ILWU PNW Grain Companies Demand ‘750 Changes’
Pacific Northwest grain companies, in their final contract offer to longshoremen, are demanding "750 changes to a contract that's made the industry successful for the past 80 years," ...
View ArticleWatching as the world burns
Whoever or whatever is responsible for the human condition is delivering the usual abundant lumps of coal to the world this year. Humanity is yet again awash in injustice and oppression, much of ...
View ArticleWorld junior hockey championship team capsules
Team Russia's Nail Yakupov, drafted first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2012 NHL entry draft, takes part in the pre-game skate before playing Team WHL in game 5 of the CHL Subway Super ...
View ArticleJohn Kerry A Familiar Face in Global Diplomacy
President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Sen. John Kerry as he announces his nomination of Kerry as the next secretary of state, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, December ...
View ArticleFull Episode World News 1221 NRA Breaks Silence Following School Shooting
With unparalleled resources, "World News with Diane Sawyer" provides the latest information and analysis of major events from around the country and the ...
View ArticleFilipino educator teaches the world about beauty of Philippines
Karlyn Tefora during one of her photography trips. MANILA, Philippines--A Filipino public school teacher is on a mission: to teach the world about the beauty and culture of the Philippines. Karlyn ...
View ArticleObama pushes for finalisation of US financial legislation
Tax increases would affect millions of middle class Americans and prevent an expiration of long-term unemployment benefits for the jobless. This could hit the US economy hard. His remarks Friday ...
View ArticleSeattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world
In a basement room that's been converted into a radio studio at a home near Green Lake, Jim Wilke broadcasts his "Jazz After Hours" show that goes to 70 stations nationwide on weekend ...
View ArticleDana E. Johnson MD PhD professor of pediatrics with the divisions of...
"When parents are considering adoption, all they want to do is bring the child home and love and nurture it," says Elaine Schulte, MD, MPH. Doctors "need to be finely tuned to the ...
View ArticleObama asks Congress for minimal package to avert fiscal cliff
< 200){ requestedWidth = 200; } WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama, calling himself a "hopeless optimist," said Friday he still thinks that Congress can pass a deal to avert the ...
View ArticleU.S. economy poised to accelerate if fiscal cliff can be averted
Customer Bob Dalziel fills up in Princeton, Ill., as retail gasoline prices have fallen to the lowest level in a year amid restored production and stockpiles. IPTC: Customer Bob Dalziel removes a gas ...
View ArticleFive things Microsoft must do for Windows 8 in 2013
Reactions to Windows 8's launch mirrored the operating system's own split personality. Here's what Microsoft needs to do to keep the OS from getting left on the showroom ...
View ArticleMini-crossovers could be next big thing in domestic auto industry
Mini-crossovers -- small SUV-styled vehicles that share parts and systems with compact and subcompact cars -- could be the auto industry‘s next ...
View ArticleQatar UAE among worlds top infrastructure markets
Qatar and the UAE have been named in the world's top four markets for investing in infrastructure projects, according to a new report by global consultancy EC ...
View ArticleChinese CEOs less competitive in world ranking
Three chief executive officers from the Chinese mainland are among the world's top 100 corporate leaders rated according to their long-term performance by the Harvard Business Review this ...
View ArticleWorld Doesnt End — Second Time in Two Years
/small-ad --> This week -- for the second time in the last two years -- the world did not come to an end as predicted. Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider expressed relief at this fact while ...
View ArticleEmirates voted Best BusinessFirst Class airline of the year
It is the first time Emirates has been nominated for the Travel Weekly Readers' Choice Awards. Winners were selected by readers' votes and announced at the 10th Annual Readers' Choice ...
View ArticleCAUGHT ON TAPE UPS guy steals FedEx Christmas package
Upon reviewing his own surveillance video of his property, Alverson told KHOU news that he discovered the UPS guy stole the iPad when he was dropping off a different ...
View ArticleFitch Assigns Initial BBB- IDR to Mohawk Industries Outlook Stable
Below-Average U.S. High Yield Default Rate to Persist Into 2013 Fitch Ratingsprojects a U.S. high yield par default rate of 2% in 2013, in line with 2012 activity. However, a bankruptcy filing by ...
View ArticleEntangled Owner of marina says water hyacinth bureaucracy choking life out of...
At the moment, however, the fun lasts only a few hundred yards upstream from the boat launch, where owner Bill Pease's customers - if there were any - plow into a solid shag carpet of water ...
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