Business: Applications for US jobless aid dip to 4-month low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 311,000, the lowest since late November...
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Science: Leaving politics behind, Russian-U.S. crew blasts off for space
(Reuters) – Two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut blasted off for six-month stay aboard the International Space Station on Tuesday, a partnership unaffected by...
Environement: NASA measures snowpack in California, Colorado
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The snowpack atop mountain peaks in California and Colorado has a new set of eyes watching from high above to better...
Health: Los Angeles hospital doctors practice communication skills in ‘operating room of the future’
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Before the car-wreck victim reached the emergency room, doctors, residents and nurses at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center knew what to expect...
USA: Crews scour for tar balls and use cannon booms to scare birds as they clean up Texas oil spill
GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — Cannon booms reverberate across the Houston Ship Channel, a scare tactic to keep birds away from oil-slicked beaches. On a mainland...
USA: Expert: ‘Miracle that nobody died’ when Chicago commuter train crashed up escalator at airport
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago train driven by an apparently sleepy operator, which jumped its tracks and screeched up an escalator at one of the...