No Evidence Unemployment Data Was Fixed Before 2012 Election
WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department found no evidence to support allegations that the monthly unemployment rate was manipulated before the 2012 presidential election, according...
View ArticleStarting Five for Friday: Durant Breaks Out, 3 Game 7s on Saturday and Teddy...
1. Mr. Reliable Kevin Durant scores 36 and grabs 10 rebounds as the Thunder win Game 6 in Memphis. Maybe The Oklahoman was just looking to motivate KD, like when Spicoli trashed Jefferson's car before...
View ArticleUp to 500 Missing, Believed Dead, in Afghanistan Landslide: Official
KABUL (Reuters) - Up to 500 people are missing, believed dead, after a landslide smashed into a village in a remote mountainous area of northeastern Afghanistan on Friday, a senior police official...
View ArticleEx-Chicago Comptroller Amer Ahmad Arrested in Pakistan, May Be Extradited to...
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A former aide to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel who fled to Pakistan while awaiting sentencing in the United States on corruption convictions has been arrested in Pakistan and...
View ArticleAs Ukraine Breaks Apart, Political Fever Rises
KIEV (Reuters) - Cross the Crimean sparkling wine off the list. The lingerie from Luhansk and felt boots from Donetsk could be next.Financial journalist Yulia Sarotsyna spent a year living only off...
View ArticleHundreds Feared Dead in Afghan Landslide
KABUL (Reuters) - More than 2,000 people were trapped and hundreds feared dead after a landslide smashed into a village in a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan on Friday, local officials said,...
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Your iPhone Knows Exactly Where You've Been, and How Long You Spent There
It's more or less taken as a given that if you have a smartphone and a reasonable Web presence, your data privacy is not your own. But every so often, we're made aware of some feature that's keeping...
View ArticleWhat Are U.S. Sanctions Against Russia Accomplishing?
LONDON/WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Western states used targeted sanctions to isolate Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and push Iran into nuclear negotiations. Using similar tactics against President...
View ArticleFor House Republicans, Benghazi Never Went Away
In a highly partisan Washington, Republicans are doubling down on an issue they have long seen as a political winner: Benghazi.Six months before the September midterms, Republicans in Congress are...
View ArticleOfficials Confirm First Case of MERS in U.S.
(Reuters) - Officials from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday they have confirmed the first U.S. case of the newly emerging Middle East Respiratory Virus or MERS within...
View ArticleFire and Clashes Kill Over 40 in Odessa
KIEV (Reuters) - More than 40 people were killed in Odessa on Friday, most caught in a building set on fire after pro-Russian activists and supporters of Ukrainian unity fought running battles across...
View ArticlePatient With MERS Virus in Indiana Had Traveled to Saudi Arabia
The deadly MERS virus has found its way into the United States, with the first case reported in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday.The patient recently...
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Today in Tabs: Fashion Tab
I put on my acid-reflective poncho just like everyone else: hundreds of extrasensory antennae at a time— John Holdun (@johnholdun) May 2, 2014It's Friday, is anyone in the mood for reading things or...
View ArticleSamsung Loses to Apple in Patent Suit, but It's Hardly a Win for Apple
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pay $119.6 million to Apple Inc, far less than Apple had sought and marking a big loss for the iPhone maker...
View ArticleDozens Killed in Ukraine Riot and Fire; OSCE Monitors Freed
ODESSA/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed in street battles between supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that ended with pro-Russian protesters trapped in a...
View ArticleMore Than 2,100 Confirmed Dead in Afghan Landslide
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan officials gave up hope on Saturday of finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote northeast, putting the death toll at more than 2,100, as the aid effort focused on...
View ArticleAirbnb Has a Friend in Warren Buffett
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Saturday gave an endorsement for the online home rental service Airbnb Inc, after receiving many complaints from Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders about...
View ArticleItalian Cup Marred by Shootings in Rome
ROME (Reuters) - Napoli beat Fiorentina 3-1 to win their fifth Italian Cup on Saturday in a match that kicked off 45 minutes late after three fans were shot, one critically, in an incident near Rome's...
View ArticleIndiana Hospital Caring for MERS Patient Still Bustling
MUNSTER, Indiana (Reuters) - Along a stretch of rust-belt suburbia in Indiana, the Community Hospital in Munster now claims the dubious distinction of being the first U.S. facility to admit a patient...
View ArticleCommission Advising the Pope on Sex Abuse Will Push for Accountability
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A commission advising Pope Francis on the sexual abuse crisis will recommend that negligent clerics be held accountable regardless of their rank in the Church, Boston's...
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