New York’s Oversight of Builders in Affordable-Housing Program Is Criticized

New York’s Oversight of Builders in Affordable-Housing Program Is Criticized

New York’s Oversight of Builders in Affordable-Housing Program Is Criticized

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Unions and owners of city-subsidized homes who complain of shoddy workmanship support a bill to publicly disclose information about builders, but Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has vowed a veto.

The Getaway: A Battle Plan for Jet Lag

Posted: 18 Aug 2012 09:30 PM PDT

Tired of being tired when you travel across time zones? Here's some advice for fighting jet lag, straight from a team at NASA.

Verdict due in Gu Kailai trial

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 08:32 AM PDT

A Chinese court is due to deliver its verdict in the trial of Bo Xilai's wife Gu Kailai for the murder of UK businessman Neil Heywood.


Spain Seeks Commitment From ECB on Bond Buys

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 01:01 PM PDT

The Spanish government would like to see the European Central Bank commit to massive, open-ended sovereign-debt purchases before it asks for help financing itself, Finance Minister Luis de Guindos said, as expectations mount that the country will ask for a new bailout.


Outrage Over Russian Verdict Grows

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:08 PM PDT

Amid an international outcry over a two-year prison sentence for three members of a Russian feminist performance group, defense lawyers said they would appeal.


South Africa to Investigate Mine Shooting

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma is expected this week to name members to a commission investigating the police shooting last week that left 34 striking miners dead.


NATO Reports Another Allied Military Killing by a Uniformed Man

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:55 AM PDT

A man in an Afghan police uniform shot and killed an international service member in southern Afghanistan, the NATO military coalition in Afghanistan said Sunday.


VIDEO: Vatican gives approval to bald Barbie

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT

The Vatican's official daily newspaper has given its seal of approval to a new bald version of the doll for children who have lost their hair through chemotherapy or illness.


Basketball Star Jonathon Hargett’s Promising Career Derailed

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Jonathan Hargett was once thought to be the first point guard to jump from high school to the N.B.A., but that was before a tumultuous college career and a prison sentence.

India Asks Pakistan to Help Investigate Root of Panic

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:04 AM PDT

The conflict in the state of Assam was initially contained there until tensions rippled outward. Some in India blame "elements based in Pakistan" for triggering a panic.

VIDEO: Kurds given taste of freedom in Syria

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:49 AM PDT

The conflict between rebel forces and those loyal to President Assad in Syria has resulted in the government loosening its grip on the Kurdish region in the North East of the country.


Belgians protest possible release of child murderer's ex-wife

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:47 AM PDT

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - About 2,000 Belgians took to the streets on Sunday to protest against the possible early release from prison of the ex-wife and accomplice of child murderer Marc Dutroux and demand tougher rules on freeing convicts.

German politicians say no leeway for Greece on reforms

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Senior German politicians stepped up the pressure on Greece to stick to its reforms before the Greek prime minister visits Berlin this week and made clear that there was no appetite in the German parliament for a third aid package.

You for Sale: Electronic Scores Rank Consumers by Potential Value

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:57 AM PDT

Buying-power scores, compiled from huge amounts of data, measure your potential value as a customer. But you'll probably never learn your total.

Oil pipeline blown up in Colombia

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A stretch of the Transandean oil pipeline is blown up in south-western Colombia in an attack blamed by local officials on left-wing rebels.


Man City 3-2 Southampton

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT

Manchester City begin the defence of their Premier League title with a thrilling 3-2 victory over promoted Southampton.


England staring at Lord's defeat

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 10:51 AM PDT

England appear destined to relinquish their number one Test ranking to South Africa after losing both openers cheaply late on day four.


China court to give verdict in Gu Kailai murder trial

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:13 AM PDT

HEFEI, China (Reuters) - A Chinese court will deliver its verdict on Monday against Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai, on charges of killing a British businessman last year in a scandal that has shaken the Communist Party's transition to a new leadership.

Villain or scapegoat? Verdict awaits Gu Kailai

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 11:04 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A paranoid killer or a persecuted scapegoat -- Gu Kailai, the woman at the centre of China's most politically explosive criminal case in a generation, remains an enigma.

VIDEO: Anti-Japan protests across China

Posted: 19 Aug 2012 08:03 AM PDT

Anti-Japanese protests take place in cities across China after Japanese nationalists raised their country's flag on disputed islands.


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