By Phil Stewart and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:35am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chuck Hagel, named to be President Barack Obama’s defense chief, on Thursday told a skeptical Senate panel considering his nomination that he backs U.S. policy of preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and supports a strong Israeli military. Critics in Congress have sought to portray Hagel, a former Republican senator and decorated … Read more »
NEW YORK | Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:33am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks opened flat on Thursday as economic data continued to paint a mixed picture of the economy and as investors sifted through a host of corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was down 16.05 points, or 0.12 percent, at 13,894.37. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index .SPX was down 1.81 points, or 0.12 percent, … Read more »
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON | Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:14am EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits last week stayed in a range consistent with job growth and incomes rose in December by the most in eight years, mildly positive signs for a still-fragile economy. The data suggests points to some underlying momentum in the economy despite a surprise contraction in gross domestic … Read more »
NEW YORK | Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:29am EST NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ocwen Financial Corp (OCN.N) is in the lead to buy Ally Bank’s $122 billion of mortgage servicing rights, two sources familiar with the situation said on Thursday. The deal is expected to be valued at around $1 billion, said one of the sources, who declined to be identified because details of the auction are not public. Ally … Read more »
By Edward Taylor and Arno Schuetze FRANKFURT | Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:16am EST FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Deutsche Bank plunged to its worst quarterly loss in four years on Thursday after it took nearly $4 billion in charges to try and draw a line under a slew of scandals and boost its balance sheet without asking shareholders for cash. Shares in Germany’s largest lender hit their highest level in nearly … Read more »
Thu Jan 31, 2013 7:56am EST (Reuters) – Shares of Facebook Inc were set to open 7 percent lower on Thursday as a surge in fourth-quarter mobile advertising revenue failed to live up to Wall Street’s high expectations. Three brokerages downgraded the stock of the No. 1 social network, which has struggled to develop a full-fledged mobile advertising business. Facebook has long established itself as one of the most important … Read more »
Visit FBI en Español.
FBI en EspañolSpanish Language Webpage Turns 2
01/29/13
Two years ago this month, we enhanced our outreach to the Hispanic community in the U.S.—and beyond—by launching a Spanish-language webpage on www.fbi.gov.
Our goal—to help educate members of the Hispanic community about the FBI’s many roles and responsibilities in fighting crime…to enlist more support in locating fugitives and gathering tips … Read more »
The effort to vilify Hagel and his record, which began when his name was first floated for the job in December, has remained at a buzz but has not reached the type of crescendo that has doomed high-profile political nominations in the past. “We’ve had a very aggressive strategy for tackling some of the issues that have been raised,” the Hagel aide said Wednesday, speaking on the condition of anonymity … Read more »
Authorities said the boy is being kept in an underground bunker with food and electricity and appeared to be unharmed Police officers move towards the home where a standoff continues on January 30.(Photo: Mickey Welsh, The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser) MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — A hostage standoff continued into the third day Thursday in rural Alabama where a man who kidnapped a 5-year-old boy from a school bus after killing the … Read more »
“Those who have had harsh approaches toward the conflict in Syria must now take affective measures against this aggression by Tel Aviv and consider the security of the region,” Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said in a report published by the Mehr News Agency. Hinting at some unspecified sort of retaliation, he said Israel should not rely on its vaunted Iron Dome missile shield, which blocked many incoming … Read more »
Can there be a solution to America’s gun problems? Anderson Cooper looks at both sides of the debate in “Guns Under Fire: an AC360º Town Hall Special” Thursday at 8 p.m. ET on CNN. Chicago (CNN) — The family of a Chicago teenager killed just a week after she performed in President Barack Obama’s inauguration supports using her death to help shape the debate over gun control, her father and … Read more »
Beyonce is expected to face the media Thursday as she previews her halftime performance at the Super Bowl. But the focus will likely be on her performance at that other big event earlier this month. The superstar hasn’t spoken publicly since it was alleged that she lip-synched her rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration last week. Her critically praised performance came under scrutiny less than a … Read more »
I fell in love at first sight with Tina Fey‘s “30 Rock,” the NBC sitcom that Thursday night will end our seven-season relationship with a double-length series finale. We have both grown in the interim — well, “30 Rock” has — and if it is not now the same series that first won my heart, by winning my head, it is an even better one, bold and confident and more … Read more »
NFL legend Dan Marino — a pregame analyst for CBS — just admitted he knocked up a CBS Sports production assistant in 2004 … while he was still married to his wife. The baby mama is Donna Savattere — who was 35-years-old at the time of the affair. Savattere gave birth to a daughter in 2005 …. Dan’s 7th child. He has 6 with his current wife Claire … to … Read more »
What’s in a name? Last year, “American Idol” introduced us to Phillip Phillips, and from the moment his name was mentioned for the first time, it seemed as though the crown was his. On Wednesday’s episode of “Idol,” which covered the show’s San Antonio and Long Beach auditions, viewers were introduced to a few more singers who sounded like winners in name alone: Cristabel Clack, Shubha Vedula … Read more »
<!– –> <!– –> Patty Andrews, the last surviving member of the influential Andrews Sisters vocal trio, died yesterday at home in Los Angeles, The Associated Press reports. She was 94.
Andrews and her siblings LaVerne and Maxene sold more than 80 million records during a career that stretched from the 1920s to the late 1960s. They’re perhaps best known for entertaining Allied troops and selling war bonds and … Read more »
You trust Consumer Reports when it comes to buying your next car or fridge. But now, for the first time ever, consumers can get ratings of cancer screening tests the same way they do for their toaster. Of the 11 common screenings evaluated by the consumer watchdog group, only three were recommended — and even then, only for certain age groups. Specifically, Consumer Reports gave their most positive ratings for … Read more »
Many widely held beliefs about weight loss don’t stand up to scientific scrutiny, say doctors who want to set the public health record straight on myths like the calorie-burning benefits of sex or the value of eating breakfast. In Wednesday’s online issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, U.S. doctors tackle seven obesity-related myths commonly found in the media and material from government agencies as well as six presumptions … Read more »
A new study from the University of Oxford has found that the risk of hospitalisation or death from heart disease is 32 per cent lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish. Heart disease is the single largest cause of death in developed countries. The new findings suggest that a vegetarian diet could significantly reduce people’s risk of heart disease. “Most of the difference in risk is probably … Read more »
A new study has found an association between childhood obesity and the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in children and teenagers. Though still rare, pediatric MS is more common now than it was 30 years ago. Experts have theorized that obesity, because it causes a low-level state of inflammation, may contribute to MS. Two previous studies in adults have examined this link, both suggesting that moderate obesity at age 20 … Read more »
Author: News | January 31st, 2013 |
Category : World News
An ‘Iron Dome’ short-range missile defense system is positioned near the northern city of Haifa in Israel on Thursday.(Photo: Getty Images) BEIRUT (AP) — Syria and Iran have threatened to retaliate for an Israeli air raid near the capital Damascus. Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim Ali says Damascus has “the option and the surprise to retaliate.” He said he cannot predict when the retaliation will be, saying it is … Read more »
Author: News | January 31st, 2013 |
Category : World News
By Tom Perry and Peter Graff CAIRO | Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:48am EST CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s feuding politicians renounced violence on Thursday after being summoned by the country’s most influential Muslim scholar to talks to end the deadliest unrest since President Mohamed Mursi took power. It remains to be seen whether the pledge to end confrontation will halt a week of bloodshed on the streets that killed nearly … Read more »
Author: News | January 31st, 2013 |
Category : World News
On an unannounced stop in Tripoli during a tour of North Africa, the Prime Minister said Britain was prepared to provide training and advice to authorities amid growing concerns over security in the region. With renewed fears of North African terrorism following the Algeria hostage tragedy, Cameron was fresh from striking up a security partnership in Algeria, and on his way to Liberia for a development conference. And the visit … Read more »
Author: News | January 31st, 2013 |
Category : World News
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear agency has told member nations that Iran is poised for a major technological upgrade of its uranium enrichment program, in a document seen Thursday by The Associated Press. The move would vastly speed up Tehran’s ability to make material that can be used for both reactor fuel and nuclear warheads. In an internal note to member nations, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it … Read more »