US NewsCupertino, CA - Apple's iPhone 4S Sells 1 Million in First 24 Hours on Sale
Posted: Oct 10th, 2011 2:48 PM
CUPERTINO - Overwhelming demand for Apple's new iPhone 4S during the first weekend of preorders has sent unit sales for the device skyrocketing.
Apple sold more than one million iPhone 4Ss in the first 24 hours the handset was on sale -- a new record, according to a statement released by the company Monday.
Indeed, AT&T ... Read More
US NewsWashington - Protester Arrested Accused Of Throwing Shoe At Secret Service Agent
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 10:20 PM
WASHINGTON - Politicians fought Sunday to cast the ongoing Wall Street protests in a very different light, with two GOP presidential candidates calling them "class warfare" and prominent Democrats expressing support for the protesters' message.
As lawmakers took to the political talk shows, a crowd of about 100 people ... Read More
US NewsNew York, NY - Ocupy Wall Street Protests spread across County With No Unified Message
Updated: Oct 9th, 2011 2:50 AM
NEW YORK - As the Occupy Wall Street movement enters its fourth week of protests in lower Manhattan and spreads within New York and to several other major U.S. cities, its message is becoming a bouillabaisse of views representing the many groups that have signed on, and their demands are unclear.
Their causes include such ... Read More
US NewsWatch: President Obama Reads Passage From Psalm 46 at Ground Zero
Posted: Sep 11th, 2011 5:00 PM
At today’s commemoration ceremony at ground zero, President Obama read a passage from Psalm 46. Below is the full text of the president’s remarks:
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God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble.
Therefore, we will not fear,
even though the earth be ... Read More
US NewsFBI Joins Search For NBC News Twitter Hackers
Posted: Sep 11th, 2011 10:03 AM
The FBI joined the search late Friday for hackers who gained access to a Twitter account belonging to NBC News.
The malicious pranksters sent out a handful of false messages that an airplane had crashed at Ground Zero in New York City – causing more confusion over what had happened with the Twitter account than ... Read More
US NewsInside the Spy Unit That NYPD Says Doesn't Exist
Posted: Aug 31st, 2011 12:42 PM
Working with the CIA, the New York Police Department maintained a list of “ancestries of interest” and dispatched undercover officers to monitor Muslim businesses and social groups, according to new documents that offer a rare glimpse inside an intelligence program the NYPD insists doesn’t exist.
The documents add new ... Read More
US NewsJustice Department Sues to Block AT&T's Takeover of T-Mobile
Posted: Aug 31st, 2011 12:31 PM
The U.S. Justice Department is suing to block AT&T Inc.‘s proposed $39 billion takeover of T-Mobile USA, saying Wednesday that the combination of the second- and fourth-largest U.S. cellphone companies would hurt competition and likely raise prices.
The deal has faced tough opposition from consumer groups and No. 3 ... Read More
US News1 in 4 Dems Want to Dump Obama...
Posted: Aug 29th, 2011 10:58 PM
A new poll by CNN and ORC International finds that 27 percent of Democrats would like to see their party nominate a candidate other than Barack Obama for president in 2012.
In response to the question, "Do you think the Democratic party should renominate Barack Obama as the party's candidate for president in 2012, or do you ... Read More
US NewsReport: Cheney Says He Advised Bush To Bomb Syria
Posted: Aug 25th, 2011 11:12 AM
Former Vice President Dick Cheney writes in his new memoir that President George W. Bush rejected his advice in 2007 to bomb a suspected nuclear reactor site in Syria.
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Cheney says he was “a lone voice” for military action against Syria. Other advisers were reluctant, Cheney ... Read More
US NewsU.S. Hikers Held In Iran Sentenced To Jail Time
Posted: Aug 20th, 2011 11:08 PM
TEHRAN, Iran — Two American men arrested more than two years ago while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border have been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges that include espionage, state TV reported Saturday, a sharp blow to hopes their release was imminent.
The announcement seemed to send a hard-line message from ... Read More
US News'Anonymous' Hacker Group Claims Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement Websites
Posted: Aug 7th, 2011 11:52 PM
The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 law enforcement websites across the southern and central United States in retaliation for arrests of its sympathizers in the U.S. and Britain.
The hacking group also claimed to have stolen 10 gigabytes of data, including emails, credit card details, and ... Read More
US NewsAl Jazeera English Launches In New York City
Posted: Aug 1st, 2011 9:35 AM
Six months after New York City news junkies flocked to Al Jazeera English’s website for up-to-the-second coverage of the Egyptian uprising, they’ll now have a chance to watch the 24-hour news network on its original platform: television.
At midnight, Al Jazeera English launched in New York City on Time Warner Cable, a ... Read More
US NewsTSA Introduces New Technology To Protect Privacy
Posted: Jul 20th, 2011 11:38 PM
Washington - The Transportation Security Administration says it’s installing new technology in some U.S. airports so when a traveler goes through checkpoint security, a generic outline of a person’s body will be shown instead of the image of a naked body.
The agency says the change is intended to protect travelers’ ... Read More
US NewsHow Miserable? Index Says the Worst in 28 Years
Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 1:46 PM
When it comes to measuring the combination of unemployment and inflation, it doesn’t get much more miserable than this.
In fact, misery, as measured in the unofficial Misery Index that simply totals the unemployment and inflation rates, is at a 28-year high, reflective of how weak the economic recovery has been and how far ... Read More
US NewsSenate Approves Fallen Jewish Chaplains Monument
Posted: May 28th, 2011 10:11 PM
A memorial commemorating US Jewish chaplains who died in battle will be erected at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, Congress decided on Thursday night.
“This memorial will be a fitting commemoration of 13 chaplains who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation,” bill sponsor Sen. Charles Schumer ... Read More
US NewsNew York, NY - Wall Street Shrugs Off Threat That Hackers Will Take Down The NYSE Today
Posted: Oct 10th, 2011 1:28 PM
NEW YORK - Anonymous, the loosely-organized group of computer hackers that has taken credit for many of the world's most visible protests, has threatened to "erase" the New York Stock Exchange from the Internet today.
The streets of downtown Manhattan have been crowded for several weeks now with members of the Occupy Wall ... Read More
US NewsHouston, Texas - Woman Sues After Being Arrested For No Reason, Forced To Listen To Rush Limbaugh
Posted: Oct 9th, 2011 7:18 PM
HOUSTON - Not only did Bridgett Nickerson Boyd's car break down on her way to work, but when she pulled over to the side of the freeway, a sheriff's deputy named Mark Goad pulled behind her, wrote her a ticket for driving on the shoulder, decided to arrest her, followed her to the hospital when her suddenly racing heart ... Read More
US NewsSensing Trouble, Obama Campaign Mobilizing Outreach to Jewish Voters
Posted: Sep 15th, 2011 10:27 AM
Not since Jimmy Carter in 1980 has a Democrat running for president failed to win a lopsided majority of the Jewish vote. This has been true during times of peace or war, and even when there has been deep acrimony between the White House and the Israeli government.
Republicans see a chance to change that in 2012, with ... Read More
US NewsWhat Would The U.S. Do Without Mail?
Posted: Sep 11th, 2011 10:05 AM
Imagine a nation without the Postal Service.
No more birthday cards and bills or magazines and catalogs filling the mailbox. It's a worst-case scenario being painted for an organization that lost $8.5 billion in 2010 and seems headed deeper into the red this year.
"A lot of people would miss it," says Tony Conway, a ... Read More
US NewsIowa - City of Postville Pays $450,000 to Jewish Businessman In Discrimination Suit
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2011 8:56 PM
Gabay Menahem, a former businessman and property owner here, has received $450,000 to settle discrimination and business interference lawsuits filed in state and federal court against the City of Postville, the city clerk and two members of the city council.
Menahem, a Hasidic Jew, alleged that Darcy Radloff, the city clerk; ... Read More
US NewsDocumentary: Last-Minute Doubts On Bin Laden Raid
Posted: Aug 31st, 2011 12:33 PM
A new documentary reveals that a last-minute double-check of intelligence before the raid that killed Osama bin Laden last spring cast fresh doubt on whether the al Qaida leader was really in the Pakistani compound where he was found.
The History network, in its “Targeting Bin Laden” special that airs next Tuesday, said ... Read More
US NewsDid Media Go Overboard Hyping Hurricane Irene?
Posted: Aug 29th, 2011 11:08 PM
The clouds from Hurricane Irene had barely dissipated before a chorus of critics began suggesting that television networks had gone overboard hyping the storm before and during its march up the East Coast.
For days, The Weather Channel and cable news networks reported on little else.
Ultimately, they were affected by the ... Read More
US NewsUS Postal Service May Delay Mail Delivery to Save Money
Posted: Aug 25th, 2011 11:17 AM
In an effort to save money, the US Postal Service (USPS) may alter its delivery schedule.
Under the proposed plan, USPS would deliver first-class and priority mail by ground instead of air, thus delaying delivery by a day. The proposed plan would save $1.1 billion a year on airline fuel and transportation costs, according to ... Read More
US NewsDelta Commits To Nondiscrimination In Wake Of Religious Controversy
Posted: Aug 23rd, 2011 11:03 PM
A senior executive for Delta Air Lines has issued a written commitment that the company will not in any circumstance seek to know the religious affiliation of its passengers or discriminate on religious grounds, a position that was called into question following the announcement of a new partnership with Saudi Arabian ... Read More
US NewsVerizon Workers End Strike Without New Deal
Posted: Aug 20th, 2011 10:48 PM
Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn’t over yet.
Both the company and the union say they have agreed to narrow the issues in dispute and have set up a process to negotiate a new contract. But the talks are likely to be contentious. The two sides ... Read More
US NewsGeithner Slams S&P
Posted: Aug 7th, 2011 11:48 PM
The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's showed "terrible judgment" in lowering the U.S. government's credit rating, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday.
"They've handled themselves very poorly. And they've shown a stunning lack of knowledge about the basic U.S. fiscal budget math," Geithner said in his ... Read More
US NewsPresident Obama: Agreement Has Been Reached on Raising Debt Limit
Posted: Jul 31st, 2011 9:00 PM
President Barack Obama and Republican congressional leaders reached historic agreement Sunday night on a compromise to permit vital U.S. borrowing by the Treasury in exchange for more than $2 trillion in long-term spending cuts.
Officials said Republican Speaker John Boehner telephoned Obama at mid-evening to say the ... Read More
US NewsWATCH: Inside Boeing's 747-8 At The Paris Air Show
Posted: Jun 23rd, 2011 6:11 PM
The Paris Air Show this week has offered a plane manufacturers an opportunity to show off a ton of new hardware, but no aircraft has caught the crowd's imagination like the massive Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental.
Aol Travel had a man on the ground to check out the new 467-passenger behemoth, which Boeing is billing the 747-8 as ... Read More
US NewsCapital One To Buy ING Direct USA For $9 billion
Posted: Jun 17th, 2011 7:55 AM
Capital One Financial Corp., until now best known for its credit cards, is poised to become a major force in online banking.
The McLean, Va.-based company said Thursday that it will buy ING’s U.S. online banking unit for $9 billion in a cash and stock deal.
Under the terms of the deal, Netherlands-based ING Groep will ... Read More
US NewsSenate Debates President’s Power During Cyber Attack
Posted: May 24th, 2011 12:22 PM
WASHINTON - Senators squared off with Obama administration officials Monday about plans to give the president emergency powers to protect vital U.S. electronic networks from attacks by hackers, cyberterrorists and foreign governments.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the ... Read More
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