By ruling that Mr. Obama’s three recess appointments last January were illegal, the federal appeals court ruling, if upheld, would leave the board with just one member, short of the quorum needed to issue any rulings. The Obama administration could appeal the court ruling, but no announcement was made on Friday. If the Supreme Court were to uphold Friday’s ruling, issued by the United States...
40 Years After Roe v. Wade, Thousands March to Oppose Abortion
Label: HealthDrew Angerer/The New York TimesPro-life activists made their way down Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court during the March for Life in Washington on Friday. WASHINGTON — Three days after the 40th anniversary of the decision in Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, tens of thousands of abortion opponents from around the country came to the National Mall on Friday...
40 Years After Roe v. Wade, Thousands March to Oppose Abortion
Label: LifestyleDrew Angerer/The New York TimesPro-life activists made their way down Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court during the March for Life in Washington on Friday. WASHINGTON — Three days after the 40th anniversary of the decision in Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, tens of thousands of abortion opponents from around the country came to the National Mall on Friday...
Bits Blog: Apple Takes Aim at Providers of Under-Age Laborers
Label: Technology Labor recruiters in China last year knowingly provided underage workers to a supplier that built parts for products from Apple and other companies.That finding was included in Apple’s 2013 report on labor conditions at its suppliers, where more than 1.5 million workers make or assemble the ingredients that go into the iPhone, iPad and other products. The report, posted late Thursday night, is the...
India Ink: Jeet Thayil's Novel of Opium and Bombay Takes DSC Prize
Label: WorldJeet Thayil, an Indian poet and author, won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Friday for his debut novel “Narcopolis.”“Finally!” Mr. Thayil exclaimed when he was presented the award. His book, about the narcotic underbelly of Bombay 30 years ago, had been short-listed for four awards, but never won any.The award is special because it is an Indian prize,...
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Storm-Damaged Homes Mean Lower Property Tax Revenues in New York Region
Label: BusinessLocalities across the New York region, already reeling from the cost of cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy, are confronting the prospect of an even bigger blow to their finances: a precipitous decline in property tax revenues. The storm damaged tens of billions of dollars’ worth of real estate, especially in coastal areas of Long Island and New Jersey. As a result, localities can no longer...
HCA Must Pay Kansas City Foundation $162 Million
Label: HealthHCA, the nation’s largest profit-making hospital chain, was ordered on Thursday to pay $162 million after a judge in Missouri ruled that it had failed to abide by an agreement to make improvements to dilapidated hospitals that it bought in the Kansas City area several years ago. The judge also ordered a court-appointed accountant to determine whether HCA had actually provided the levels of...
HCA Must Pay Kansas City Foundation $162 Million
Label: LifestyleHCA, the nation’s largest profit-making hospital chain, was ordered on Thursday to pay $162 million after a judge in Missouri ruled that it had failed to abide by an agreement to make improvements to dilapidated hospitals that it bought in the Kansas City area several years ago. The judge also ordered a court-appointed accountant to determine whether HCA had actually provided the levels of...
Mark Zuckerberg Plans Fund-Raiser for Gov. Christie
Label: Technology Mel Evans/Associated PressGov. Chris Christie of New Jersey has found an unlikely ally in Mark Zuckerberg. So much that Mr. Zuckerberg, a co-founder of Facebook, and his wife will hold a fund-raiser for him next month at their home in Palo Alto, Calif. The fund-raiser is another reminder of the hurdles Democrats face in attempting to defeat Mr. Christie,...
U.S. Envoy Apologizes for Ship’s Grounding in Philippine Coral Reef
Label: WorldMANILA — The United States ambassador to the Philippines apologized Friday for the grounding of an American naval ship on a pristine coral reef, the latest in a string of embarrassing incidents for the United States military in the country. “I wish to convey to the Philippine government and people my profound regret over the grounding of the U.S.S. Guardian on Tubbataha Reef,” U.S. Ambassador...
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