JERUSALEM — Israel has set up three huge white tents at its main southern seaport to hold hundreds of sea-borne pro-Palestinian activists hoping to breach Israel’s 3-year-old blockade of the Gaza Strip. The activists are headed toward Gaza’s waters on board a flotilla carrying 10,000 tons of supplies. Israel says it won’t let the...
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From the ashes of Toronto band’s Clydesdale and Tangiers, comes Toronto’s newest indie rock outfit People in Grey. Having previously shared stages with the likes of The Editors, The Antlers, and Young Rival, they will release their long awaited debut single “Rock n Roll Prostitute” for free on their myspace and available on iTunes....
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Thad Allen, who is coordinating the government response, says the well still has low pressure, but cement will be used to cap the well permanently as soon as the pressure hits zero. Engineers have stopped the flow of oil and gas into the Gulf of Mexico from a gushing BP well, the federal government’s...
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WASHINGTON – The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week but the level still remained higher than expected, indicating only modest improvements in the job market. Applications for unemployment benefits fell by 14,000 to 460,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Analysts had expected the level...
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There is still no scarcity of poverty and human degradation around the world. But Amnesty International says in its latest annual human rights report that people are being held accountable for some of the worst violations. “We’re very encouraged by the trend for example in Latin America where we had three former heads of...
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(Atlanta) The annual meeting of the American Apparel Producers’ Network was held May 2-4, 2010 at the Loews Miami Bach Hotel. 90 companies and 120 individuals attended the meeting. Those attending represented the entire apparel supply chain literally ‘from the dirt to the shirt’. There were 17 brands, uniform companies or retailers, 14 factories...
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A bipartisan pair of Senate leaders have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill aimed at stopping terrorist suspects such as the would-be Times Square bomber from hiding their identities by using prepaid cellphones to plot their attacks. The legislation sponsored by Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) would require buyers to present...
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A $200 billion jobs bill that includes extending unemployment benefits and COBRA subsidies through the end of the year is still stalled in the House. Democrats want to pass it this week, but they are stuck over a provision that would prevent doctors from seeing a reduction in Medicare reimbursement rates in the first...
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LOS ANGELES – Comic Jon Lovitz and others are being sued by the Los Angeles Dodgers over claims they failed to pay nearly $100,000 for season tickets for the 2010 baseball season. Delaware-based Dodger Tickets LLC filed the breach-of-contract lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles. The lawsuit claims Lovitz and 100 other individuals entered into...
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No offense to Kid ‘n Play, but Art Linkletter’s House Party was always better. Linkletter’s program, which began on radio in 1944 before moving to TV eight years later, set a record for daytime longevity and featured Linkletter — who died Wednesday at age 97 at his home in the Bel Air section of...
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