Oct 23 FROM THE WIRE BREAKING: Germany: Merkel calls Obama after finding out US may have spied on her mobile phone.— The Associated Press (@AP) October 23, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 23 SEC 'crowdfunding' rules will give start-ups a new way to fundraise Small businesses and start-up companies are one step closer to having the ability to raise investment capital over the internet. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued proposed rules today to implement a provision to the 2012 Jumpstart Our… Continue reading
Oct 23 Royals gather before Prince George's christening .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Britain's future monarch, Prince George… Continue reading
Oct 23 U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey struck by 'sense of power' in Detroit students' work .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey… Continue reading
Oct 23 New Mexico's Supreme Court hears arguments over same-sex marriage Photo by Wikipedia user WhisperToMe/Public Domain The New Mexico Supreme Court is hearing arguments Wednesday on whether or not the state will legally allow same-sex marriages. New Mexico is the only state without guidelines that explicitly… Continue reading
Oct 23 700 IRS contract workers owe $5.4M in back taxes WASHINGTON -- A Treasury investigator says nearly 700 people who work for Internal Revenue Service contractors owe $5.4 million in back taxes. That's about 5 percent of all IRS contract workers. In a report released Wednesday, the IRS inspector general… Continue reading
Oct 23 How long does Obama have to fix healthcare.gov? Photo by Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images They've got a few weeks. But if federal officials can't get the new online insurance marketplace running smoothly by mid-November, the problems plaguing the three-week-old website could become a far bigger threat to the… Continue reading
Oct 23 Obama remembers attack on Marine barracks in Beirut 30 years ago "Thirty years ago today, 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers lost their lives to a (Hezbollah) suicide bomber who attacked the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon ... Our 241 service members will be remembered in ceremonies at Camp… Continue reading
Oct 23 FDA warns pet owners of jerky treats linked to animal deaths and illnesses A reported 580 pets have died from jerky-related illnesses since 2007. Photo by Flickr user rawlands The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to get the bottom of a mysterious outbreak that has sickened thousands of dogs… Continue reading
Oct 23 White House fires staffer for using Twitter to criticize administration WASHINGTON -- A White House national security official has been fired for running a Twitter account that was harshly critical of the Obama administration. Jofi Joseph served as non-proliferation director at the National Security Council and was involved in nuclear… Continue reading