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Obama-Cameron joint news conference held Monday

11 Alive - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:15am
President Obama holds a brief news conference Monday morning with British Prime Minister David Cameron, but he is likely to be asked about pressing domestic issues: Benghazi and the IRS. || 11Alive.com will stream live coverage of the news conference at 11:15 a.m.
Categories: Atlanta News

Business frets at terrorism tag of Boston Marathon attack

FOX News - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:11am

A declaration by President Barack Obama that the Boston Marathon bombings were an act of terrorism could make it difficult for many affected businesses to be reimbursed for losses.

Federal law enacted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks requires the government to certify whether an act of terrorism has occurred for businesses to determine liability for losses. If a business did not buy specific terrorism coverage an official designation could make it harder to get reimbursed.

The Boston Globe reports that many small businesses on Boylston Street did not buy terrorism coverage.

Most business losses resulted from closing Boylston Street as a crime scene, not from the fatal explosions on April 15. Proving a loss requires tallying receipts from a previous comparable period to demonstrate the cost of being shut by authorities.

Categories: US News

Gallup reviewing poll methodology

POLITICO - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:10am
After misreading the 2012 presidential election, Gallup has undertaken an internal review.


Categories: US News

9 life terms for convicted robber in Texas

FOX News - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 8:04am

A 20-year-old Fort Worth man who pleaded guilty to an armed robbery spree in 2011 is headed to prison with nine life sentences.

Karrington Braziel entered his plea to nine counts of aggravated robbery but left his punishment to a Tarrant County jury.

The Fort Worth Star Telegram reported Saturday prosecutors provided evidence of Braziel's record, including assault on a public servant while he was a juvenile and that he'd been a problem in jail while awaiting trial.

The robbery charges were based on a series of holdups over about a two-week span in November 2011. He was caught after a witness got his license number following a convenience store heist.

The nine sentences will be served concurrently.

Categories: US News

Lloyds Chair Stands Down as Government Sale Looms

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:59am
Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday its chairman Win Bischoff will retire in the next year.
Categories: US News

UK Government Split Over EU Membership

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:47am
Two prominent members of David Cameron's cabinet said Britain should no longer be a part of the European Union.
Categories: US News

Gingrich ties IRS flap to Obamacare

POLITICO - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:46am
The former House speaker says the health care reform bill relies heavily on the agency.


Categories: US News

LIVE at 12:00 | O.J. Simpson returns to court

11 Alive - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:44am
Disgraced football legend O.J. Simpson is scheduled to return to a Las Vegas courtroom Monday in a bid to get his robbery, assault and kidnapping convictions thrown out. || 11Alive.com will stream live coverage of the hearing at 12:00 noon.
Categories: Atlanta News

Dell Seeks More Details From Icahn

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:41am
Dell is seeking more information from Carl Icahn on his offer for the embattled computer maker.
Categories: US News

Suspect in 4 Kan. farm deaths to appear in court

FOX News - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:33am

The man charged with killing four people on an eastern Kansas farm is set to appear in court Monday afternoon.

Twenty-seven-year-old Kyle Flack is being held on $10 million bond. He is charged with capital murder and first-degree murder in the deaths of 18-month-old Lana Leigh Bailey, her mother, 21-year-old Kaylie Bailey, and 30-year-old Andrew Stout. He also is charged first-degree murder in the death of 31-year-old Steven White.

Flack was picked up for questioning early Wednesday in Emporia, where officers found the car that Bailey had been driving when she was last seen.

A body that was believed to be the toddler's was found over the weekend, and authorities are working to positively identify it. The adults' bodies were found earlier in the week.

Categories: US News

Gosnell Jury: 'We're Hung on 2 Counts'

11 Alive - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:22am
The jury deliberating in the capital murder trial against former Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell says they're hung on two counts.
Categories: Atlanta News

Bernstein: This is not Watergate

POLITICO - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:17am
The journalist calls the IRS scandal "outrageous" but says Obama is no Richard Nixon.


Categories: US News

Has the Canadian Housing Crash Arrived?

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:02am
Housing: So much for the idea that it's different in Canada.
Categories: US News

Tesla Roars Back, Defies the Skeptics

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 7:00am
The California EV manufacturer is promising even better numbers for the rest of the coming year.
Categories: US News

Ohio suspect's brothers: Hope he 'rots in jail'

FOX News - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:55am

The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him. One called him a "monster" who he hopes "rots in jail."

Onil and Pedro Castro told CNN that they want Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight to know how sorry they are for their ordeal.

The brothers were initially taken into custody but released after investigators said there was no evidence against them. Brother Ariel Castro has been charged with rape and kidnapping and is being held on $8 million bond.

Pedro Castro says he was shocked to learn DeJesus was a victim, because they'd known her father for a long time and Ariel even went to a vigil for her when she went missing.

Categories: US News

Retro Report: Revisiting the Military’s Tailhook Scandal

The New York Times - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:48am
This Retro Report video explores how much, and how little, has changed since the sexual assaults at a 1991 convention of naval aviators.    

Categories: US News

Elan Strikes $1 Billion Royalty Deal

CNBC - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:45am
bElan stepped up its bid to keep its independence on Monday by agreeing a $1 billion deal with U.S. company Theravance.
Categories: US News

Witness: 'Everybody was lying' after Michael Jackson died

CNN - Mon, 05/13/2013 - 6:30am
The portrait of Michael Jackson in the last week of his life, painted by people close to him, is a disturbing picture of an emaciated man, unable to sleep or eat, and unlikely to be ready for his comeback concerts just days away.
Categories: US News