more images more images Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for loss in Maine SAN FRANCISCO — Stunned and angry, national gay rights leaders Wednesday blamed scare-mongering ads — and President Barack Obama’s lack of engagement — for a bitter election setback in Maine that could alter the dynamics for both sides in the gay-marriage debate. Conservatives, in contrast,
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Gay leaders blame TV ads, Obama for same-sex marriage loss in Maine; conservatives rejoice
more images more images Old method of heart bypass better than ‘off-pump’ NEW YORK — It seemed like a great idea — doing bypass surgery while the heart is still beating, sparing patients the complications that can come from going on a heart-lung machine. Now the first big test of this method has produced a surprise: Bypass has
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Study shows worse outcomes for newer ‘off-pump’ heart bypass, better with heart-lung machine
Great Wolf Resorts posts $42.1 million 1Q loss MADISON, Wis. — Great Wolf Resorts Inc., which operates indoor waterpark resorts in North America, said Wednesday it posted a $42.1 million third-quarter loss as hefty charges offset an increase in revenue. The company also released a fourth-quarter and full-year guidance well below analysts’ average estimates and Great Wolf
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Great Wolf Resorts swings to 1st-quarter loss as charges offset revenue increase
Clean Harbors 3rd-qtr profit falls, cuts outlook NORWELL, Mass. — Clean Harbors Inc., which provides hazardous waste management services, on Wednesday posted a 37 percent decline in third-quarter earnings and cut its full-year revenue forecast, citing ongoing weak demand. “We saw some pockets of growth and encouraging signs of stabilization across a number of our business lines,
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Clean Harbors posts 3rd-qtr profit drop as demand remains weak, cuts 2009 revenue forecast
Police: Breathalyzer-costumed man accused of DUI OXFORD, Ohio — An Ohio man dressed as a Breathalyzer test for Halloween found himself blowing into one after police stopped him for allegedly driving the wrong way without headlights on a one-way street. Oxford police said they stopped 20-year-old James P. Miller on Halloween night and found beer in
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Ohio police say man in dressed as Breathlalyzer for Halloween accused of DUI
News Corp. 1Q income posts surprising growth LOS ANGELES — Media conglomerate News Corp. said Wednesday its net income for the latest quarter grew despite analysts’ expectations of a decline, thanks to strength at its cable networks and the box-office success of “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.” The company is facing multiple challenges, including an advertising
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News Corp. posts increase in 1st-quarter income, helped by cable networks, ‘Ice Age’ movie
more images more images House Dem attacks Obama on immigrants WASHINGTON — A House Democrat is accusing President Barack Obama of dehumanizing illegal immigrants with his hard-line stance against allowing them to benefit from pending health overhaul legislation. Congressman Luis Gutierrez, from Obama’s home state of Illinois, said Wednesday the approach is “nonsense” and would ultimately cost taxpayers more
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House Dem attacks Obama over illegal immigrants in health care bill
PATH developer willing to delay line consideration CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The developers of a multistate power line project said Wednesday they are willing to delay a regulatory decision on their $1.9 billion project until January 2011 to make the three-state review process more efficient. The offer was in a filing with the West Virginia Public Service Commission
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Multistate power line developers willing to delay consideration of applications in W.Va., Va.
Scientists look for Yellowstone’s hidden species HELENA, Mont. — Volunteer researchers have found microscopic worms, species of mushrooms and lichen, slender grass and tiger beetles never before documented in Yellowstone National Park. Results released this week show more than 1,200 species of creatures at the park, much more than the grizzly bears, bison and wolves that most
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Beyond bison and bears: Scientists seeking Yellowstone’s hidden species find more than 1,200
FINRA bars California broker for insider trading WASHINGTON — The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Wednesday said it barred a former registered representative based in California after he took part in insider trading earlier this year. FINRA said Abhishek Uppal of San Francisco, who worked in the investment banking department of Piper Jaffray & Co. from 2007
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Financial Insdustry Regulatory Authority bars California broker for insider trading
US officials visit isolated Myanmar, meet Suu Kyi YANGON, Myanmar — The highest-ranking American diplomat to visit Myanmar in 14 years offered improved relations Wednesday if its military regime moves toward democracy, putting into action the Obama administration’s new policy of engagement with the isolated country.
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US officials visit military-run Myanmar for first time in 14 years, offer improved relations
Fire worsens 2nd day of Philly transit strike PHILADELPHIA — Commuters biked, walked, juggled carpool schedules and hitched rides as a strike ground the city’s transit system to a near halt for a second day Wednesday, a morning rush worsened when a regional rail train caught fire. Regional rail lines are running because their workers are represented
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Commuters struggle to get to work as train fire worsens 2nd day of Philly transit strike
more images more images Iran opposition protesters return to streets TEHRAN, Iran — Opposition protesters returned to the streets of Tehran Wednesday for the first time in nearly two months, clashing with security forces just blocks from a government rally to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The scenes of defiant chants, tear gas and baton-wielding
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Iran opposition holds first big protests in 2 months as government marks US Embassy takeover
Neutral Tandem 1Q profit jumps 80 percent CHICAGO — Neutral Tandem Inc., which provides services that connect phone networks between providers, said Wednesday its third-quarter profit jumped 80 percent, as the company expanded its reach and carried more minutes over its networks. The company also boosted its outlook for the year, sending shares up $1.61, or 7.4
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Neutral Tandem 1st-quarter profit jumps 80 percent as more phone data flows over its network
No more duck house: Britain cuts lawmaker expenses LONDON — Drain the moat, tear down the duck house, fire the housekeeper. British lawmakers face strict new allowance rules following a scandal over their outrageous expense claims. The rules published Wednesday will ban legislators from using expenses to fund swank second homes and outlaw the use of taxpayers’
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No more duck house: Britain cuts lawmaker expenses after scandals over their exorbitant claims
2 CPS Energy execs on leave over project’s costs SAN ANTONIO — Two CPS Energy workers are on administrative leave over a recently disclosed jump in the projected cost for two more units at the South Texas Project. The board of the municipally owned CPS Energy has launched an investigation into how and when management because aware
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Higher cost estimate allegedly kept secret for CPS nuclear expansion, 2 workers on admin leave
Report: Suspend Zimbabwe over diamond smuggling JOHANNESBURG — Investigators for the world’s diamond control body say Zimbabwe should be suspended because its security forces are raping women, killing illegal miners and smuggling gems out of a diamond field in the troubled country’s east. Human rights groups have made similar accusations, but the charges carry particular weight coming
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Kimberley investigators: Zimbabwe should be suspended because of diamond smuggling, violence
MGM CEO, author to keynote Vegas meeting in Jan. LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce says MGM Mirage Chief Executive Jim Murren and “Superfreakonomics” author Steven Levitt will speak to business leaders in southern Nevada at a conference in January. Chamber officials say Murren will give his outlook for Las Vegas and for his
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MGM Mirage’s Murren, ‘Superfreakonomics’ author to keynote meeting for Vegas business leaders
NH company gets $136M financing plan for hospitals CONCORD, N.H. — A company that operates two hospitals and a medical office in New Hampshire is getting a $136.4 million federal loan for expansion and renovation projects. The mortgage loan was issued to LRGHealthcare in Laconia, a not-for-profit corporation that owns Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia, Franklin
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Company that operates 2 NH hospitals, office gets $136.4M fed loan for expansion, renovation
more images more images Iranian police beat anti-government protesters TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons Wednesday on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover, witnesses and state media reported
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Iran police beat anti-government protesters on sidelines of rallies to mark US Embassy seizure
IRA veterans aid NIreland dissidents, report says DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents are posing their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province’s peace accord 11 years ago — and are receiving help from a handful of IRA veterans in plotting gun and bomb attacks, an expert panel found Wednesday.
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Small number of IRA veterans aiding dissidents in Northern Ireland attacks, report says
No bond for rapist who had 10 bodies at Ohio home CLEVELAND — A rapist who lived at a Cleveland house where 10 bodies were found has been ordered held without bond. Anthony Sowell appeared Wednesday before Municipal Court Judge Ronald Adrine (AY’-dreen) on five counts of aggravated murder. The 50-year-old Sowell looked straight at the judge as
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No bond for rapist who had 10 bodies at Ohio home; prosecutor says he’s ‘incredibly dangerous’
Ancestry.com hopes to raise $100 million in IPO NEW YORK — Genealogy Web site Ancestry.com hopes to raise about $100 million when it goes public this week. With more than a million paying subscribers, little competition, a small debt load and a record of increasing revenues, it may fare better than other IPOs that have recently
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Online genealogy company Ancestry.com plans IPO, boasts more than a million paying subscribers
Parents to see site where ND college students died DICKINSON, N.D. — Authorities say three North Dakota college students found dead in a Jeep submerged in a rural pond likely didn’t see the water while on a stargazing trip. Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy (TOO’-ee) said Wednesday that the Dickinson State University softball players may have driven
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Sheriff: 3 ND college students found dead in Jeep in rural pond likely didn’t see water
Afghan policeman kills 5 British soldiers KABUL — An Afghan policeman opened fire on British soldiers in the volatile southern province of Helmand, killing five before fleeing, British and Afghan authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about discipline within the Afghan forces and possible infiltration by insurgents. The attack Tuesday afternoon came a month after an Afghan policeman
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Afghan policeman shoots British soldiers, killing 5, in southern Afghanistan
Report: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland DUBLIN — Irish Republican Army dissidents pose their greatest security threat in Northern Ireland since the province’s peace accord 11 years ago and are being helped by a handful of IRA veterans in plotting attacks, an expert panel said Wednesday. The Independent Monitoring Commission, which reports regularly on the underground
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Experts: IRA dissidents pose threat to N.Ireland, small number of IRA veterans aiding attacks
Farmland released from conservation program Here’s a look at the states where the most land is being released from the federal Conservation Reserve Program: — Texas, 3.85 million acres active; 644,025 acres expire in 2009; 698,313 expire in 2010; 683,991 expire in 2011 — Montana, 3.2 million acres active; 245,925 acres expire in 2009; 410,487 expire in 2010;
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A look at states where farmland is being released from federal conservation program
Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87 HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from Tropical Storm Mirinae rose to 87 in Vietnam on Wednesday as authorities stepped up rescue and relief operations in affected areas of the central region. In the hardest-hit province of Phu Yen, 26 more deaths were reported as information trickled in from isolated
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Vietnam storm death toll rises to 87 as authorities step up rescue and relief operations
Dejection fills Maine ballroom after marriage vote PORTLAND, Maine — Cecelia Burnett and Ann Swanson had already set their wedding date. When they joined about 1,000 other gay marriage supporters for an election night party in a Holiday Inn ballroom, they hoped to celebrate the vote that would make it possible. Instead, they went home at midnight,
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Disappointment, not joy, fills Maine ballroom where gay marriage party was planned
NEW DELHI – India should not allow one individual, Hafiz Saeed, to hold the entire bilateral relationship hostage, says Pakistan’s envoy to India, making a strong pitch for the resumption of the composite dialogue, days ahead of a crucial meeting between Indian and Pakistani leaders. Despite the growing exasperation in India over the tardy pace
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India should not allow Saeed to hijack bilateral ties: Pakistani envoy (Interview)