NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks were little changed on Wednesday after housing and inflation data pointed to a continuation of modest economic improvement and ahead of the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee's January meeting later in the session. Groundbreaking to build new U.S. homes fell 8.5 percent in January but new permits for construction rose to a 4 1/2-year high while...
Armstrong facing Wednesday deadline with USADA
Labels: TechnologyAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Lance Armstrong is facing a Wednesday deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials and talk with them under oath about what he knows about performance-enhancing drug use in cycling.The agency has said Armstrong's cooperation in its cleanup effort is the only path open to Armstrong if his lifetime ban from sports is to be reduced.Armstrong has...
Obama can't kick his legacy down road
Labels: LifestyleBy Gloria Borger, CNN Chief Political AnalystFebruary 19, 2013 -- Updated 2122 GMT (0522 HKT)President Obama has a small window of opportunity to get Congress to act on his priorities, Gloria Borger says.STORY HIGHLIGHTSGloria Borger: Prospect of deep budget cuts was designed to compel compromiseShe says the "unthinkable" cuts now have many supportersThe likelihood that cuts may happen shows new level...
Jesse Jackson Jr., Sandi Jackson expected to plead guilty today
Labels: HealthJesse Jr. and Sandi Jackson have arrived to court in Washington where they are expected to plead guilty to federal charges WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.,...
Bulgarian government resigns amid growing protests
Labels: BusinessSOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's government resigned on Wednesday after violent nationwide protests against high power prices, joining a long list of European administrations felled by austerity during Europe's debt crisis. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, a former bodyguard who swept to power in 2009 on pledges to root out corruption and raise living standards in the European Union's poorest...
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Wall Street opens higher on M&A activity
Labels: World(Reuters) - A Texas mother had a one-in-70-million kind of Valentine's Day this year when she gave birth to two sets of identical twin boys, a Houston hospital announced on Monday. The four brothers were delivered at 31 weeks to Tressa Montalvo, 36, via Cesarean section at The Woman's Hospital of Texas in Houston, according to a news release from the hospital. Tressa and Manuel Montalvo Jr. were not...
Pistorius says no intentions to kill girlfriend
Labels: TechnologyPRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.The double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer at his bail hearing that he felt vulnerable because he did not have on his prosthetic legs when he pumped bullets into the locked bathroom door....
How can U.S. deal with cyber war?
Labels: LifestyleMichael Hayden says lack of domestic agreement is driving U.S. to take the offense on cyber attacks.STORY HIGHLIGHTSObama administration beefing up effort to counter cyberattacksMichael Hayden says emphasis is on striking first, as the U.S. does with drone attacksEx-CIA director says drone policy reflects lack of consensus on handling prisonersHayden: Is killing terrorists preferred because of division...
2 teens die in Antioch crash: 'I just saw headlights spin'
Labels: Health Two teenagers were killed when their SUV crashed into a tree in Antioch in heavy rain, authorities said.The 16-year-old boy...
Venezuela's Maduro would win if Chavez goes: poll
Labels: BusinessCARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Nicolas Maduro would comfortably win a presidential election should his boss Hugo Chavez's cancer force him out of power, according to an opinion poll. The first survey on such a scenario, by local pollster Hinterlaces, gave Maduro a potential 50 percent of votes, compared to 36 percent for opposition leader Henrique Capriles. ...
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