NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey players are sticking together as a union for now and are working long and late hours with the NHL to try to reach a new collective bargaining agreement to get the game back on the ice.The sides met in small groups throughout the day Wednesday and then held a full-scale bargaining session with a federal mediator at night that lasted nearly five hours and didn't wrap up until...
W.Va. gas prices climb 5 cents a gallon
Label: WorldCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Gasoline prices in West Virginia continue to climb.Motorists in the state are paying an average of about $ 3.43 for a gallon of regular gas this week, a nickel more than a week ago.AAA East Central says the year ended with an annual national average of $ 3.60 per gallon, topping last year’s record-setting price by nine cents.This week’s average price in West Virginia is well...
Why U.S. lives under the shadow of 'W'
Label: LifestyleJulian Zelizer says former President George W. Bush's key tax and homeland security policies survive in the age of ObamaSTORY HIGHLIGHTSJulian Zelizer: For all the criticism Bush got, two key policies have survivedHe says fiscal cliff pact perpetuates nearly all of Bush's tax cutsObama administration has largely followed Bush's homeland security policy, he saysZelizer: By squeezing revenues, Bush...
Bills expected to interview Smith
Label: Health Former Bears coach Lovie Smith. (John Gress/Getty Images / January 3, 2013)...
Myanmar says jets used against Kachin rebels
Label: BusinessYANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military has used jets to attacks rebel fighters in northern Kachin state, the government said on Thursday, its first admission of an intensification of a conflict that has raised doubts about its reformist credentials. Rebel sources have reported aerial bombings, shelling and even the use of chemical weapons since December 28 after the Kachin Independence...
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Wall Street starts 2013 with a rally on "cliff" agreement
Label: WorldNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks soared on the first day of trading in 2013, after Washington lawmakers cut a last-minute deal to avoid automatic tax hikes that threatened to pinch economic growth. The rally was broad-based, with 10 stocks rising for every one falling on the New York Stock Exchange. All 10 S&P 500 industry sector indexes rose at least 1 percent, led by the S&P information...
Stanford holds off Wisconsin 20-14 in Rose Bowl
Label: TechnologyPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Andrew Luck, Toby Gerhart and coach Jim Harbaugh started Stanford's improbable football renaissance, yet they never stood in the center of the Rose Bowl with the West Coast's most coveted trophy raised above their heads.In fact, the last Stanford team to do what the Cardinal did Tuesday night had a defense known as the Thunderchickens.Forty years after Stanford's last Rose...
Baby Panda Rings in 2013
Label: WorldThis little panda cub rang in the New Year with a clean bill of health.At a checkup Tuesday (Jan 1), caretakers determined that Xiao Liwu — the latest giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo — is healthy and getting stronger. The cub continues to sprout baby teeth and is mouthing, chewing and teething a bit, zoo officials said. At 22 weeks old, the baby bear weighs 16 pounds (7.3 kilograms) and measures...
Time to rebrand in Lincoln's image?
Label: LifestyleWade Henderson thinks the modern Republican Party should look to Abraham Lincoln for some inspiration.STORY HIGHLIGHTSWade Henderson: January 1 is 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation He says GOP should look to Lincoln, a canny politician who led moral fight on civil rightsHe says GOP has history of civil rights support that it has largely abandoned in recent yearsHenderson: In 2012,...
Taxes to rise for most Americans despite 'fiscal cliff' deal
Label: Health President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans looked...
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