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Michael Bloomberg funds $12m US gun law campaign

YoopyaMar 25, 20130

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is bankrolling a $12m (£7.8m) advertising campaign for tougher gun control laws. The television adverts will run in 13 states

Texas shootout ‘link’ to Colorado prison chief’s killing

YoopyaMar 23, 20130

Officials are investigating if a gunman who died of his wounds after a shootout with Texas police on Thursday is linked to a Colorado prison

FAA to close 149 air traffic towers as budget cuts bite

YoopyaMar 23, 20130

The US aviation authority plans to close 149 air traffic control towers in response to steep budget cuts that took effect this month. Towers will

U.S. rethinking lowest-priced contract rule for guarding embassies

YoopyaMar 22, 2013March 22, 20130

(Reuters) – Lawmakers are reconsidering a 1990 law that makes the State Department accept the lowest bids for contracts to provide private security at most

Colorado introduces landmark gun laws

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

The US state of Colorado has tightened its gun laws, to impose limits on the size of ammunition magazines and expand background checks for gun

Jury: Death for ‘Craigslist killer’ Richard Beasley

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

A jury has recommended the death penalty for a man found guilty of luring men to their deaths with bogus jobs ads on the Craigslist

Obama on first Israel trip as president vows ‘eternal’ alliance

YoopyaMar 21, 20130

Barack Obama has said Israel has “no greater friend” than the US, as he makes his first visit to the country as president. Arriving in

Blast at Nevada military site kills seven Marines, injures seven more

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

(Reuters) – Seven Marines were killed and seven people injured during a training exercise at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada, military officials

Elizabeth Warren: Minimum Wage Would Be $22 An Hour If It Had Kept Up With Productivity

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made a case for increasing the minimum wage last week during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, in

Obama Nowruz message: Iran must ‘reduce nuclear tension’

YoopyaMar 19, 20130

US President Barack Obama has offered Iran a “practical solution” if it truly seeks peaceful nuclear capabilities rather than weapons. In a video to the