By JUNE FLETCHER Q: I’m hunting for a rental apartment, and it seems that real estate agents get ticked off if they find out you’re talking to more than one. One agent has been fairly helpful so far. But when I show her ads that others have listed, she often takes a few days to [...]
But the reality was none of the measures had enough votes to pass, and much of the exercise was an effort by both parties to score political points and embarrass the other side — another display of partisan maneuvering that polls show frustrates voters. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opened the debate by accusing Democrats [...]
By JIM FUSILLI When Israeli pop superstar Idan Raichel ran into Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré in a Berlin airport in 2008, it was as if a destiny were fulfilled. A gifted pianist, Mr. Raichel is a proponent of African music and an admirer of Mr. Touré as well as Mr. Touré’s father, the late [...]
Release Date: 03/13/2012Contact Information: Mike Basile, (716) 551-4410, basile.michael@epa.gov or Elias Rodriguez, 212-637-3664, rodriguez.elias@epa.gov (New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it has added the Eighteen Mile Creek site in Niagara County, New York to the Superfund National Priorities List of the country’s most hazardous waste sites. Sediment in some areas of [...]
By Alasdair Fotheringham ASSISI, Italy | Tue May 15, 2012 1:17pm EDT ASSISI, Italy (Reuters) – Spanish overall contender Joaquim Rodriguez used his trademark uphill surge to blast away from his rivals and claim Tuesday’s 10th stage win and the overall lead in the Giro d’Italia. Rodriguez darted clear of a pack of favorites 150 [...]
By DAWN WOTAPKA Bill Denver for the Wall Street Journal Towns like Collingswood, N.J., draw residents keen to live close to mass transit. In some towns, though, shoppers compete with commuters for limited parking spaces. Collingswood, N.J. Tom and Pat Kelly spent 22 years living what many people consider the American dream: They owned a [...]
By RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN And ROBIN SIDEL As companies seek to cut costs and accommodate an increasingly mobile work force, some employees have had to say goodbye to their personal work areas. Robin Sidel explains why on Lunch Break. Photo: Natalie Keyssar for The Wall Street Journal. Office workers, grab your bobblehead dolls: The boss [...]
Story By: by Dan Charles The bacterium Enterococcus faecalis is a beautiful example of a gut microbe. A growing pile of scientific studies is pointing us in that direction. Researchers in this hot new field describe the microbes in our gut as a vital organ that’s as essential as our liver or kidneys. They’re finding [...]
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) – Rodrigo Rato, Bankia’s executive chairman and a former International Monetary Fund managing director, resigned from the bank that had been formed in 2010 out of a merger of seven Spanish savings banks following the announcement. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said in a radio interview that the government would [...]