Silverstone Podium Still a Step Too Far for Button
Source: International Herald Tribune
Montreal :: Canada | updated 2013-06-19 15:36:20 -0700 | sports-news
Jenson Button could not wait to get out of his mishandling McLaren after a miserable afternoon in Canada and now, less than two weeks later, he is impatient to step back in. British fans preparing for their annual home Grand...
Senate approves Froman for U.S. trade representative
Source: Reuters
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 15:51:44 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama announces Michael Froman (L) as his nominee for U.S. Trade Representative while in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington May 2, 2013. The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved White House international economic affairs adviser...
Flooding Damages Lourdes, French Holy Site
Source: International Herald Tribune
Neuilly :: France | updated 2013-06-19 17:04:43 -0700 | travel-news
The generally tranquil Gave de Pau, which cuts a sharp southward bend along the edge of Lourdes, rose by as much as 15 feet, officials said, spilling its banks and inundating the celebrated grotto and vast subterranean church there...Officials of...
Actor James Gandolfini Dies at 51
Source: Fox
Rome :: Italy | updated 2013-06-19 18:31:00 -0700 | entertainment-news
Actor James Gandolfini, who rose to fame as crime boss Tony Soprano on the The Sopranos, has died of a possible heart attack in Italy, HBO confirmed to Fox News. There were few immediate details surrounding his death at 51,...
Jazz Bring Back Former Coach Sloan as Consultant
Source: International Herald Tribune
Neuilly :: France | updated 2013-06-19 18:26:50 -0700 | sports-news
Former Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is returning to the team as a consultant. Jazz President Randy Rigby announced the hire Wednesday evening on 1280 The Zone radio network. Rigby says the Hall of Fame coach will be a...
Environment Secretary urges UK to adopt use of GM crop technology
Source: The Independent
Harpenden :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 17:13:25 -0700 | green-news
Owen Paterson, the Environment Secretary, will officially kick off his campaign to bring genetically modified crops to the UK today by calling on the government, industry and scientists to join forces to convert the public in the face of widespread...
Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
Source: Reuters
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-19 19:36:55 -0700 | political-news
President Barack Obama waves after giving a speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, 2013...President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without...
Arts, Briefly: Seattle Opera Names A General Director
Source: The New York Times
London :: United Kingdom | updated 2013-06-19 17:26:18 -0700 | entertainment-news
Seattle Opera House, staging productions of the complete Wagner canon and making the companys Ring cycle an international attraction it seemed as if he would lead the company indefinitely. But Mr. Jenkins, 76, told the board in 2011 that he...
High-Stakes Games: Critical Step for Suit Seeking Payment for College Athletes
Source: The New York Times
Georgetown :: Guyana | updated 2013-06-19 19:08:09 -0700 | sports-news
But N.C.A.A. executives, in private communications, opposed any notion that college football and basketball players should get a cut of the profits. With regard to the student-athlete, I think the focus on exploitation may be misplaced, and maybe it is...
Obama's nuke deal won't make us safe
Source: CNN
Moscow :: Russia | updated 2013-06-19 16:07:46 -0700 | travel-news
On Wednesday, President Obama took a meaningful step toward reshaping our nuclear arsenal in line with the reality of 21st-century security priorities. Standing at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, he announced that he would seek negotiated cuts with Russia of...
Corner Office: Laszlo Bock: In Head-Hunting, Big Data May Not Be Such a Big Deal
Source: The New York Times
New York City :: NY :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 17:26:32 -0700 | business-news
Leadership is a perennially difficult, immeasurable problem, so suddenly people are saying, Maybe I can measure some piece of it. Part of the challenge with leadership is that its very driven by gut instinct in most cases and even worse,...
Do dark networks aid criminals?
Source: BBC
Karāchi :: Pakistan | updated 2013-06-19 16:34:29 -0700 | technology-news
Technology correspondent, BBC News Web firms have been summoned to Downing Street to explain how they are combating illegal material The Downing Street summit has thrown the spotlight on the web and what can be done to expunge images of...
Customs and Border Protection avoids sequester furloughs
Source: Washington Post
Washington :: DC :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 16:12:08 -0700 | business-news
Customs and Border Protection employees in fiscal 2013, according to a Wednesday statement by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. CBP also will continue to pay for administratively uncontrollable overtime, which applies to Border Patrol agents when they work unscheduled extra...
Moderate earthquake strikes central Chile
Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Los Andes :: Chile | updated 2013-06-19 15:51:13 -0700 | green-news
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake shook central Chile on Wednesday, causing buildings to sway in the capital but apparently causing no major damage...Geological Survey said the quake struck around 5:30 p.m. local time and its epicentre was about 60 kilometres east-north-east of...
Crain seems good fit for Tigers
Source: Chicago Tribune
Chicago :: IL :: USA | updated 2013-06-19 18:21:06 -0700 | sports-news
Crain is capturing a lot of attention around baseball with a first half that Joe Mauer says is worthy of a spot on the AL All-Star team. He's in the last season of the three-year deal he received after seven...
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