Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks on May 9. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) A bipartisan group of senators begins a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s [...]
May 21, 2013
APNewsBreak: Yanks, Man City to own NYC MLS team
APNewsBreak: Yanks, Man City to own NYC MLS team NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are going into the soccer business. The Yankees are partnering with Manchester City to own Major League Soccer‘s 20th team, which will be called New York City Football Club and plans to start play in the 2015 season. [...]
May 21, 2013
Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC
Carol Burnett to win top US humor prize in DC WASHINGTON (AP) — Carol Burnett, who became famous for playing a variety of characters in sketch comedy routines on her namesake television show, was named the winner of the nation’s top humor prize on Tuesday. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Burnett will [...]
May 21, 2013
Senate panel hammers Apple over offshore tax strategies
Senate panel hammers Apple over offshore tax strategies By Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Apple Inc came under fire on Tuesday at a Senate hearing over an investigation that alleged the U.S. high technology icon has kept billions of dollars in profits in Irish subsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government. “Apple [...]
May 21, 2013
Russia’s ‘Space Ark’ Returns All Of Its Lizards And Half Its Mice Safely To Earth
The longest orbital experiment dedicated purely to biology has returned to Earth. By Clay Dillow Posted 05.21.2013 at 8:56 am A Bion-M1 capsule launches aboard a Soyuz rocket DLR photo via Wikimedia Less than half of the rodents, lizards, fish, and other small animals that were lofted skyward last month made it back alive, but [...]
May 21, 2013
Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke
Golf adopts rule to ban anchored putting stroke Golf’s governing bodies approved a new rule Tuesday that outlaws the putting stroke used by four of the last six major champions, going against two major golf organizations that argued long putters are not hurting the game. The Royal & Ancient Golf Club and U.S. Golf Association [...]
May 21, 2013