(AP) - 1 minute ago. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Five things to watch for in the final week of the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney: 1. OBAMA BACK ON THE ROAD: After a three-day absence from the … In Brigantine, strange sights during and after Sandy - Philadelphia Inquirer
It was about 8 p.m., he said, when Hurricane Sandy's eye brought a moment of peace to what had been a hellish day at his north-end home. The moon was out along with the electricity, and stars spread across the hole in the clouds above the quiet Shore … Japan government open to deal with opposition to avoid "fiscal cliff"
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is ready to strike a deal with the opposition to pass a critical bill needed to prevent a severe funding squeeze and it is now up to the opposition to spell out its conditions, Vice Finance Minister Tsutomu Okubo said on Thursday. Okubo told Reuters in an interview that securing passage of the bill, which is needed to finance nearly half of the nation’s annual budget, is the utmost priority for the government, and it is aware that failure to do so would plunge Japan into its own version of a “fiscal cliff”. …
British man accused of selling missile parts to Iran set for re-arraignment Thursday
EL PASO, Texas – A federal judge has scheduled a new plea hearing for a British man accused of trying to buy missile parts from undercover U.S. agents and illegally sell them to Iran.
House prices up 0.6 percent in October, outlook tough-Nationwide
LONDON (Reuters)- House prices rose faster than expected in October, data from mortgage lender Nationwide showed on Thursday, though a sustained recovery of the housing market still l ooks far from certain. House prices in Britain were 0.6 percent higher than in September, Nationwide said, though they were still 0.9 percent lower than in October 2011. Economists had expected a monthly rise of 0.2 percent after the 0.4 percent drop in September, and an annual decline of 1.2 percent. … BSkyB posts strong first quarter earnings
LONDON (Reuters) – Pay-TV group BSkyB reported first quarter earnings up 16 percent on Thursday as price rises and the sale of additional products to subscribers helped mask an otherwise lacklustre performance in signing up new customers. BSkyB, which sells pay-TV, broadband and telephony, has launched an online offering and promoted new products to existing customers in the last year as it struggles to sign up new subscribers in the tough economic conditions. …
Spanish bad bank faces struggle to lure property investors
LONDON (Reuters) – Spain’s “bad bank” will struggle to find buyers for swathes of empty land, unfinished housing projects and doubtful loans left over from a property crash, hindering Madrid’s attempts to overcome the wider economic crisis. Real estate consultants predict that almost two-thirds of assets that the government’s newly-created bad bank is due to take over from commercial banks will fail to attract investors, at least in the short term and possibly ever. Spain is setting up the bad bank, known by the acronym SAREB, under a plan to cleanse the banking system of toxic property …
3 wounded by gunfire in Halloween crowd disturbance in Hollywood
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Three people were shot Wednesday night in a large throng of Halloween revelers in Hollywood, sending a flood of police into the area to control the crowd.
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