VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The closest of confidants, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger watched from the front row as Pope John Paul II, once a strapping athlete, steadily deteriorated in his later years. The do's and don'ts of Westminster: Primping pooches without PEDs (performance-enhanced dogs)
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Scissors, blow dryers, bobby pins -- they’re as much a part of the Westminster dog show as commands, crates and treats.
Barclays to axe 3,700 jobs in $2.7 billion cost cut plan
LONDON (Reuters) – Barclays is to axe at least 3,700 jobs and prune parts of its investment bank as its new boss put his stamp on the British bank with a plan to c ut 1.7 billion pounds ($2.7 billion) in annual costs and improve standards. Barclays Chief Executive Antony Jenkins said on Tuesday the job cuts will include 1,800 in corporate and investment banking and 1,900 in its European retail and business banking. Jenkins' unveiled his strategic plan alongside annual results. Barclays reported a 2012 pretax profit of 246 million pounds, almost wiping out a 5. … Finmeccanica head arrested in corruption probe: judicial source
MILAN (Reuters) – The head of Italy’s defence group Finmeccanica has been arrested in a corruption probe revolving around the sale of helicopters to the Indian government, a judicial source said on Tuesday. Earlier a report on the online version of Corriere della Sera said Finmeccanica Chief Executive and Chairman Giuseppe Orsi had been arrested for bribes allegedly paid to secure the sale of 12 helicopters to the Indian government. A spokesman for Finmeccanica was not immediately able to comment. …
Miss. twister carves long path of wreckage, but no deaths as tales of survival abound
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Jeff Revette ran from his car and lay face-down in the grass next to the red-brick wall of a church as a tornado roared toward him, with debris scattering and electrical transformers exploding. Twenty seconds later, bricks were strewn across a flattened pickup truck a mere 10 feet away amid toppled trees and power lines.
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting Tuesday on North Korean nuclear test
The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on North Korea’s nuclear test on Tuesday morning.
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