Financial difficulties snare B’way ‘Spider-Man’ NEW YORK ?Has “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark” been caught in a web of financial difficulties? Hello Entertainment, one of its producers, says work on the lavish Broadway-bound musical has been suspended until the resolution of an “unexpected cash flow problem.” Yet in a statement, Hello said: “Plans necessary for this correction are
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Financial difficulties snare the Broadway-bound musical ?Spider-Man?
County north of NYC to market housing to nonwhites WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. ?The suburban county just north of New York City agreed Monday to create hundreds of affordable homes in heavily white communities and encourage nonwhites to move in. The agreement, reached with the help of the federal department of Housing and Urban Development, settles a $180
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County north of NYC to build affordable homes in white communities, market them to minorities
Climate talks resume with new emissions pledges AMSTERDAM ?Wealthy countries are not going far enough to control greenhouse gas emissions, activists said Monday as delegates from 180 nations resumed talks on a global climate change pact. Beginning a five-day meeting in Bonn, Germany, negotiators began trying to whittle down a 200-page draft into a workable treaty that
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Korea, New Zealand pledge emissions cuts as climate talks reconvene; activists rap low goals
Israel says Lebanon accountable for Hezbollah JERUSALEM ?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Monday that his country would hold the Lebanese government responsible for any attacks on Israeli targets by the country’s Hezbollah militia. It was the latest shot in a war of words that has been escalating since a July 14 explosion at a suspected Hezbollah
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Israel?s Netanyahu says Lebanese government will be held responsible if Hezbollah attacks
Sarkozy working for release of Frenchwoman in Iran PARIS ?French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office says he is working to secure the release of a Frenchwoman among the accused in a mass trial in Iran. A presidential aide says Sarkozy is following the case of Clotilde Reiss “extremely attentively.” Reiss, who had been teaching in Iran for five months,
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Official: Sarkozy working to secure release of French scholar imprisoned in Iran
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s White House has launched a website http//www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck to win public support for the administration’s health reform package as also support for the other initiatives it is taking. According to Politico, the site incorporates lessons learned from http://fightthesmears.com, the Obama campaign’s “Learn The Truth About Barack Obama” site,
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Obama?s White House launches website to win support for health reform
AT&T and union district reach tentative deal NEW YORK ?AT&T Inc. has reached a tentative deal on a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada, the telecommunications company said Monday. The previous contract with the Communications Workers of America expired four months ago, along with other four contracts together covering nearly 80,500 workers in
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AT&T and union reach tentative deal for 23,000 workers after long negotiations
French police: Jewel heist suspect detained PARIS ?French police say Belgian authorities have detained and handed over a man accused of stealing jewels worth several million euros (dollars) from a luxury Paris jewelry house. They say the 52-year-old suspect was detained in the Belgian port city of Antwerp in mid-July at the request of French justice authorities.
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French police: Suspect in Paris theft of euro6.5 million in jewels handed over from Belgium
Politicians, energy leaders convene in Las Vegas LAS VEGAS ?A high-profile cast of politicians and alternative energy leaders is meeting in Las Vegas to talk about prospects for the fledgling industry. Quick hopes for employment in alternative energy went bust quickly over the past year as credit markets seized up, major projects were canceled and workers in
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Politicians, energy leaders meet in Las Vegas to talk jobs for fledgling industry
Iran purges Intelligence Ministry officials TEHRAN, Iran ?President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired at least four senior Intelligence Ministry figures in a purge targeting officials who disagreed with the crackdown on the opposition after last month’s disputed presidential election, lawmakers and media said Monday. The dismissals came after Ahmadinejad fired his intelligence minister, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi, late
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Iran president fires Intelligence Ministry officials critical of election crackdown
Police questioned health club gunman, let him go PITTSBURGH ?The man who shot up a women’s aerobics class, killing three people and then himself, was questioned a week earlier by police because he matched the description of a man seen pulling what appeared to be a grenade from a computer bag, authorities said Monday. George Sodini, 48,
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Authorities say police questioned, searched health club gunman a week before shooting
Hudson divers seek 2 victims, hope to raise plane HOBOKEN, N.J. ?Divers hope to pull a plane out of the Hudson River on Monday, but their first priority is to recover the bodies of two remaining victims of the air collision that killed nine people, a chief investigator said. A Pennsylvania family and an Italian tourist group
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Hudson divers seek 2 remaining victims of mid-air crash; hope to raise airplane today
Hormel Foods boosts 2009 profit guidance AUSTIN, Minn. ?Hormel Foods says it is boosting its 2009 profit guidance because of strong performance from its refrigerated foods segment. Hormel Foods Corp., which makes Spam, chili and Jennie-O Turkey products, says it now expects to post a profit of $2.36 to $2.42 per share for the year.
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Hormel Foods raises 2009 profit prediction, citing strength in refrigerated foods segment
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe: West should ‘leave us alone’ HARARE, Zimbabwe ?President Robert Mugabe said Monday that if the West can’t support Zimbabwe’s struggling coalition government, it should “leave us alone.” Mugabe spoke at the funeral of 85-year-old Vice President Joseph Msika, who served alongside Mugabe for two decades and died last week after suffering from heart disease for
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Zimbabwe?s Mugabe: If West can?t support coalition government, it should ?leave us alone?
Stock futures modestly lower ahead of opening NEW YORK ?Stock futures were modestly lower early Monday as investors turn their attention to an upcoming Federal Reserve Board meeting and earnings from some of the nation’s largest retailers. Overseas, Asian markets rose amid a positive report on Japanese machinery orders, a key indicator of corporate capital spending.
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Stock futures modestly lower ahead of upcoming Federal Reserve meeting, retailer earnings
Media: Iran purges Intelligence Ministry officials TEHRAN, Iran ?Iranian media say President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has fired at least four senior Intelligence Ministry figures in a purge targeting officials who disagree with the crackdown on the opposition after disputed elections. Hasan Younesi, son of former intelligence minister Ali Younesi, says on his Web site that four deputy ministers
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Media: Iran president fires Intelligence Ministry officials critical of election crackdown
China says 2.75 million security cameras installed BEIJING ?China’s police say they have installed 2.75 million surveillance cameras since 2003 and are expanding the system into the largely neglected countryside. The cameras are the most visible components of police surveillance and notification systems installed around the country, mainly in urban areas, according to a news release posted
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China police say 2.75 million surveillance cameras installed nationwide, system to expand
Japan core machinery orders up 9.7 percent in June TOKYO ?Japan’s core machinery orders, a closely watched indicator of corporate capital spending, jumped in June for the first time in four months, the government said Monday. Core private sector machinery orders in June surged 9.7 percent from a month earlier to 732.8 billion yen ($7.5 billion), according
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Japan?s core machinery orders jump 9.7 percent in June from month earlier
New Zealand sets greenhouse gas emissions target WELLINGTON, New Zealand ?New Zealand announced on Monday that it will cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 10 to 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020, the country’s climate change minister said. The target, confirmed by the Cabinet, will be presented later Monday at an international climate change meeting in
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New Zealand pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 20 percent by 2020
10 Italian sailors freed by Somali pirates ROME ?Ten Italian sailors whose tug was seized by Somali pirates four months ago in the Gulf of Aden have been released after the pirates abandoned the ship, Italian authorities said Monday. Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Sky-TV24 that the Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke notified him directly
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Italian Foreign Ministry: 10 Italian sailors freed by Somali pirates after 4 months captivity