Thu, May 17, 2012
U.S. Postal Service to close or consolidate 140 sites
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service will close or consolidate operations at 140 mail processing sites through February 2013, a postal official said ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
More minority babies than whites in U.S.: Census Bureau
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, there are more black, Hispanic and other minority babies being born in the United States than white babies ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Weather Watch: Rain showers here and there in U.S. Midwest
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Showers expected in Minnesota, northern Iowa, northern Nebraska and the Dakotas this weekend, bringing 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches of rain ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Arguments due in ex-US Senator Edwards' campaign finance case
By Colleen Jenkins
GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Attorneys are scheduled to give their closing arguments on Thursday in former U.S. Senator John Edwards ...
Thu, May 17, 2012
Defeated Ohio Democrat Kucinich declines run in Washington state
By Steve Gorman
(Reuters) - Veteran Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a liberal stalwart who lost his primary race after redistricting forced him to run against ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews with hand tools battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across more than 30 ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Family cancels weekend search for missing Hollywood executive
By Dan Whitcomb
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The family of a Hollywood executive reported missing more than two weeks ago called off on Wednesday a ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Venezuelan-born academic named president of MIT
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday named Rafael Reif, an electrical engineer born in Venezuela who has been the university ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
Data suggests drug treatment can lower U.S. crime
By David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. crime statistics show illegal drugs play a central role in criminal acts, providing new evidence that tackling ...
Wed, May 16, 2012
U.S. lowers threshold for lead poisoning in children
By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut its threshold level for defining lead poisoning in children ...
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