Gas-Rich States Lose Fracking Lottery
By Joan Gralla May 14 (Reuters) - While Pennsylvania, northwestern Louisiana and gas-rich areas around the Gulf of Mexico are losing jobs and revenue as...
White House: JPMorgan Controversy Affirms Need For Wall Street Oversight
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 14 (Reuters) - JPMorgan's large trading losses affirm the need for Wall Street oversight, the White House said on Monday,...
Merkel, Austerity Policies Dealt Blow
* Projections show worst post-war result in state for CDU * Result could harden opposition to Berlin's austerity policies * Centre-left SPD ride popular incumbent...
Greece Nears ‘Moment Of Truth’ As Coalition Talks Fall Apart
* President to meet smaller parties from 1630 GMT * Talks with big parties hit impasse * Radical left seen gaining if new poll held...
GOP Gov Acts On Controversial Bill That Targets ‘Gateway Sexual Activity’
(Updates with details) * Targets "gateway sexual activities" like touching genitals * Critics fear limitations will hamper safe sex education * Tennessee's sex ed law...
EPA: Water Safe In Dimock, PA
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said drinking water is safe to consume in a small Pennsylvania town...
EPA: Water Safe In Dimock, PA
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said drinking water is safe to consume in a small Pennsylvania town...
Will Canada Stifle ‘Delay And Protest’ Against Oil Pipelines?
By Jeffrey Jones CALGARY, Alberta, May 11 (Reuters) - Some opponents of the proposed C$5.5 billion ($5.5 billion) Northern Gateway oil pipeline to Canada's Pacific...
Midwest Coal Mining Seeing Comeback
* Illinois Basin coal production on rise * Region has lower costs, easier mining than Appalachia * Mining companies see growth potential By Steve James...
Why More Wives Are Paying Their Exes Big $$$
By Patricia Reaney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child support...
Dozens Killed, More Than 170 Wounded In Damascus Bomb Blasts
BEIRUT, May 10 (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed or wounded in two "terrorist explosions" which struck a southern district of the Syrian capital...
China Cracks Down On Foreign Journalists
By Regan Doherty DOHA, May 8 (Reuters) - China's expulsion of an Al Jazeera correspondent underlines Chinese sensitivity about foreign media coverage, but an official...
