Publication: Big News Network

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 12 mins ago - 5 reports

Journalist who brought down US army chief killed in car crash

Journalist Michael Hastings, whose 2010 Rolling Stone magazine profile of the U.S. military chief in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, led to the general being relieved of command, died on Tuesday in a car wreck in Los Angeles, his employer said.A statement ... [Published Big News Network - 12 mins ago]

Entities: US Army, Car Accidents, Stanley McChrystal, Los Angeles, BuzzFeed

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 4 reports

Turkeys passive resistance protests spread

What began as a lone protest has rapidly expanded into hundreds standing silently in city centres across Turkey. Dubbed duran adam or the ';standing man'; protest, the new form of defiance has been fuelled by Twitter and other social media as a mute gesture ... [Published Big News Network - 13 mins ago]

Entities: nonviolent resistance, Protest, Anti-Government, Social Media, Turkey

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 5 reports

CBO sees immigration bill as a plus

WASHINGTON - Sweeping immigration legislation moving toward a vote in the Senate would boost the economy and reduce federal deficits, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday, at the same time it would bestow legal status on an estimated eight million ... [Published Big News Network - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Immigration, Congressional Budget Office, White House

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 mins ago - 4 reports

Pakistan funeral bombs death toll rises

THE death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral in Pakistan has risen to 34 after seven victims died overnight in hospital, police say. ... [Published Big News Network - 17 mins ago]

Entities: Pakistan, Bomb, Suicide Attack

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 4 reports

High court abstains on legislator fines

INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is inappropriate for the judicial branch to intervene in a dispute over legislative fines.The judicial branch must decline to pass judgment, said the decision, which lets the fines and collection ... [Published Big News Network - 25 mins ago]

Entities: Indianapolis, Supreme Court

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 42 mins ago - 5 reports

Boeing Company

Boeing launches bigger 787 with 102 orders in the bag

Boeing Company chairman and chief executive officer Jim McNerney, during a press conference, in Le Bourget, France, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Boeing Corp. is starting work on a stretched-out version of its popular 787 Dreamliner jet, in the hope of reigniting ... [Published Big News Network - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Boeing Company, Boeing 787, Jim McNerney (Boeing), Le Bourget (France)

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 49 mins ago - 4 reports

Netanyahu vows to crack down on price tag attacks

Unknown assailants vandalized vehicles and sprayed grafitti in an Arab village near Jerusalem overnight Monday, unleashing a wave of condemnation by Israel's top leadership. Residents of Abu Ghosh, located 10 kilometers west of the capital, woke up early ... [Published Big News Network - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Abu Ghosh (Israel), Condemnation, Vandalism, Jerusalem

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 56 mins ago - 13 reports

Currencies Dollar slips vs. yen with Fed outlook in sight

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. dollar slipped against the Japanese yen and the euro Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated guidance from the U.S. Federal Reserve on what it plans to do with its bond-buying program. ... [Published Big News Network - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Japanese Yen, MarketWatch Inc, Federal Reserve System

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 9 reports

Security forces raid homes across Turkey as top officials threaten military crackdown

Turkish counterterrorism forces carried out mass arrests Tuesday morning, grabbing scores of people from private homes and offices during sweeps in 21 of the country's provinces and the major cities of Ankara, Istanbul and Eskisehir. The arrests targeted ... [Published Big News Network - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Turkey, Military/Armed Forces, Marxist-Leninist Communist Party (Turkey), Security

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 4 hours ago - 9 reports

National study rates Nevada teacher education programs low

Teacher preparation programs in Nevada are not adequately training the next generation of educators, according to a national study that reviewed more than 1,000 programs and was released Tuesday. While some state education leaders say they take the study ... [Published Big News Network - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Education

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 8 hours ago - 10 reports

UPDATE 2-Chrysler relents to recall 2.7 mln Jeeps over fuel tanks

DETROIT, June 18 (Reuters) - Chrysler Group LLC said it would recall 2.7 million older Jeep models after initially fighting a recall request from U.S. regulators in a dispute over crash protection for their fuel tanks.The recall will affect Jeep Grand ... [Published Big News Network - 8 hours ago]

Entities: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Chrysler LLC, Jeep Liberty, Jeep Grand Cherokee

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 18 reports

Syria crisis G8 nations agree to revive peace talks but Vladimir Putin dashes hopes of immediate breakthrough

Syria crisis: G8 nations agree to revive peace talks but Vladimir Putin dashes hopes of immediate breakthrough The G8 nations papered over differences between Russia and the West by agreeing to try to revive peace talks in Geneva. But Vladimir Putin, ... [Published Big News Network - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Group of Eight, Peace Talks, Vladimir Putin, Syria, Crisis

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...But Ukraines President Viktor Yanukovich made clear his main objective for now is closer European integration. ";What exactly does that mean for us? he asked. It means we want to achieve European standards in every aspect of living." ; Lukashenka simply said he wanted Ukraine to be part of the Cus

Belarus seeks stronger economic ties with Ukraine [Published Big News Network - 13 mins ago]

...of his five-year-old half-sister after he told investigators in New Orleans that he repeatedly struck her with wrestling moves imitated from TV. "The boy said he started to wrestle with the victim and practised WWE [World Wrestling Entertainment]-style wrestling moves on the five-year-old" said Colonel John Fortunato of the Jefferson parish sheriff's office...

Boy 13 charged with murder over WWE-style wrestling with girl 5 [Published Big News Network - 13 mins ago]

...Protester Harun Naci was among many vowing never to give up : ";Our resistance will continue until victory. We would like to save Turkeys freedom and keep it for the..."

Turkeys passive resistance protests spread [Published Big News Network - 13 mins ago]

...It also has provided a $40,000 marketing campaign that led to a focus group at the Wilmington Town Meeting Room. "This long-term marketing project is intended to help bring in additional tourists and handle recruitment challenges for employers" said Brattleboro Development Credit Corporation Director of Economic Development Laura S

Tourist focus group gathers input [Published Big News Network - 18 mins ago]

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