Air traffic control modernization hits turbulence
By JOAN LOWY An Alaska Airlines plane takes off Monday, Oct. 28, 2013, from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, one of…
Government business and finance
EU SPYING BACKLASH THREATENS BILLIONS IN US TRADE
By JUERGEN BAETZ FILE – This is a Friday, May 18, 2012 file photo of President Barack Obama, right, greets President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso on Barroso’s…
NYC COUNCIL VOTES TO MAKE TOBACCO-BUYING AGE 21
By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAKE PEARSON FILE- In this March 18, 2013 file photo, cigarette packs are displayed at a convenience store in New York. On Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013,…
ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT APPROVES TV MEDIA LIMITS
By MICHAEL WARREN A man walks by a mural depicting Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez, holding a frame over the image of a man with a Clarin newspaper logo on the…
MEDICARE CHIEF GETS ‘OBAMACARE’ GRILLING
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER FILE – In this April file photo, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner speaks during a news conference at the…
WEST COAST STATES AND BC TO LINK CLIMATE POLICIES
By JASON DEAREN From left, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and California Gov. Jerry Brown listen to a speaker before signing an agreement to collectively combat climate…
FED JUDGE: TEXAS ABORTION LIMITS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
By CHRIS TOMLINSON File – In this July 9, 2013 file photo, opponents and supporters of an abortion bill hold signs near a news conference outside the Texas Capitol, in…
NSA SPYING THREATENS TO HAMPER US FOREIGN POLICY
By DEB RIECHMANN Demonstrators rally near the U.S. Capitol in Washington to demand that Congress investigate the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013. ( AP Photo/Jose…