WASHINGTON: The results of the National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the causes of a battery fire on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner are expected in the coming weeks, NTSB chair Deborah Hersman said on Wednesday."We're probably weeks away from being able to tell people what happened and what needs to be changed," Hersman said at a news conference.The NTSB chief said investigators...
Defense chief: Budget cuts could ground some planes
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Speaker Boehner accuses Democrats of avoiding needed spending cutsSecretary Panetta says political partisanship threatens U.S. stability"This is not a game. This is reality," Panetta says of reduced readinessThe across-the-board cuts will take effect March 1 unless Congress actsWashington (CNN) -- Furloughed workers, reduced combat readiness, shrunken naval operations and cuts...
Boy Scouts leaders make announcement on gay ban
Labels: Health Updated at 11:07 a.m. ET IRVING, Texas The Boy Scouts of America put off a decision Wednesday on whether to lift its ban on gay members and leaders, saying the question will be taken up at the organization's national meeting in May. "After careful consideration and extensive dialogue within the Scouting family, along with comments from those outside the organization, the volunteer officers of the...
US Postal Service to End Saturday Mail Delivery
Labels: Business Feb 6, 2013 8:28am Weekend mail delivery is about to come to an end.The U.S. Postal Service will stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but will continue to deliver packages six days a week, the USPS announced at a news conference this morning.While post offices that open on Saturdays will continue to do so, the initiative, which is expected to begin the week of August...
Feb
05
Richard III 'still the criminal king'
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BP profits slide on US oil spill fallout
Labels: Technology LONDON: British energy giant BP on Tuesday said its net profits slumped by more than half last year on fines and asset sales linked to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, ahead of a US trial later this month.Earnings after tax tumbled 54 percent to $11.58 billion (8.6 billion euros) in 2012, compared with $25.7 billion in 2011, BP said in a results statement.Adjusted net profit,...
Source: Authorities feared kidnapper's mental state
Labels: LifestyleSTORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: Jimmy Lee Dykes' mental state was declining, a law enforcement source saysNEW: The FBI's hostage rescue team freed the boy, the source saysNEW: An FBI shooting review board is on its way to the scene, a spokesman saysNEW: The boy remains hospitalized, his school principal saysMidland City, Alabama (CNN) -- The rescue of a kindergartner from the underground bunker where he had...
Ireland admits involvement in Catholic laundry slavery
Labels: Health DUBLIN Ireland has admitted some responsibility for workhouses run by Catholic nuns that once kept thousands of women and teenage girls against their will in unpaid, forced labor.The apology comes after an expert panel found that Ireland should be legally responsible for the defunct Magdalene Laundries because authorities committed about one-quarter of the 10,012 women to the workhouses from 1922...
Boy Rescued in Ala. Standoff 'Laughing, Joking'
Labels: Business The 5-year-old boy held hostage in a nearly week-long standoff in Alabama is in good spirits and apparently unharmed after being reunited with his family at a hospital, according to his family and law enforcement officials.The boy, identified only as Ethan, was rescued by the FBI Monday afternoon after they rushed the underground bunker where suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, was...
Feb
04
Israel preparing for post-Assad Syria chaos
Labels: Technology JERUSALEM: Israel has implicitly confirmed it carried out an air strike in Syria, sparking a warning from Iran, but the Jewish state's next step in anticipation of a post-Bashar al-Assad era remains a mystery.Defence Minister Ehud Barak told a defence conference in Munich on Sunday that an air raid last week that Syria said targeted a military complex near its capital was "another proof...
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