Metro official in charge of automatic train controls temporarily reassigned after DC crashWASHINGTON — The Washington-area mass transit authority has temporarily reassigned the superintendent of the automatic control system that is supposed to prevent train crashes. ‘Hitler’s stealth fighter’ re-created by plane expertsWASHINGTON - Top stealth-plane experts have re-created a radical Nazi aircraft, a retro-futuristic fighter, which was made during World War II, under the orders of German dictator Adolf Hitler. Abortion opponents ask Justice Department to investigate threatsWICHITA, Kan. — An anti-abortion group is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate what it says are death threats against abortion opponents after the killing of Dr. George Tiller in Kansas. Obama pushing urgently for bill to fight global warming on eve of historic House voteWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama pushed urgently Thursday for passage of legislation to confront global warming, billing it as a job-creating machine rather than the costly “job killer” Republicans denounced. He telephoning wavering Democrats on the eve of what could be a historic House vote. Supreme Court says Arizona entitled to fresh look on adequacy of programs for English-learnersPHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday handed a partial victory to Arizona officials, ruling that the state is entitled to a fresh legal review that could lift a court order requiring changes in how schools teach children learning English. FEC rules former Sen. Norm Coleman can use campaign funds to pay for certain legal billsWASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission on Thursday ruled that former Sen. Norm Coleman can use campaign money to pay for legal bills to address allegations involving a donor. Schwarzenegger rejects pact with prison receiver to reform health care for Calif. inmatesSACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Schwarzenegger administration has rejected a plan designed to end years of litigation over inmate medical care in California’s prison system. Obama administration searching for extra $20 billion to keep highway, transit programs goingWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is scrambling to find an extra $20 billion to keep highway and transit construction projects and the thousands of jobs they represent going for the next year and a half. Kyrgyz lawmakers unanimously back deal to allow US to continue using air baseBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan’s parliament unanimously approved a deal Thursday allowing the U.S. to continue using an air base crucial to military operations in Afghanistan, sharply shifting course months after ordering American forces out by August. Vizhinjam port must go ahead, say Kerala partiesTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala’s ruling and opposition parties joined hands Thursday to say that the Rs.53.48 billion port in Vizhinjam must go ahead, a day after the developer who had won the bid to build the project pulled out on grounds of delays and legal tangles. Exclusive bus service for Chandigarh government school studentsCHANDIGARH - The Chandigarh administration is all set to launch an exclusive bus service for government school kids by next month. This service - the first in the country - is being offered to them at a subsidized rate compared to private school buses. Charitable foundations average 26 percent endowment drop in 2008, but continue to giveSEATTLE — U.S. foundations saw their investments drop by an average of 26 percent in 2008 amid the economic downturn and stock market collapse, but that hasn’t slowed their charitable giving, a new survey has found. Italian prime minister faces new trouble as prostitute alleges she spent the night after partyROME — Silvio Berlusconi has survived corruption allegations, a playboy reputation and his wife’s wrath to become Italy’s longest-serving prime minister. Now come allegations from a high-end prostitute that she spent the night at his residence and can prove it. Paychex posts lower 4th-quarter profit, hurt by recessionROCHESTER, N.Y. — Payroll and personnel services provider Paychex Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit and sales declined in what the company called one of the most challenging years in its history. Meltdown 101: With housing values still tumbling, what’s the best way to gauge prices?WASHINGTON — Is the historic U.S. housing market crash close to being over, or is the end still far, far away? SC first lady says she asked governor to leave 2 weeks before his public admission of affairCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s first lady says she asked Gov. Mark Sanford to leave home and stop talking to her two weeks before he publicly admitted an affair with a woman he visited on a secret trip to Argentina. Two dead as Delhi bus fells into trenchNEW DELHI - Two people died and several suffered injuries when a chartered, privately operated bus in which they were traveling Wednesday evening slipped off a road into a 20-25 feet deep trench near the Akshardham temple in east Delhi, police said. Newspaper: SC gov returns from unexplained 5-day absence, says he was in Argentina, not hikingCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said he “wanted to do something exotic” to unwind after losing a fight over federal stimulus money and was in Argentina during his unexplained absence, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff told the public when questioned about his whereabouts, a newspaper reported. SC governor expected back at work after unexplained 5-day absence raised big questionsCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was expected back at work Wednesday after a five-day absence for what aides said was a hiking trip that turned into more of a fuss than he ever expected. India’s Arunachal Pradesh hopes to raise 5,000-strong armed forceSINGAPORE - The strategic northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, large parts of which China claims, hopes to raise a 5,000-strong home and hearth armed force to supplement the efforts of the Indian Army in guarding the state’s 1,030-km-long international border, its governor says. Judge: Teen with cancer who fled Minn. must continue chemotherapy, treatment appears workingNEW ULM, Minn. — A 13-year-old boy with cancer who fled Minnesota last month to avoid chemotherapy must continue getting the treatment because it appears to be working, a judge ruled Tuesday. Senior Saudi prince voices strongest official endorsement of women’s sportsRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Appealing to a powerful Saudi prince, an 8-year-old girl asked why she was not allowed to play sports in school like boys. She got an unexpected response: The prince said he hoped government schools for girls would allow playing fields. Obama expressing outrage at Iranian government’s crackdown against street protestersWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expressing outrage at the violent crackdown by the Iranian government against protesters of the disputed presidential election. Iran says it expelled 2 British diplomats for ‘unconventional behavior’CAIRO — Iran says it has expelled two British diplomats for what it called “unconventional behavior.” Air France crash: ‘black box signals located’PARIS - Signals from the flight data recorder, or the black boxes of the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic ocean killing all 228 passengers onboard, has been located. Spokesman: Attention to SC Gov. Mark Sanford’s secretive vacation will bring him home earlyCOLUMBIA, S.C. — After a political mystery — “Where in the World is South Carolina’s Governor?” — Mark Sanford’s aides said he was stunned by all the fuss over his five-day absence and would cut short a secretive hike along the Appalachian Trail. NTSB Official: Metro was asked in 2006 to retrofit some older cars or take them out of serviceWASHINGTON — A federal safety investigator says a 2004 Metro system accident led to requests to the subway system to retrofit or remove some older cars from service but that it was not done. NKorean ship suspected of carrying illicit arms spotted off Chinese coast, heading to MyanmarSEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons cruised through waters off Shanghai on Tuesday en route to Myanmar, a news report said, as regional military officials and a U.S. destroyer kept a close eye on the vessel. Top Obama aide to visit India June 25WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama’s National Security Adviser James Jones will visit New Delhi as part of ongoing US “effort to further deepen and strengthen our key bilateral partnership with India.” Indonesian scientists reconstructing rare, giant elephant skeletonBANDUNG, Indonesia — Indonesian scientists are reconstructing the largest, most complete skeleton of a prehistoric giant elephant ever found in the tropics, a finding that may offer new clues into the largely mysterious origins of its modern Asian cousin. |
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