FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.
Read more here: Colonial member Palmer has 1st-round lead with 62
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Ryan Palmer was standing in the fairway on his last hole Thursday when his longtime caddie and fellow Colonial member issued a challenge.
Read more here: Colonial member Palmer has 1st-round lead with 62
Because of the deadlock, the judge ordered a retrial in the penalty phase.
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DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill.
Read more here: Hobby Lobby tests birth-control coverage mandate
Shocking as it may seem, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) still isn’t happy with Google’s efforts to stamp out piracy. On its official blog this week, the RIAA once again bemoaned Google’s supposed lack of enthusiasm for removing links to alleged pirated content from its search results. In particular, the RIAA complained that online piracy is still thriving despite the fact that Google has removed 20 million links to alleged piracy sites from its search results. “Every day produces more results and there is no end in sight,” the RIAA argued. “Importantly, the targets of our notices don’t even pretend to be innovators constructing new and better ways to legally enjoy music — they have simply created business models
Read more here: RIAA stamps its feet again, demands Google improve anti-piracy efforts
Shoppers in the U.S. will soon have more information about where their meat comes from after new federal labeling rules went into effect Thursday. The rules require labels on steaks, ribs and other cuts …
Read more here: New federal rules for meat labels take effect
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Researchers examining the incidence of brain cancer at jet engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney in Connecticut say they have found no statistically significant elevations in the rate of cancer among workers.
Read more here: Study: No higher cancer rate at Conn. Pratt plant
CINCINNATI (AP) — Procter & Gamble is bringing back former CEO A.G. Lafley to its top post in a surprise move as the world’s largest consumer goods maker tries to grow globally.
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By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES (Reuters) – A trip to space with Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio raised 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million) for charity at a glitzy fundraiser at the Cannes film festival on Thursday. At the 20th annual event organized by amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, DiCaprio emerged as the mystery guest to accompany the winner on a Virgin Galactic flight into space. Actress Sharon Stone said the winner would spend three days in training with DiCaprio in Mexico before blast-off. …
Read more here: Cannes auction of space trip with DiCaprio raises 1.2 million euros for charity
President Obama is renewing his stalled effort to close the military detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was a promise he made when he first ran for president, but one he couldn’t keep when Congress began blocking funds for releasing or transferring hundreds of prisoners captured as part of the war on terror.
Read more here: Obama renews push to close Guantánamo military prison
The body of King Richard III was buried in great haste, a new study finds — perhaps because the medieval monarch's corpse had been out for three days in the summer sun.
Read more here: Battle-Bruised King Richard III Buried in Hasty Grave