Going underground
(From AP) ALBANY, N.Y. — When Dan Fitzsimmons looks across the Susquehanna River and sees the flares of Pennsylvania gas wells, he thinks bitterly of the riches beneath his own land locked up by the heated debate that has kept hydraulic...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Gender role reversal
(From The New York Times) HOUSTON — Wearing brick-red scrubs and chatting in Spanish, Miguel Alquicira settled a tiny girl into an adult-size dental chair and soothed her through a set of X-rays. Then he ushered the dentist, a woman,...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Dollars and sense
(From The Times-Picayune) Publicly traded local banks participating in this year's Gulf South Bank Conference told investment analysts gathered at the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans hotel last week that they're focused on growth, dealing with...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
House calls
(From The Washington Post) Before 9 a.m., a group of lobbyists began showing up at the White House security gates with the chief executives of their companies, all of whom serve on President Obama's jobs council, to be checked in for a...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
2 Baton Rouge public high schools make 'America's Best' list of 1,000
Of the 1,000 public high schools across the country ranked by The Daily Beast on its "America's Best High Schools 2012" list, seven are located in Louisiana—with just two of them in Baton Rouge. Only one Louisiana school, New Orleans'...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Chinese company to buy U.S. movie theater chain AMC
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. announced this morning it's buying a major U.S. cinema chain—AMC Entertainment Holdings—for $2.6 billion in China's biggest takeover of an American company to date. The Beijing-based company...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Troubles roil biodiesel credit-trading market
In recent months, the tax credit-trading market for the biodiesel industry has been rattled by fraud allegations, plummeting confidence and numerous lawsuits. The Houston Chronicle reports the EPA has identified more than 140 million...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Congressional discourse a grade level lower than in '05, study says
Congress now speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did just seven years ago, with the most conservative members of Congress speaking on average at the lowest grade level, according to a new analysis from the nonprofit, nonpartisan...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
News roundup: Yahoo to sell half of its Alibaba stake for $7.1B … FBI warns about hackers targeting hotel guests … Reports: Nasdaq 'embarrassed' about Facebook delay
Rebooted: Struggling Internet company Yahoo Inc. has secured a lifeline after agreeing to sell half of its prized stake in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba for about $7.1 billion, with most of the cash going to shareholders. The...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
New animal alliance director outlines focus on shelter improvements
In an open letter to the community released this morning, the Companion Animal Alliance's new director Kim Sherlaw says, "Much work must be done to provide a clean, comfortable, safe, species-appropriate, stimulating and enriching environment" at...
DATE: May 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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