Archive for December, 2013

Fox News – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, on the eve of the ObamaCare launch, told Fox News she doesn’t anticipate any more...

BBC – Talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels are due to start later on Tuesday in Ethiopia, mediators say. The two sides are expected...

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AP – With fireworks, dancing and late-night revelry millions around the globe welcomed 2014 on Tuesday, gathering for huge displays of jubilation and unity as...

Fox – For the first time in years, people feel positive about how things went for their family this year.  In addition, a slim majority...

CBC – Michael Schumacher underwent a second surgery after a brain scan showed small, “surprising” signs of improvement, but grim doctors said Tuesday they could...

AP- Thousands of police officers and paramilitary forces are on duty in the Russian city of Volgograd, which is reeling from  two suicide  bombings in...

Reuters – Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Germans their fate is so closely entwined with the European Union that it is imperative to come up...

Cooper Tire Abandons Merger

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The New York Times – What would have been the largest-ever Indian acquisition of a United States company has been derailed by problems with a...

NPR – If anything defined 2013, it was the political misstep. There were so many gaffes, flaps, scandals and ill-advised moves that voters were often left...

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National Post – OTTAWA — The federal Conservative and Liberal parties are both boasting to supporters that they are on the cusp of raking in...

Reuters – U.S. consumers’ mood improved as 2013 drew to a close, with many optimistic about their future job prospects, while home prices rose again...

CNN – As the 74 people on a climate change research ship stuck in the ice in Antarctica readied for New Year’s Eve festivities, authorities...

Reuters – Six world powers and Iran have made good progress in expert talks in Geneva on how to roll out last month’s landmark nuclear...

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CTV – In the wake of two deadly, back-to-back suicide attacks in the Russian city of Volgograd, Olympic officials say they remain confident Russia will...

National Post – The timing could not have been worse when, in 1964, then prime minister Lester B. Pearson convened a committee tasked with designing...

Fox News – Authorities were evacuating part of a small North Dakota town after a train carry crude oil derailed Monday afternoon, shaking residents with...