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Bigwig donors push Cuomo on campaign finance reform
[caption id="attachment_114497" align="alignnone" width="614"] Gov. Andrew Cuomo feels the heat. Credit: Getty Images[/caption] As news from Albany seems to involve little other than corruption and scandal, campaign finance reform advocates are putting pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the New York Times reported....
metro.us (48 minutes ago)
ECUA signs new trash deal
The ECUA board's decision virtually guarantees the Escambia County Commission will file a lawsuit to block the agreement to change how local trash is disposed.
pnj.com (50 minutes ago)
Marni Soupcoff: Abercrombie & Fitch Owed Us No Apology
Abercrombie & Fitch is back with another apology, is it? That's probably to be expected. Going on the record as a brand that wants attractive, skinny, popular kids in its clothes (and by inference would rather the fat loners of the world buy and wear something else) is the sort of thing that causes people to...
huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)
National Trust for Historic Preservation: Best Places to Travel in the U.S. This Summer
This summer, you don't need to seek something exotic and adventurous abroad. The U.S. has plenty of adventures close at hand, from the storied Boston Harbor to a historic village in Ohio to the bridges of Yosemite Valley. Just as with the places we recommended for spring break travel, the sites we've selected for...
huffingtonpost.com (6 hours ago)
Forget Barcodes, 1961's Cash Register of the Future Understood Speech
Okay Glass, pay for Tang. Barcodes revolutionized commerce with their increased adoption in the early 1980s. Suddenly, accurately ringing up items in stores became much less dependent on the competence of the cashier. The shift from price tag to barcode meant that products simply needed a quick scan rather than a...
gizmodo.com (9 hours ago)
Analysis: Medicaid expansion would save Utah millions, cover 123K uninsured
Utah could save $131 million and extend health insurance to more than 123,000 of its uninsured residents over the next 10 years if state officials opt to fully expand Medicaid, according to a cost-benefit analysis released Wednesday. If Utah chooses not to expand, however, Medicaid will cost the state $177 million...
sltrib.com (10 hours ago)
13 insurers to compete on Calif. health exchange
SACRAMENTO -- The state's largest health insurers, including Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield and Kaiser Permanente, will be among 13 plans competing for policies from millions of Californians who are expected to purchase coverage through the state's new health exchange, officials announced Thursday. Covered...
bakersfieldcalifornian.com (12 hours ago)
Some government efforts on domestic violence 'are virtually meaningless'
Government efforts to tackle domestic violence against women and girls are "virtually meaningless" in some areas, according to a group of women's organisations. In a report released on Thursday, the End Violence Against Women Coalition – an umbrella of 60 women's organisations which aim to prevent domestic violence...
guardian.co.uk (15 hours ago)
PICS: Is It A Bird? A Plane? A Pile Of Bricks?
Lego and Superman are natural partners - more so than any of the Danish brick maker's other DC or Marvel superhero franchises. That's because Superman can have a playtime role in virtually any product Lego has made. He can save planes, help the police, go back in time to battle pirates and travel to space. He can...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
Neal Jenson: Best Available Free Software for Your Business
To run a business successfully, you need to bootstrap and find free resources wherever you can get them. I have tried my hand at picking some of the best free software for businesses. These are not free 30 day free trials, but actually free software. 1. GIMP This is similar to Photoshop, though it is not as robust...
huffingtonpost.com (16 hours ago)
The Bronze Swan Arrives: Is The End Of Copper Financing China's "Lehman Event"?
In all the hoopla over Japan's stock market crash and China's PMI miss last night, the biggest news of the day was largely ignored: copper, and the fact that copper's ubiquitous arbitrage and rehypothecation role in China's economy through the use of Chinese Copper Financing Deals (CCFD) is coming to an end....
zerohedge.com (16 hours ago)
What Goldman Sachs should admit: it drives up the cost of food | Deborah Doane
Today, 23 May, is the annual general meeting (AGM) of financial speculator Goldman Sachs, the archetypal villain of the global economic meltdown, bailed out by US taxpayers to the tune of $5.5bn. Perhaps they'll hand out last year's Community Impact report, which shows how they've tried to redeem themselves with...
guardian.co.uk (18 hours ago)
All Is Lost: Robert Redford Is Our Man
A man sails the Pacific alone on his 37-foot yacht, 1700 nautical miles from the Sumatra Straits. He is awoken one morning by a crash: a metal container off a cargo ship has struck his boat, perforating and flooding it, disabling all communication. The man fights resourcefully to repair the damage and battle the...
time.com (19 hours ago)
After 50 years, unity is still an African dream | Ngugi wa Thiong'o
If one were to ask people in the streets of any African capital to name a union of states that readily comes to mind, they are likely to mention the United Nations, the United States of America and possibly the European Union. And the African Union? Oh yes, yes, I have heard of it, a few might say. And yet the...
guardian.co.uk (23 hours ago)
No population growth in Monroe County's 4 boroughs
Monroe County's four boroughs have experienced virtually no recent population growth, according to a U.S. Census Bureau update released this morning.
poconorecord.com (1 day ago)
AMC Boss Reveals Plans For 'The Walking Dead's' Future
With "Breaking Bad" and "Mad Men" approaching the end of their runs, fans of "The Walking Dead" may be wondering about the future of AMC's other tentpole drama. Thankfully, AMC thinks the walkers have legs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, AMC's CEO Josh Sapan revealed that there's no end in sight for the...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Tom Oates: For starters, Brewers rotation needs to get up to speed
MILWAUKEE - There is only one problem with the virtually untouchable Milwaukee Brewers bullpen: We’re seeing way too much of it.
madison.com (1 day ago)
Tom Hayden: Eric Garcetti's Future
Eric Garcetti may not have had President Barack Obama's endorsement, but Obama's efficient operation helped Garcetti become mayor. Garcetti had significant support from Obama's GOTV team and the president's fundraising base. David Axelrod did three events for Garcetti in Los Angeles 10 days ago, speaking in glowing...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
Google boss calls for a 'rational and predictable international tax system'
The Google chairman, Eric Schmidt, has told political leaders to sort out a rational and predictable international tax system, as he faced a wave of criticism over the firm's failure to pay more tax. Ed Miliband attempted to deliver his rebuke direct to Schmidt when invited to speak at the Google Big Tent...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder: If you made list of what made America great, 'immigration would be on it'
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is marching on Washington. Virtually, that is.
mlive.com (1 day ago)
Wait, Soap Can Do WHAT?
We know that soap can work wonders when cleaning, but did you know it can also fill tiny holes in a wall? According to blogger Kat from "A Blessed Life Atop A Cake Stand," it's a quick remedy for unwanted nicks or nail holes. Simply take a bar and rub it in circular motions around the ding -- that's it! If you head...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
We Know She Can Count To Five: IRS Official Who Claimed She Was Not Good At Math Pleads The Fifth
As Congress continues its investigation into allegations that the Internal Revenue Service improperly targeted certain applications for tax-exempt status based on keywords and politically charged language, a number of IRS and Treasury officials made their way to the Hill today to testify in front of the House...
forbes.com (1 day ago)
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District board: Candidates' vote gap narrows
Jerry Jones Jr. and Greg Cody are virtually neck and neck. Cody refused to concede Tuesday night, saying there were too many ballots left to be counted.
oregonlive.com (1 day ago)
3 women will battle in November for 2 Berks County judge seats
READING - A crowded field of eight candidates seeking two open seats on the Berks County Court of Common Pleas was narrowed to three by primary voters on Tuesday. And voters clearly liked the female candidates more, setting up a three-way contest in November among the three female attorneys on the ballot. Berks...
pottsmerc.com (1 day ago)
And the study says: Windows 8 users rarely touch Metro apps
If you were going to sum up Windows 8 in a single sentence, “It’s all about the apps” would do the trick. And that’s why a new study from Soluto, a company that offers a remote troubleshooting tool for Windows PCs, suggests a somewhat stark reality for Microsoft's new-look operating system. Windows 8 was rebuilt...
pcworld.com (1 day ago)
Cannes 2013: All Is Lost – first look review
Anyone preparing for a round the world trip on their own yacht ought togive this survival-at-sea picture a very wide berth. The message seems tobe: if the Somalian pirates don't get you, sheer dumb luck, combined withhostile wind and rain, will. Dumb luck actually comes calling via, of all things, a floating...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Track: Injury forces Gordon to take different path
As the saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. That’s the exact approach Michalla Gordon has taken this season. After hurting her Achilles tendon during the indoor season - making it virtually impossible to continue as a hurdler - the Wadsworth senior wasn’t sure what she was going to do until a...
medinagazette.northcoastnow.com (1 day ago)
Prime number breakthrough by unknown professor
Virtually unknown professor takes major step towards solving a numerical problem which has baffled the finest minds for centuries.
telegraph.co.uk (1 day ago)
Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and San Antonio Spurs survive Game Two overtime to beat Memphis Grizzlies
San Antonio Spurs 93-89 Memphis Grizzlies OTSpurs lead series 2-0 The San Antonio Spurs clung on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies in Game Two overtime to take a 2-0 Western Conference finals series lead. For three quarters the Grizzlies looked like they were going to be on the end of a second successive blowout, down...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Japan watchdog: Nuclear plant sits on active fault
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday endorsed a panel's conclusion that a seismic fault running underneath one of two reactors at an atomic plant in western Japan is active, making the reactor's restart virtually impossible.
boston.com (1 day ago)
