowed in all Kansas counties following a federal judge's ruling on Nov. 4 that clerks in Sedgwick and Douglas counties must issue marriage licenses to gay couples. ...
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Controversy flares at Guantanamo over female guards
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Navy secretary's jaw-dropping travel bill
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus's travel costs are staggering, and taxpayer-funded.Read More ...
Fracking to be permitted in GW National Forest
Environmentalists
and energy boosters alike welcomed a federal compromise announced
Tuesday that will allow fracking in the largest national forest in the
eastern United States, but make most of its woods ...Read More ...
Hong Kong protesters break into government building as tensions flare again
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - A small group of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters broke into the city's legislature via a side door early on Wednesday, and police stopped others forcing their way in as tensions in the Chinese-controlled city escalated following a period of calm. The flare-up came just hours after court bailiffs managed to clear part of a protest camp in the heart of the city that has been occupied by pro-democracy demonstrators for nearly two months, while leaving most of the main protest site intact. ...
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German auction house putting Hitler watercolor on market
NUREMBERG,
Germany, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A 1914 watercolour by Adolf Hitler to be
auctioned on Saturday could fetch up to 50,000 euros ($62,685) given
strong global interest, a German auction house chief said on Tuesday.
Auctioneer Kathrin Weidler said the painting entitled "Standesamt und
Altes Rathaus Muenchen" (Civil Registry Office and Old Town Hall of
Munich) is one of about 2,000 works Hitler painted from about 1905 to
1920 as a struggling young artist. ...Read More ...
Ex-billionaire goes on trial for insider trading
By
Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Eike Batista, once Brazil's
richest man, arrived at a Rio de Janeiro courthouse on Tuesday for trial
on charges of insider trading in the run up to the bankruptcy of his
oil firm OGX, the largest bankruptcy in Latin American history. The
flamboyant entrepreneur, who once parked his sports car in his living
room and married a Playboy cover girl, remained silent as he arrived in
court to take a front row seat. Dressed in a gray pinstripe suit and
light blue tie, he was surrounded by four lawyers. ...Read More ...
Oxford's word of the year may surprise you
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Obama stakes final two years on climate change
With limited time still in power, the president looks to the environment.Read More ...
Pelosi remains Democratic House minority leader
WASHINGTON
(AP) — Rep. Nancy Pelosi overcame gripes about Democrats' losing
campaign messages and breezed to re-election Tuesday as House minority
leader.Read More ...
Where will Charles Manson get married?
CORCORAN,
Calif. (AP) — Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old
woman who left her Midwestern home and spent the past nine years trying
to help exonerate him.Read More ...
3 Americans, 1 Briton killed in synagogue attack
Police say two Palestinians attacked worshippers in Jerusalem with knives, axes and guns.Read More ...
Silicon Valley's rise as a financial political force, in charts and graphics
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Plane crashes into Chicago home
By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - A small cargo plane crashed into a home in Chicago early Tuesday, moments after the pilot had reported engine problems, authorities said. The occupants of the home escaped uninjured after the crash at 2:42 a.m. CST but Chicago police said they did not have information about potential injuries sustained by the pilot, who authorities said was the only occupant of the plane. ...
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'Serious military buildup' in Ukraine
BRUSSELS
(Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg denounced on
Tuesday what he called a serious Russian military buildup both inside
Ukraine and on the Russian side of the border and urged Moscow to pull
back its troops. Stoltenberg said NATO saw movement of troops,
equipment, tanks, artillery and also of advanced air defense systems in
violation of a ceasefire agreement. Russia denies providing arms or
troops to support a separatist pro-Russian rebellion in eastern Ukraine,
which began after the removal of a Kremlin-oriented Ukrainian president
by mass protests in February. ...Read More ...
Japan's Abe calls snap election, puts off tax hike
TOKYO
(AP) — Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election for
December and put off a sales tax hike planned for next year, seeking a
renewed mandate for his all-or-nothing policies to end two decades of
economic stagnation.Read More ...
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