GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay prisoners charged in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks want to know if U.S. government officials have been eavesdropping on their private conversations with the defendants.
Square scandal highlights growing pains at tech start-ups
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – When Square Chief Operating Officer Keith Rabois left his job last month, citing legal threats from a young colleague with whom he had a two-year relationship, he threw a spotlight on the risks associated with the freewheeling startup culture that many entrepreneurs cherish. Startups often thrive on a lack of rules and boundaries. But experts say that as they make the transition from a handful of people in a room to sizeable businesses, the hazards of operating without manual – including lawsuits, reputational hits, and waning employee morale – grow exponentially. … Sharing hashtags, photos: Getting snowed in, in the age of social media
HAMDEN, Conn. – The East Coast woke up under a blanket of snow this weekend and collectively documented the experience on the myriad social and mobile inventions of the past decade. Facebook, Twitter and other technologies make it increasingly difficult to stay isolated --even if you’re stuck home alone.
Nine miners feared trapped after Russian pit blast
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Nine coalminers were feared trapped under rubble on Monday after an explosion at a pit in the Komi region of northern Russia, the Emergencies Ministry said. The ministry said the blast at 10:28 a.m. local time (1.28 a.m. EST) was probably caused by a buildup of methane. It initially said 18 people had been trapped but later issued a statement saying several had escaped or been rescued. The mine belongs to a division of Severstal, one of Russia’s largest steel producers. …
Greeks snatch urban metal to get through crisis
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) -- When Greece adopted the euro, it poured billions into modernizing its infrastructure, building spectacular bridges, highways, and a brand new rail transit network for Athens.
Nearly 150,000 still without power after Northeast snowstorm, most in Massachusetts
BOSTON – Nearly 150,000 homes and businesses remain without electricity following the massive snowstorm that swept across the Northeast, with most outages in hard-hit Massachusetts.
Hundreds toil for months for Rio's Carnival parade
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- There's nothing glamorous about the industrial warehouse reverberating with the zap of soldering metal, the clatter of hammers and an earsplitting whine of a circular saw, or in the sweat-drenched wor kers toiling in the midafternoon summer heat among huge bolts of cloth and heavy-duty sewing machines. Heathrow January traffic edges up
LONDON (Reuters) – Passenger traffic at London's Heathrow airport edged up in January despite snow-related disruption, Heathrow Ltd, the British airport operator formerly known as BAA, said on Monday. Of the 5.18 million people who passed through the London hub last month, passenger numbers to China rose 14.1 percent year-on-year with India also delivering good growth, the company said. Domestic travel fell 5.8 percent but European and North American traffic was well up on January 2012. … Travel improves in Northeast after powerful blizzard, but many remain without power
NEWPORT, R.I. – Travel eased and life slowly returned to normal for most New Englanders after a massive blizzard, but many remained without power in cold and darkened homes and a forecast of rain brought a new worry: Weight piling up dangerously on roofs already burdened by heavy snow.
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