Report: State Department Underestimated Effects Of Keystone XL Pipeline
The State Department's analysis of the Keystone XL Pipeline greatly underestimates its potential environmental harm, according to a report by Carbon Tracking Initiative. In Januar ...
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Obama Calls Himself The ‘Champion In Chief’ Of Immigration Reform
By Christi Parsons, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama insisted Thursday that he’s not the “deporter in chief,” as critics have labeled him, but the “ch ...
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Weekly Jobless Claims Drop Sharply To 323,000 As Layoffs Ease
By Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Initial jobless claims fell sharply last week to their lowest level in three months, the Labor Department said Thursday, as a pr ...
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Brigadier General Sinclair Pleads Guilty To Inappropriate Relationships
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times FORT BRAGG, NC — Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, one of the highest-ranking officers ever to face a court-martial, pleaded guilty at the sta ...
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In A First For The Senate, The Dalai Lama Gives The Opening Prayer
By Lisa Mascaro, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — The Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, delivered the opening invocation in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, pray ...
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Obama: Crimea Referendum Would Violate International Law
Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama warned Thursday that a referendum in Crimea on joining Russia would violate Ukraine's constitution and international law. The president s ...
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Displaced Sandy Residents Face Deadline To Move From Temporary Housing
By Karen Sudol, The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) HACKENSACK, NJ — Marina Pesheva had already moved her family from her Superstorm Sandy-flooded home in Keansburg, NJ, to the decommis ...
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Hillary Clinton Defends Her Record In Dealing With Russia
By Maeve Reston, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — Hillary Rodham Clinton defended her record as secretary of State against Republican criticism that she had been too accommodating ...
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Military Judge Nixes Porn In Opening Of Brigadier General Sinclair’s Trial
By David Zucchino, Los Angeles Times FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A military judge refused Wednesday to let prosecutors show pornographic images during opening statements in the sexual ass ...
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Stanley Rubin, Prolific TV And Movie Writer-Producer, Dies At 96
By Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES -- There was a 69-year gap between the time Stanley Rubin enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles, in hopes of launching a ...
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