A bear on ice skates attacked two people during rehearsals at a circus in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, killing one of them, Kyrgyz officials said Friday.Read More......
In the incident, which happened Thursday, the 5-year-old animal killed the circus administrator, Dmitry Potapov, and mauled an animal trainer, who was attempting to rescue him.
The Smart Choices nutrition labeling program, created voluntarily by nine large U.S. manufacturers, is halting after federal regulators said such systems could mislead consumers, officials with the labeling group said Friday.Read More......
Industry leaders launched the program this year to highlight foods that meet certain nutritional standards with a green label on package fronts.
The Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that such programs may mislead consumers about the health benefits of certain foods, and it told manufacturers it will crack down on inaccurate labeling. It did not criticize specific products or label programs or give a timeline for enforcement.
Still, we say Godspeed to this "talent." After all, the traders and suits in the corner offices don't exactly have an unblemished track record. In 2008, Citigroup, BofA and Merrill Lynch (since acquired by BofA) posted a grand total of $51 billion in losses.Read More......
Yet even as they were running themselves into the ground, the firms managed to pay out more than $12 billion in bonuses -- including 1,606 million-dollar-plus bonuses, according to a report from the New York attorney general's office.
It doesn't get much clearer than that. Jarrett not only defended and reaffirmed President Obama's support for the public option, but said "we're going to keep pushing until they very last moment" for it. In fact, those may be the strongest words yet from the White House during the end game. At least to my ears, they are very reassuring.If Jarrett has Obama's ear on this, I'll feel a lot better. And, if Jarrett is accurate, someone over at the White House needs to shut down the anonymous officials who are undermining Obama. Read More......
After Democratic sources told POLITICO that there are not the votes for a robust public option, party leaders have their rank-and-file behind closed doors in the Capitol basement and are going through every name to see where they stand on a Medicare plus-five public option, the so-called robust plan. It's a public whip, often used to shame the outliers into backing their preferred plan.This is accurate too, I hear. Read More......
Speculation that a final decision has been made about the public option are not accurate. We continue to work with all the members of the caucus to build consensus.And no, as many of you have mentioned in the comments, we can't trust anonymous sources. Not entirely. But as a journalist, and longtime political operative, I can tell you that there are sources I have that I absolutely trust. They wouldn't lie to me. That doesn't mean they're right, but it does mean they likely aren't spinning me. Anonymous sourcing is not per se evil - in the end, it's legitimacy is based on the legitimacy of the journalist doing the reporting, and whether or not they have good sources, and hold those sources accountable for any screw ups they make. Read More......
The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil and gas.Read More......
Federal law prohibits agencies from taking actions that may adversely affect critical habitat and interfere with polar bear recovery.
Growth in public works projects "is important at this juncture because you are really not going to see much expansion from the commercial and residential sectors," said Robert Murray, vice president at industry research firm McGraw-Hill Construction.Read More......
The housing bust in the United States that crippled the broader economy led to huge job losses in the country's $1 trillion construction industry.
Although the economy is showing signs of recovery, commercial construction still lags the general trend, partly hurt by the retail slowdown. On the other hand, public construction is projected to grow 14 percent to $136.3 billion in 2010, with a wider range of projects emerging, McGraw-Hill said in a report.
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