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- Financial Times: GE continues waltzing to France’s tune
- Aljazeera: Russia questions 'unusual' Ukraine election
- Aljazeera: Rebel leader agrees to S Sudan peace talks
- Aljazeera: US calls for urgent action on climate change
- Aljazeera: Global drugs war a 'billion-dollar failure'
- Financial Times: Syria rebels begin pullout from Homs
- Financial Times: Consumers help eurozone shift gear
- Financial Times: China: Crossing the line
- Huffington Post: Colbert Does The NRA & Nathan Deal One Better By Suggesting The 'Everywhere Is Guns' Law
- Huffington Post: The NFL Draft Sleepers You Can't Afford Not To Know
- Huffington Post: Thomas Perez Asks Boehner To Renew Unemployment Insurance
- Huffington Post: Florida Cops Accused Of Breaking Into City Hall To Use Bathroom
| Financial Times: GE continues waltzing to France’s tune Posted: 06 May 2014 07:06 AM PDT Government intervention in Alstom deal is not a setback for GE's negotiations, more part of the complex courtship dance demanded by Paris |
| Aljazeera: Russia questions 'unusual' Ukraine election Posted: 06 May 2014 09:37 AM PDT Foreign minister questions the legitimacy of May 25 presidential election amid troop deployment in east Ukraine. |
| Aljazeera: Rebel leader agrees to S Sudan peace talks Posted: 06 May 2014 11:42 AM PDT UN chief Ban Ki-moon, on a day's visit to the country, says Riek Machar has agreed to meet President Kiir in Ethiopia. |
| Aljazeera: US calls for urgent action on climate change Posted: 06 May 2014 06:01 PM PDT Government agencies release major report saying climate change is having a severe impact across the country. |
| Aljazeera: Global drugs war a 'billion-dollar failure' Posted: 06 May 2014 10:15 PM PDT Nobel-prize winning economists support academic report which says global drugs policies created $300bn black market. |
| Financial Times: Syria rebels begin pullout from Homs Posted: 07 May 2014 02:56 AM PDT Fighters leave one of their last strongholds in a city once seen as the centre of the three-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad |
| Financial Times: Consumers help eurozone shift gear Posted: 07 May 2014 06:28 AM PDT Surveys of economic activity out this week have offered evidence that services firms are contributing more to the region's return to health |
| Financial Times: China: Crossing the line Posted: 07 May 2014 09:38 AM PDT An increase in labour militancy fuelled by higher living costs is prompting Beijing to consider how to deal with what it sees as a threat to investment |
| Posted: 07 May 2014 10:16 AM PDT On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert dug into the NRA annual meeting as well as Georgia Governor Nathan Deal signing the "guns everywhere" bill into law. And as much as Colbert applauds the gun enthusiasts' valiant efforts of late, he couldn't help but note that we can still do better. How can we do better than having it be legal to carry concealed weapons into bars, schools and churches? Easy. Instead of "guns everywhere" let's pass "everywhere is guns." Watch the clip above to see what he means. Think the NRA will get behind this one? Read More... More on NRA |
| Huffington Post: The NFL Draft Sleepers You Can't Afford Not To Know Posted: 07 May 2014 10:18 AM PDT If the NFL draft has taught us anything over the years, it's that it remains an imperfect science. High draft picks can disappoint (e.g. Oakland's JaMarcus Russell and Rolando McClain), low draft picks can overachieve (e.g. Seattle's Richard Sherman, Kam Chancellor and Bobby Wagner) and undrafted players can shock the world -- think Dallas' Tony Romo and Cole Beasley. The draft "sleeper" is as coveted by GMs and scouts alike as anything, and if we do say so ourselves, previous editions of this column -- with names like Russell Wilson, Doug Martin, Terrance Williams, Giovani Bernard, Tyrann Mathieu, Eric Reid and Robert Woods -- have delivered. With the 2014 draft kicking off this Thursday in New York City, let's take a look at the key sleepers to watch for this year. And don't forget about the record 98 juniors who entered. Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington Read More... More on NFL Draft |
| Huffington Post: Thomas Perez Asks Boehner To Renew Unemployment Insurance Posted: 07 May 2014 10:19 AM PDT WASHINGTON -- President Obama's labor secretary reminded House Speaker John Boehner Wednesday that he would like to see a vote on legislation restoring benefits to 2.6 million long-term unemployed Americans. Labor Department boss Tom Perez noted in a letter to Boehner (R-Ohio) that the Senate already passed a bill reauthorizing the benefits that expired in December. Boehner has been unwilling to let the Senate bill get a vote in the House. "We worked closely with a bipartisan group of Senators," Perez wrote, "and remain willing to do the same with you and others in the House." Read More... More on Unemployment Extension |
| Huffington Post: Florida Cops Accused Of Breaking Into City Hall To Use Bathroom Posted: 07 May 2014 10:20 AM PDT Two detectives in Bradenton, Florida, may have flushed their careers down the toilet after allegedly breaking into city hall to use the restroom. According to WFLA, Bradenton City Hall is connected to the police station. The two officers are accused of propping open a door leading to a closed hallway in city hall on Feb. 7. On the following Monday, a city official discovered that the locks on the door had been tampered with and ordered an investigation, the station reports. The door was left unlocked all weekend, posing a potential security risk. Read More... More on Weird Florida |
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