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Poll: People want to prepare for worsening climate

WASHINGTON (AP) — A brand new national survey says eighty two % of American citizens wish to prepare now for rising seas and more desirable storms from climate change. However most are unwilling to spend the money to keep the seaside where it’s.

 
 

Attempt to end Italy crisis stalls, president mulls next move

Attempt to end Italy crisis stalls, president mulls next move

By means of James Mackenzie and Barry Moody ROME (Reuters) – Center-left chief Pier Luigi Bersani has failed in his attempt to be able out of Italy's political deadlock and President Giorgio Napolitano will now are searching for another resolution, the president's palace mentioned on Thursday. Bersani reported back to […]

 
 

Limbaugh Gives Up On Anti-Gay Marriage Fight: ‘This Issue Is Lost,’ ‘It Is Now Inevitable’

Limbaugh Gives Up On Anti-Gay Marriage Fight: ‘This Issue Is Lost,’ ‘It Is Now Inevitable’

On his radio show this afternoon, Rush Limbaugh perceived to wave the white flag over his opposition to comparable-intercourse marriage. “This difficulty is misplaced,” he said. “This is now inevitable” that homosexual marriage will come to cross, regardless of how the Supreme Court docket principles on two separate instances related […]

 
 

NYC appeals ruling striking down soda size limit

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is asking appeals judges to reinstate a ban on supersized sodas and other sugary drinks, which was struck down by way of a Long island choose the day sooner than it used to be to go into effect.

 
 

Mortar kills 15 at Damascus University, Syria says

Mortar kills 15 at Damascus University, Syria says

By way of Oliver Holmes and Hamdi Istanbullu BEIRUT/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Fifteen Syrian students were killed when rebellion mortar shells hit a Damascus University canteen on Thursday, state-run news company SANA said, as attacks intensified within the middle of the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition monitoring […]

 
 

Analysis: Underappreciated consumer stars in S&P 500 rally

Analysis: Underappreciated consumer stars in S&P 500 rally

By means of Rodrigo Campos and Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors who had wager on the American shopper whilst the U.S. economy used to be entering the Great Recession are the largest winners because the S&P 500 inventory index set a new closing document on Thursday. Hundreds of […]

 
 

No Ducking The Issue As Fox News, CNN Dive Into Debate Around New Hampshire School Banning DodgeBall

No Ducking The Issue As Fox News, CNN Dive Into Debate Around New Hampshire School Banning DodgeBall

The talk drags on as cable news’ disputers obtained their dander up over a dispatch which declaimed that the dear diversion of dodgeball could quickly be defunct. The news that a New Hampshire school is planning on disposing of the game of dodgeball from their bodily training curriculum become the […]

 
 

NY Mets official: ‘Professional butt-dialer’ will be on my tombstone

NY Mets official: ‘Professional butt-dialer’ will be on my tombstone

The calls come at 4 a.m., in the middle of games, and anytime in between.Jay Horwitz, who has been the New York Mets’ director of media relations in view that 1980, has claimed almost too many victims to count with his BlackBerry.“Now I’m known as a professional butt-dialer,’’ Horwitz told […]

 
 

Co-workers who shared $1M lottery jackpot: ‘It feels good’

Co-workers who shared $1M lottery jackpot: ‘It feels good’

When Jennifer Maldonado’s office lottery pool hit a $1 million Powerball jackpot, she kicked herself for no longer chipping in $20. But her co-employees weren’t going to let her go with out that winning feeling.Maldonado has handiest been working as an administrative assistant at Keller Williams Companion Realty in Plantation, […]

 
 

Overweight child star of Nike ad finds ‘greatness,’ loses 30 pounds

Overweight child star of Nike ad finds ‘greatness,’ loses 30 pounds

The chubby child big name of a controversial Nike advert that aired all through the 2012 Summer time Olympics has shed 32 pounds prior to now six months, and credits partly the advert titled “Greatness” that made him well-known.“I would never have modified my standard of living if I was […]

 
 

Want to be happier at work? Try goofing off

Want to be happier at work? Try goofing off

They may go to great lengths to steer clear of work, but your slacker co-staff if truth be told love their jobs. A new study evaluating job performance and pleasure discovered that the least-productive workers are also the most engaged in nearly half of offices.At 42 percent of more than […]

 
 

Chinese regulator calls for tighter supervision of Apple

Chinese regulator calls for tighter supervision of Apple

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc has come underneath criticism from a Chinese language marketplace regulator, which known as for better supervision of the iPhone-maker's shopper policies inside the country, in line with state-run media. On Thursday, the reputable China Nationwide Radio stated a Thursday notice from the State Administration […]

 
 

Texas to pay to keep 13 small airport towers open

Texas to pay to keep 13 small airport towers open

The Texas Division of Transportation says it’ll pay to keep air visitors keep an eye on towers open at 13 small airports when these facilities lose federal money subsequent month. Gov. Rick Perry had requested the agency to step in when the federal finances cuts take effect beginning April 7. […]

 
 

Lazaridis to keep BlackBerry stake, focus on new venture

Lazaridis to keep BlackBerry stake, focus on new venture

By way of Euan Rocha TORONTO (Reuters) – BlackBerry co-founder Mike Lazaridis mentioned on Thursday he has no plans to sell his stake in the smartphone maker whilst he steps down from the board to center of attention on a brand new quantum computing funding fund. BlackBerry, previously Analysis In […]

 
 

Two congressmen urge USTR designate China for trade secret theft

With the aid of Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two senior Democrats within the House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Obama administration to formally goal China for the theft of U.S. alternate secrets, a transfer they stated may lead to obligations on Chinese goods if U.S. concerns aren’t addressed. […]