For The Associated Press Susie Peyton, an art teacher in Redwood City, Calif., has always tried to minimize the candy in holiday traditions with her three kids, now ages 11 and 15. “I’m the awful mom who goes through their Halloween basket and throws out all their hard candy,†said Peyton. “They have a big [...]
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Panic! at the Disco could be following in the footsteps of The Who and Green Day. Like those rockers before them, the Las Vegas-based band is interested in taking their sound to Broadway. “That would be amazing,†drummer Spencer Smith said in a recent interview. “To put together a [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — A former White House press secretary has joined the publishing world. Dana Perino, who served in the administration of George W. Bush, has been named editorial director of the conservative imprint Crown Forum. The publisher announced Wednesday that Perino would work on 6-8 book projects a year. Crown, part of Random [...]
Associated Press “The Troubled Man†(Alfred A. Knopf), by Henning Mankell: The widely heralded return of Henning Mankell’s fictional but fallible and humane police detective Kurt Wallander is also a poignant farewell. In this latest Wallander mystery, longingly awaited by fans worldwide, the Swedish master promises a “journey into the swamps where truth and lies [...]
Associated Press TOKYO — Fears about contaminated seafood spread Wednesday despite reassurances that radiation in the waters off Japan’s troubled atomic plant pose no health risk, as the country’s respected emperor consoled evacuees from the tsunami and nuclear emergency zone. While experts say radioactive particles are unlikely to build up significantly in fish, the seafood [...]
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad blamed “conspirators†Wednesday for an extraordinary wave of dissent against his authoritarian rule, but he failed to lift the country’s despised emergency law or offer any concessions in his first speech since the protests began nearly two weeks ago. Within hours of Assad’s speech, residents of [...]
LOS ANGELES — Marin County has been named the healthiest county in California for the second year in a row, according to a study released Wednesday. The rankings, which were released by the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, found that county residents have lower rates of smoking, adult [...]
Associated Press SODA SPRINGS — Chris Rivest’s father sent him from San Francisco to the family vacation cabin near the Sierra Nevada crest with a seemingly simple chore — clear it and the driveway of snow. Easy for him to say. When Rivest arrived earlier this week at the cabin near Soda Springs, about 90 [...]
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans face a new hurdle in their campaign to curb public sector unions’ power. So far Republicans have managed win after win — overcoming massive protests and outmaneuvering Democrats to push their plan through the Legislature, then finding a way to at least [...]
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Debate on a bill to curtail collective bargaining for Ohio public workers has gotten under way with shouts and laughter from opponents and the House speaker threatening to clear the chamber’s balcony. The Republican-led House was expected to pass the bill Wednesday. The legislation restricts the collective bargaining rights of [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Renewed House-Senate budget negotiations aimed at averting a government shutdown center on possibly cutting $33 billion from current spending levels, a senior congressional aide said Wednesday. Democrats pressed to ease GOP cuts to domestic agency budgets by slowing Pentagon growth and trimming so-called mandatory programs whose budgets run on autopilot. The [...]
Associated Press WASHINGTON — Seeking to show the public he understands the burden of rising gas prices, President Barack Obama set an ambitious goal of reducing U.S. oil imports by one-third by 2025, and vowed to break through the political gridlock that has stymied similar initiatives for decades. “Presidents and politicians of every stripe have [...]
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