Gov’t oversight of tour bus industry faulted
By JOAN LOWY WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal accident investigators called Thursday for a probe of the government agency charged with ensuring the safety of commercial vehicles, saying its own look…
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Mexico nears junk food tax, sets anti-obesity plan
By MARK STEVENSON Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto speaks during the unveiling of Mexico’s strategy to combat diabetes and obesity in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)…
BUILDERS OF OBAMA’S HEALTH WEBSITE SAW RED FLAGS
By JACK GILLUM and JULIE PACE White House press secretary Jay Carney introduces Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Jason Furman who spoke about the economy post government shutdown at the…
SHUTDOWN IMPACT: DEFENSE WORKERS RETURN TO WORK
Protestors hold signs during a during an event with the Democratic Progressive Caucus and furloughed federal employees on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, as the budget battle…
TWITTER DISHES TANTALIZING TIDBITS IN IPO TREATISE
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2013, file photo, a smartphone display shows the Twitter logo in Berlin, Germany, Twitter unsealed the documents Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013,…
NEW COMMERCIAL SUPPLY SHIP REACHES SPACE STATION
By MARCIA DUNN This framegrabbed image provided by NASA-TV shows the Cygnus spacecraft at the 30 meter hold point from the International Space Station Sunday Sept. 29, 2013 as both…
MICROSOFT UNVEILS NEW SURFACE AT NYC EVENT
By ANICK JESDANUN The Surface logo is illuminated on a stage prior to the introduction Microsoft’s new Surface tablet computer, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 in New York. Microsoft is introducing…
JACKSON JR.’S FUR CAPES, MEMORABILIA GO TO AUCTION
FILE – In this Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandra, arrive at federal court in Washington, to learn their fates…