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US swine flu epidemic shows signs of being over
Is the U.S. swine flu epidemic over? Federal health officials won’t go so far as to say that, but on Friday they reported for the fourth week in a row that no states had widespread flu activity. U.S. cases have been declining since October. An official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says
5 new accidents involving Toyota Prius confirmed: report
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:38 in Business | Viewed 124 views times | No Comments
The Japanese government has confirmed five new accidents involving Toyota Motor’s Prius hybrids and will urge the troubled car giant to investigate the cases, a newspaper reported Saturday. The Transport Ministry has received some 80 complaints in February about malfunctions in the brake system of the latest model of the flagship Prius, the Tokyo Shimbun
Beazer Homes posts a $48 million profit for Q1
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:36 in Business | Viewed 158 views times | No Comments
Homebuyers spurred by low interest rates and government incentives helped lift Beazer Homes USA Inc.’s sales in the last three months of 2009, but the builder only turned a profit because of a hefty tax gain. Management said Friday it expects to reel in more home shoppers this year, but stopped short of forecasting a
WA among states weighing sale of liquor business
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:34 in Business | Viewed 99 views times | No Comments
Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state. The 250,000-square-foot warehouse is the nexus from which all of the state’s liquor is imported, processed, and moved out
Toyota chief apologizes for massive global recalls
Toyota’s president emerged from seclusion Friday to apologize and address criticism that the automaker mishandled a crisis over sticking gas pedals. Yet he stopped short of ordering a recall for the company’s iconic Prius hybrid for braking problems. Akio Toyoda, appointed to the top job at Toyota Motor Corp. last June, promised to beef up
EU to suspend Sri Lanka trading privileges over rights: officials
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:31 in Politics | Viewed 92 views times | No Comments
EU nations have decided to suspend Sri Lanka’s preferential trade status because of the island’s human rights record and will make the formal move later this month, officials said Friday. “European ambassadors have taken the decision. The EU Commission’s investigation showed Sri Lanka has not demonstrated that it has taken the steps that would allow
AP source: Christmas bomb suspect flips on cleric
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:29 in Politics | Viewed 117 views times | No Comments
A law enforcement official says the Nigerian suspect in the failed Christmas Day airliner attack has given up intelligence about a radical Muslim cleric hiding in Yemen. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (OO’-mahr fah-ROOK’ ahb-DOOL’-moo-TAH’-lahb) has been cooperating with the FBI. He has provided information about Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S.-born cleric who has emerged as a prominent
Obama says unemployment drop “cause for hope”
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:27 in Politics | Viewed 78 views times | No Comments
President Barack Obama says an unexpected drop in the unemployment rate is “cause for hope but not celebration.” Speaking Friday at a small business in a Washington suburb, Obama took care not to trumpet the gains outlined in the new government report too loudly. He said the data shows modest progress toward “climbing out of
Where is tea party heading? Leaves are unclear
The “tea party” activists all agree: Government is too big. Spending is out of control. Individual freedom is at risk. And President Barack Obama’s policies are making it all worse. But that’s where the consensus ends among the diverse groups of frustrated Americans who count themselves part of this fledgling coalition. “We’re afraid and we’re
We’re right to contest Ferdinand ban: Ferguson
Published on 10 Feb, 2010 at 11:23 in Sports | Viewed 93 views times | No Comments
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has justified the club’s decision to appeal against Rio Ferdinand’s four-match ban by highlighting what he believes to be inconsistency within the disciplinary system. Ferdinand originally saw a three-match ban for lashing out at Hull City’s Craig Fagan extended to four games last week because he appealed the decision