Too-Big-To-Jail Dogs Obama's Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice appears to have neither conducted nor received any analyses that would show whether criminal charges against large financial institutions would harm the economy, potentially undermining a key DOJ argument for why the world’s biggest banks have escaped indictment. Testimony by a top...

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(UPDATE) Former state rep allegedly trafficked meth

[caption id="attachment_116862" align="alignnone" width="614"] Former state Rep. Stephen Doran once chaired an ethics committee.[/caption] A former state representative from Lexington who once chaired a House ethics committee pleaded not guilty Wednesday to allegedly receiving a package of methamphetamine at the...

metro.us (1 hour ago)

2013 Indianapolis 500: Charlie Kimball focused only on race-day setups since unloading

philly.com (2 hours ago)

David Warner expresses regret at Twitter outburst

The Australia batsman David Warner says he regrets his Twitter outburst against journalists, for which he was fined A$5,570 (£3,600), but says he was angry at his picture being used in an article on spot-fixing allegations in the India Premier League. "Obviously [the match-fixing allegations are] disappointing … but...

guardian.co.uk (2 hours ago)

Deflecting Pressure, Jimmy Howard Gives Red Wings a Boost

Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard, who has a .923 save percentage in the playoffs, said he has stayed calm and focused by taking deep breaths during the series against the Blackhawks.    

nytimes.com (3 hours ago)

On IRS issue, senior White House aides were focused on shielding Obama

As soon as White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler heard about an upcoming inspector general’s report on the Internal Revenue Service, she knew she had a problem. The notice Ruemmler saw on April 24 gave her a thumbnail sketch of a disturbing finding: that the IRS had improperly targeted tea party and other...

washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)

FBI calls IMPD homicide experts for investigation help at vacant house

The FBI asked Indianapolis homicide investigators to assist in an investigation today focused on a vacant house in the 1500 block of English Avenue.

indystar.com (3 hours ago)

Xbox One: All the Nerdy Details You Don't Know Yet

You saw the news yesterday. The Xbox One was everywhere, and everyone talked a lot about it. But when a new console hits, often we'll latch onto the biggest, shiniest new baubles. Now though, having slept on it, let's dig into the real nerd porn. It's worth a look. Architecture and Operating System Oh god, we're...

gizmodo.com (4 hours ago)

WATCH: Highly Illogical 'Star Trek' Safety Video

Glow boldly where no one has gone before. A "Star Trek"-themed training video made in 2010 at the at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in southern California is causing some heated controversy. The video, titled "SONGS Trek," features senior employees at the plant dressed as Capt. Kirk, Mr. Spock,...

huffingtonpost.com (4 hours ago)

David Cleary: Lessons Learned From an Influencer

Until very recently I wouldn't have called myself an avid social media user. Sure, I created a Facebook profile in 2006, at a time when a college email address was still required to sign up, but who didn't? The concept of the "social network" has changed a great deal since then. Interestingly, my own sister (and...

huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)

David Orr: Motor Voter Made All the Difference

Twenty years ago, I stood next to President Bill Clinton as he signed the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) into law. This monumental legislation made it easier for millions of Americans to register to vote by offering registration at driver's license facilities. Before 1993, registrants had to seek out, or be...

huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)

German Software Company Looks To Recruit People With Autism As Programmers

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems. SAP has asked start-up Danish recruitment company Specialisterne to help it find,...

huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)

GRAPHIC PHOTO: Teacher's Aide Impaled Protecting Students From Tornado (How To Help)

When Suzanne Haley was gravely injured in the Moore, Okla., tornado, she didn't panic. Instead, the teacher's aide tried to allay her first-graders' fears by asking them about the sparkly stickers and rubber stamps they were using on their end-of-year scrapbooks. Haley, a first-year paraprofessional at Briarwood...

huffingtonpost.com (5 hours ago)

Illinois Senate approves sex education bill

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abst

thetelegraph.com (5 hours ago)

U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on Wednesday.

reuters.com (6 hours ago)

U.S. probe of Benghazi attack focused on more than five suspects

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An investigation of the attacks on the American diplomatic mission and nearby annex in Benghazi, Libya, last year is looking at more than five potential suspects, a U.S. national security source said on Wednesday. The source would not identify the suspects who have come to the attention of the...

yahoo.com (6 hours ago)

Telecoms company Cable & Wireless to quit UK after 140 years

Cable & Wireless Communications, the last remnant of a telecoms empire that once employed 54,000 people around the world, is to leave the UK. After 140 years as a British company, CWC is relocating its headquarters from Holborn in central London to southern Florida, transferring about 100 jobs to the United...

guardian.co.uk (6 hours ago)

Verizon, Jennifer Lopez partner on Latino-focused wireless stores

Verizon Wireless is partnering with singer and actress Jennifer Lopez in creating a U.S. retail distribution company that will offer Verizon's devices in stores and online destinations designed to appeal to Latino consumers. The new company, Viva Movil, is majority owned by Lopez and represents a partnership between...

pcworld.com (7 hours ago)

6 Essential Steps To Attracting Your "Right" Work

This year, I’m offering a series of free monthly success coaching calls to support people with laser focused advice on how to achieve more happiness, success and reward in their lives and work.  Today was just one of those calls, and an attendee submitted a question that I’ve heard many times over the past years. ...

forbes.com (7 hours ago)

IP theft commission: US needs to take strong action

The U.S. government should bar foreign companies that repeatedly steal or use stolen U.S. intellectual property from selling their products in the country, a new report recommended. About US$300 billion worth of intellectual property is stolen from the U.S. every year, with 50 to 80 percent of the theft coming from...

pcworld.com (7 hours ago)

Douglass (Mont.) Supervisor Fred Theil resigns

DOUGLASS (Mont.) - One day before the primary election, the township supervisor who was removed as chairman two weeks ago resigned from the board of supervisors completely. Fred Theil, who was removed as board chairman at the May 6 meeting, issued his resignation in writing, which was read at Monday's meeting by...

pottsmerc.com (8 hours ago)

Bay Area's best restaurant kid's meals

These five Bay Area restaurants are redefining 'kid-friendly' with children's menus focused on freshness, nutrition, culinary diversity, and appropriate portions. Move over, chicken fingers.

contracostatimes.com (8 hours ago)

CBGB Festival Announces Dates, Expanded Film Offerings for Second Year

The festival will feature 40 new music-focused films scheduled to take place over the five-day schedule.     

hollywoodreporter.com (9 hours ago)

Yasmine Hamdan: the modern face of Arabic music

A Beefeater restaurant in Maidstone does not seem the natural place to find Yasmine Hamdan. Here, ahead of her performance on Later with Jools Holland, she sits behind a coffee, a slight, moon-eyed woman shrouded in scarves and a flounce of black hair, talking with a beautifully extravagant intensity that makes the...

guardian.co.uk (9 hours ago)

Jared Bernstein: Apple on the Hill: What Can Be Learned From Yesterday's Hearing

"... we are deeply committed to our country's welfare." -- Apple CEO Tim Cook at a hearing yesterday focused on the company's extensive tax avoidance. OK... I've got no reason to question that assertion. I suspect Mr. Cook and other execs over there are thoroughly patriotic. But they are also unquestionably "deeply...

huffingtonpost.com (10 hours ago)

David Cameron stands firm on EU referendum date

David Cameron has issued a blunt warning to Conservative Eurosceptics that his "very clear, very decisive policy" to hold a referendum on Britain's EU membership by the end of 2017 is not up for renegotiation. In an attempt to draw a line under a bumpy few weeks in which Eurosceptics demanded a toughening of his...

guardian.co.uk (10 hours ago)

AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) - Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.    

boston.com (11 hours ago)

AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.

miamiherald.com (11 hours ago)

AP PHOTOS: Nigeria prepares to bury writer Achebe

OGIDI, Nigeria (AP) - Writer Chinua Achebe, whose works focused on the conflict between modernity and the way of life in rural Nigeria, has returned home for the final time.

yahoo.com (11 hours ago)

Amazon Web Services to add 500 jobs in Fairfax

Amazon Web Services plans to add 500 I.T.-focused jobs in Fairfax County and open a new office in Herndon, economic development officials there announced Wednesday. In return, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance will offer the company money and services to help recruit and train workers. Gov. Bob...

washingtonpost.com (11 hours ago)