WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday to announce a decision on whether to list the polar bear as threatened and in need of protection under the Endangered Species Act. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne proposed such protection 15 months ago...
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UK-based fund manager Standard Life Investments has appointed Will Pawson as investment director for southern Europe. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland and reporting to Phil Barker, head of European business development, Mr Pawson...
Following lobbying from the Association of British Insurers and others, the UK government has confirmed that it will ensure there are strict limits on the contributions that people can pay into personal accounts pensions, due...
NASA will host a media teleconference at 12:30 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 14, to brief reporters about the status of efforts to revive the data handling unit that failed on the Hubble Space Telescope in late-September.Source:...
HARRISONBURG - An illegal immigrant was arrested Wednesday in Harrisonburg for possession of more than a half pound of methamphetamine with a value of $6,000, according to an announcement Friday by the RUSH Drug Task Force....