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US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
HAVANA (AP) — A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.The U.S. Interests Section has long cultivated ties to dissident bloggers and tweeters. But the mission's deputy chief Conrad Tribble has been reaching out to the communist Twitteratti as well.That has prompted ...
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JPMorgans Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase will let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO, keep both his jobs.At the bank's annual meeting, 32 percent of shareholders voted for a measure that would have required the bank to split the roles. Had the measure succeeded, Dimon would have had to relinquish the role of chairman.Shareholder groups lobbying for the split gained momentum from last year's ...
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Germanys SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average ...
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Herbalife names Pricewaterhouse new auditor
LOS ANGELES - Herbalife Ltd. says it has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to be its new auditor.The nutrition company's previous auditor KPMG resigned last month after insider trading allegations against a rogue executive of the accounting firm. The former KPMG partner, Scott London, has been charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud.KPMG's resignation came at a sensitive time for ...
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Spotifys Top 10 most viral tracks
FILE - This June 6, 2010 file photo shows Ivan Moody of the U.S. band Five Finger Death Punch performing during the music festival Rock am Ring at the Nuerburgring Race Track, Nuerburg in western Germany. Five Finger Death Punch's, "Lift Me Up," was the most viral track on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, ...
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Oil slips as traders wait for Fed supply data
BANGKOK - The price of oil fell to near $96 per barrel Tuesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's latest views on the U.S. economy.By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for June delivery was down 60 cents to $96.11 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 69 cents to close at $96.71 on Monday.On Wednesday, Fed chairman Ben ...
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Pickup driver dies in Fleming County wreck
A man from Ewing died early Monday in a collision with a tractor-trailer in Fleming County.Harold McIntyre, 60, was driving a 1987 Chevrolet pickup east on U.S. 68 when it crossed the center line and hit the tractor-trailer, according to a news release from Kentucky State Police.McIntyre was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Terry Vice, 63, of Maysville, was taken ...
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Campbellsville man sentenced to 110 years in prison for making child pornography
A Taylor County man who used cell phones to take photos of himself molesting girls younger than 5 was sentenced Monday to 110 years in prison, according to a news release from David J. Hale, U.S. Attorney for Western Kentucky.Tony Edwin Davis, 50, of Campbellsville pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography.Federal authorities started investigating Davis after someone who had ...
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Photo galleries for mobile Oklahoma tornado aftermath Kentucky volunteers
Two Red Cross Bluegrass Chapter volunteers left Lexington Tuesday to help in Oklahoma where a massive tornado left residents homeless. Volunteers Russ Hoff and Ramon Hibbard prepared a special emergency response vehicle and said goodbye to loved ones. They will assist storm victims in hard-hit Oklahoma City ...
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Poll Teens migrating to Twitter
A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on ...
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Dalai Lama speaks to students
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The Dalai Lama called aggression a sign of weakness and compassion a sign of strength as the Buddhist spiritual leader spoke to a group of students in ...
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Lew IRS actions unacceptable and inexcusable
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups was "unacceptable and inexcusable" and he has directed the agency's acting director to hold people accountable.Lew told the Senate Banking Committee that he has also asked acting director Daniel Werfel to fix any flaws in management of the IRS to make sure there is no ...
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GM to invest $44.5M in Lansing Cadillac factory creating 200 jobs
DETROIT - General Motors says it will invest $44.5 million at a Lansing, Mich., factory, creating 200 new jobs. The automaker says it will build a 400,000-square-foot building next to the Lansing Grand River plant to assemble parts and put them in the right order for manufacturing. The factory already employs more than 1,500 hourly and salaried workers who make the Cadillac ATS and CTS luxury ...
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Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in midday trade
FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 file photo, traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stock indexes are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday, May 21, 2013, as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, ...
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Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online
HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ...
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N. Ky. health department stops well-child exams
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The health department in northern Kentucky says it plans to stop offering well-child visits because Medicaid no longer offers reimbursement for them.Health department spokeswoman Emily Gresham Wherle told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/18eOAvu) that the agency will honor current appointments but will not schedule any new appointments. She said parents would need to ...
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Stock indexes flip between gains and losses
NEW YORK - Stock indexes fluctuated in early trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move.The Dow Jones industrial average rose five points at 15,340 shortly after 10:30 a.m. Eastern time.The Standard & Poor's 500 index gave up a point to hit 1,666. The Nasdaq composite slid five points to 3,490, a drop of 0.2 percent.The Federal Reserve on Wednesday releases ...
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Apples Cook faces Senate questions on taxes
In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ...
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Medical examiner 24 dead in Oklahoma twister
A resident surveys the damage after the tornado hit the area near 149th and Drexel on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Okla. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Chris ...
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Microsoft expected to reveal next-generation Xbox
FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, show attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. With the next Xbox expected to finally be revealed Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., anticipation for what the company is planning for the next iteration of its gaming console is higher than Master Chief's last spaceship. (AP Photo/Damian ...
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Bridge worker dead in accident
OWENSBORO, Ky. - A coroner says a worker helping crews prepare to paint the Glover H. Cary Bridge in Owensboro has died.Daviess County Coroner Jeff Jones says the man died Monday evening after being taken to a hospital. He did not release his name.Kentucky Transportation Cabinet spokesman Keith Todd told the Messenger-Inquirer ( http://bit.ly/16LGVX) that other workers found the man unconscious ...
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Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Sprint says it has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it is offering $3.40 per share for Clearwire Corp. Its previous offer, from December, was for $2.97 per share for the wireless data operator.Sprint says this is its best and final offer. A vote on the previous offer had been ...
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AP photographer sees kids pulled from Okla. school
MOORE, Okla. (AP) -- I left the office in Oklahoma City as soon as I saw the tornado warnings on TV. I had photographed about a dozen twisters in the past decade, and knew that if I didn't get in my car before the funnel cloud hit, it would be too ...
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Vodafone annual profits up 1.9 percent
U.K.-based mobile telecoms company Vodafone has reported a 1.9 increase in annual profits despite a slowdown in much of its European operations.It reported Tuesday net profits of 7.70 billion pounds ($11.665 billion) for the year ending March 2013 compared with 7.55 billion pounds the year before.Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao said progress in emerging markets and a strong performance from ...
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Liz Reyer How to work with micromanaging boss
QUESTION: My new boss is a micromanager. I know what I'm doing, but he wants to hear about every detail and I can't move forward without his OK on each step. Not only is it frustrating, I find that I miss timelines because he is a bottleneck. What can I do besides find a different boss? ANSWER: Try to get to the bottom of his motivation, and in the meantime, extend your timelines to ...
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Kentucky River needs annual clean up
The Kentucky River is a major source of tourism, recreation, beauty and drinking water for the state. Around 16% of the state population gets their drinking water from the Kentucky River, most notably Lexington, which relies primarily on the river for drinking water, as well as a number of smaller towns and cities.
In total, 700,000 of us live in municipalities that draw their water from the river. The river is important then, and requires regular cleaning due to the amount of waste materials that regularly find their way onto its banks. Read more
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