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Maine Senate passes bill regulating police use of drones

Police would have to get a warrant in most cases before using unmanned aerial aircraft, or drones, under a bill initially passed by the Maine Senate on Monday night. But the vote didn't come without controversy. The version passed is...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 10:23am ET

Wyoming Area strike notice leaves room for give, take

Wyoming Area School District teachers have set a strike date of Sept. 3, but gave the school board official notice at Tuesday's monthly work session, a full 75 days more than the minimum 48-hour notice required by state law. The long lead...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 9:53am ET

Oil Workers Protest Failed Eleme-Onne Link Road

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN have handed both the federal and the Rivers State Governments, a seven-day ultimatum to commence work on the...

All Africa Global Media, 6:58am ET

'O2 UK, CWU reach deal over Capita outsourcing plans'

Telefonica UK (O2) has reached a last-minute deal with the Communications Workers Union (CWU) over plans to outsource thousands of jobs to Capita. As a result, the CWU has now withdrawn its strike ballot. The company and the union have now...

DMeurope.com, 5:23am ET

Steelworker union and Goodyear negotiations continue

The United Steelworkers and Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. remain in contract negotiations after resuming in-person talks earlier this month in Cincinnati. The current four-year contract that covers thousands of union workers, including...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 4:43am ET

Gambia Prepares for PAMO 2013

A team of Senior Secondary School students in The Gambia will be leaving for a two-week continental mathematics competition dubbed the 22nd Pan African Mathematics Olympiads (PAMO) to be held in Abuja, Nigeria from 22nd June to 2nd July 2013. The...

All Africa Global Media, 10:43am ET

EDITORIAL: 'Eyes wide open' on metals mining

A guest speaker in Duluth yesterday long has been a dark cloud over any prediction of economic benefit related to the coming mining of precious metals in northern Minnesota. And he was brought here by Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, a...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 10:38am ET

Smallholder Farmers Strive to Support Relief Efforts in Ethiopia

This story originally appeared in the May/June 2013 edition of Frontlines, an online publication of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Washington -- In Ethiopia, smallholder farmers grow 94 percent of that country's maize--a...

All Africa Global Media, 10:38am ET

GLOBEX: Shareholder Update

GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX:GMX)(FRANKFURT:G1M)(OTCQX:GLBXF)is pleased to update shareholders on ongoing activities within the Company. The past year has been one of the most difficult we have ever experienced. Junior exploration...

Marketwire Canada, 10:28am ET

GLOBEX: Shareholder Update

GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX: GMX)(FRANKFURT: G1M)(OTCQX: GLBXF)is pleased to update shareholders on ongoing activities within the Company. The past year has been one of the most difficult we have ever experienced. Junior...

Marketwire, 10:28am ET

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Cincinnati Bell (NYSE: CBB), the region's leading provider of communications services for homes and businesses, today announced that premium online video destinations HBO GO(R) and MAX GO(R) are now available at no additional...

BusinessWire, 10:28am ET

Traditions kept alive

To the thousands of Portuguese people living in the Sacramento Valley, Sunday's festa in Orland was a celebration of thanksgiving, faith and keeping alive the traditions that have survived for more than 700 years. The 70th annual event...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 10:28am ET

PageUp People to Spotlight Visionary Talent Management Solutions at iRecruit 2.013 in Amsterdam

WHO: PageUp People(TM), a Multinational Talent Management solutions provider WHAT: Will exhibit the company's innovative talent management solutions designed to optimize multinational workforce strategy at the iRecruit 2.013 European...

Marketwire, 10:23am ET

Flood Defenses May Blunt Central Europe Flood Impact, But Losses Likely to Top 2 Billion Euros, Market Watchers Say

Flood defenses put in place after the 2002 floods may have mitigated the latest Central European floods, but the insured losses look to be on par with those a decade ago, industry watchers said. Not only have a number of cities built...

AMBest, 10:23am ET

Glenbrook Dist. 225 settles contracts

Glenbrook High School District 225 has approved contracts with three unions, the superintendent and its other staff, increasing their salaries on average between 1.96 percent and 3.4 percent in coming years. All raises take effect July 1,...

McClatchy-Tribune Informa, 10:18am ET

TechFaith announces expansion of its 3G ruggedised Android smartphones to EU and Russia

China TechFaith Wireless Communication Limited (Nasdaq:CNTF), a mobile solutions provider and developer of specialised mobile phones for differentiated market segments, announced on Tuesday the expansion of shipments of it ruggedised Android...

M2, 10:18am ET

DJ ECB Liikanen: Resolution Authority Needs Clear, Narrow Mandate

By Frances Robinson BRUSSELS--The European Central Bank's mandate to resolve failing banks, under the bloc's proposed banking union, must be kept narrow to ensure the institution's new responsibility is credible, ECB governing council...

DowJones Select, 10:13am ET

Alabama Homeowners Get a Reprieve From Hurricanes, but Are Hammered by Severe Weather

It's been seven years since the last hurricane directly struck Alabama, but writers of homeowners insurance in the state haven't been granted a complete reprieve from catastrophic weather. Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005 ? the last hurricane the...

AMBest, 10:13am ET