Congress to grill Attorney General Holder over search of Associated Press...
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View ArticleFarm bills considered this week will cut spending while still growing farm...
WASHINGTON — There’s still a little something for everyone in massive farm bills that Congress is considering this week, even though the legislation would cut billions of dollars from federal farm and...
View ArticleN.Y. lawmaker won't face charge over sex harassment claim
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York State Assemblyman Bryce Reed , a local Democratic power broker in Brooklyn, will not face criminal charges over allegations he sexually harassed female staffers, a special...
View ArticleAP case points to complaints about some Obama whistleblower policies
The Justice Department’s secret review of Associated Press telephone records gives federal employee advocates one more reason to doubt the Obama administration's full commitment to protecting...
View ArticleAnother housing bubble?
May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Just a year since the U.S. housing market hit bottom after the biggest plunge in eight decades, signs of excess are re-emerging. An open house for a five-bedroom brownstone in...
View ArticleNissan chief welcomes yen fall as a plus for exporting luxury Infiniti brand...
KAMINOKAWA-MACHI, Japan — Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn says the yen has fallen to what he called “neutral” levels for the Japanese automaker’s profitability, but said it must drop further to...
View ArticleIndexes open higher on Wall Street; Northrop Grumman rises on stock buyback...
NEW YORK — Stocks are slightly higher in early trading on Wall Street, even as several big retailers slumped after reporting disappointing earnings. Shortly after the opening bell Friday the Dow Jones...
View ArticleChrysler, Tesla over federal loan repayment
DETROIT — Chrysler Group and Tesla Motors, both led by media-savvy executives, are trading public jabs over the definition of payback. Tesla wired $452 million Wednesday to repay the remaining portion...
View ArticleEuropean car sales rise in April, ending 18-month streak of declines
MILAN — European auto sales grew in April for the first time since September 2011, ending 18 consecutive months of decline, but the improvement was a technical one because of two extra work days last...
View ArticleMaine governor moves out of State House office over TV screen dispute with...
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to “kiss my butt” and comparing the IRS to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and...
View ArticleNew GOP debt-limit demands: Ban late-term abortion and approve Keystone...
While much of Washington was enthralled by Benghazi e-mails and the IRS scandal, House Republicans began quietly planning their strategy for the next showdown over the debt limit, now believed to be at...
View ArticleTreasury inspector: Still probing whether political pressure caused IRS’ tea...
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s top investigator for tax matters is telling Congress that he is still investigating whether outside political pressure caused the Internal Revenue Service to...
View ArticleNew SEC chief Mary Jo White begins job with pressure to tackle rules
Her pictures are not even on her office wall yet, but Mary Jo White already is getting pulled into an arena in which she’s untested: writing regulations. Since she took over as head of the Securities...
View ArticleANC wants donations kept secret
Cape Town - The African National Congress wants the identity of party donors to remain secret amid calls for more disclosure ahead of next year’s vote. “No party should be compelled to divulge the name...
View ArticleRetailers report modest gains for April as cold weather lingers
NEW YORK — Americans spent briskly during the early spring months in the latest sign that they’re encouraged by the economic recovery. Falling gas prices, a rallying stock market and gains in the job...
View ArticlePope denounces “cult of money” that tyrannizes poor and rejects God; urges...
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the “cult of money” that he says is tyrannizing the poor and turning humans into expendable consumer goods. In his first...
View ArticleRalph Lauren report to address shareholder issue
MICHAEL VIRTANEN Associated Press= ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A shareholder resolution asking Ralph Lauren Corp. to report on social and environmental issues was withdrawn Tuesday by New York Comptroller...
View ArticleWhite says SEC not now writing political spending rule
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission told lawmakers on Thursday that her agency, despite pressure from liberal groups, is not currently drafting a rule that would...
View ArticleNewark Mayor Cory Booker discloses finances to the public
ELIZABETH LARA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Newark Mayor Cory Booker Newark Mayor Cory Booker made more than $1.3 million since 2008 giving 90 speeches to colleges, companies and non-profits in 32 states, his...
View ArticleFed order further clouds proposed restart of ailing San Onofre nuke plant
LOS ANGELES — A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant — a decision that further clouds...
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