All clear at Washington state LNG plant after unexplained blast: Williams
(Reuters) – A forced evacuation of the area around Williams Cos Inc’s damaged liquefied natural gas facility in rural Washington state has been lifted following an explosion on Monday.
U.S. bankruptcy judge OKs $120 million loan for Detroit: reports
(Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved Detroit’s plan to borrow $120 million from Barclays PLC to improve services in the cash-strapped city, according to newspaper reports.
Obamacare enrollment exceeds seven million target despite setback
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s national healthcare program signed up more than 7 million people by the end of March, the president said on Tuesday, notching a rare victory after a months-long, glitch-filled rollout of the law.
Ohio artist who created P&G’s Mr. Clean character dies at 92
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Ohio artist who created Mr. Clean, the bald character in a white T-shirt featured in advertisements for Procter & Gamble cleaning products for more than 50 years, died this week, local media reports said. He was 92.
GM avoided defective switch redesign in 2005 to save a dollar each
DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car, according to an internal GM docu…
Fate of New York restaurant’s fragile Picasso heads to court
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The question of whether a fragile Picasso painting in New York City’s Four Seasons restaurant will crumble if taken down to allow repairs to the wall it hangs on will go to a state court judge on Wednesday.
Officials evaluating whether tsunami warning will be issued for Hawaii
(Reuters) – A tsunami warning could be issued for Hawaii due to a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck on Tuesday off the coast of Chile, U.S. officials said.
California city weighs minimum wage of $12.30, among nation’s highest
RICHMOND, California (Reuters) – A California city in the pricey San Francisco Bay Area postponed a vote on Tuesday to raise its minimum wage to $12.30, which if passed would be among the highest municipal “living wage” rates in the United States.
Scandal-tainted Washington mayor loses Democratic primary
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – District of Columbia city council member Muriel Bowser swept to victory over scandal-plagued Mayor Vincent Gray in the U.S. capital’s crowded Democratic Party primary on Wednesday.
Colorado town rejects drone-hunting licenses
DENVER (Reuters) – Voters in the small farming town of Deer Trail, Colorado, on Tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a tongue-in-cheek proposal to issue hunting licenses to shoot down unmanned drones that fly over the hamlet’s airspace, an election official…
