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| Former police chief Bratton launches a social network for cops Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 09:01 AM PDT By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bill Bratton, the high-profile police commissioner who has run three of America's largest police forces, is preparing to launch the first comprehensive social media network for police officers - a kind of Facebook for cops. The network, known as BlueLine, will be launched globally at the International Association of Police Chiefs annual conference in Philadelphia in October. ... Full Story | Top |
| Leading light in science, Italy's 'lady of the stars' Hack dies Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 08:50 AM PDT By Naomi O'Leary ROME (Reuters) - Astrophysicist Margherita Hack, a popular science writer, public intellectual and the first woman to lead an astronomical observatory in Italy, died on Saturday at the age of 91. Known as the "lady of the stars", Hack's research contributed to the spectral classification of many groups of stars, and the asteroid 8558 Hack is named after her. ... Full Story | Top |
| Greek utility shelves plans for price increases Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 04:59 AM PDT  ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's state-controlled utility PPC said on Saturday it had no immediate plans to raise electricity prices for households after their liberalization on July 1. Under the terms of its international bailout, Greece was supposed to raise low-voltage electricity prices in two stages this year, on May 1 and then before their liberalization on July 1, to bring them closer to generation costs. The government, which owns 51 percent of PPC, shelved the May 1 hike, saying it was no longer needed because electricity generation costs were falling. ... Full Story | Top |
| Civil War general blindsided at pivotal Gettysburg battle Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 03:13 AM PDT  By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) - Confederate General Robert E. Lee was "virtually blind" to the superior positions held by Union troops hidden by rolling hills and valleys, which contributed to his downfall at the pivotal battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War, researchers said on Friday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pennsylvania girl gets second lung transplant after first failed Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:36 PM PDT By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - A 10-year-old Pennsylvania girl who sparked a national debate about child access to organ donation took her first independent breath this week on a second set of donor lungs after her first transplant failed, the girl's family said on Friday. Sarah Murnaghan, who had cystic fibrosis and needed a lung transplant, had been kept off an adult organ transplant list due to an age restriction. She became eligible for an adult pair of lungs only after a judge's order. ... Full Story | Top |
| NASA picks Florida agency to take over shuttle landing strip Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:23 PM PDT  By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA has selected Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, to take over operations, maintenance and development of the space shuttle's idled landing site at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, officials said on Friday. Terms of the agreement, which have not yet been finalized, were not disclosed, but Space Florida has made no secret about its desire to take over facilities no longer needed by NASA to develop a multi-user commercial spaceport, somewhat akin to an airport or seaport. ... Full Story | Top |
| S&P 500 posts best first half since 1998 Friday, Jun 28, 2013 02:15 PM PDT  By Alison Griswold NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 ended Friday's session with its strongest first half of any year since 1998 after reaching record highs in May on a rally underpinned by the Federal Reserve's massive monetary stimulus. While the S&P 500 closed down for the month of June on concerns that the Fed might begin reducing its bond-buying program, the benchmark index ended the second quarter with a gain - marking its first positive second quarter in four years. The Dow Jones industrial average and the Nasdaq also dipped in June, but rose in the second quarter. ... Full Story | Top |
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