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Hawaii Anxiously Watching Year-end Tuna Supply

Hawaii Anxiously Watching Tuna Supply Amid Fears Parts Of Bigeye Fishery Will Be Off-limits (AP) HONOLULU (AP) - On New Year's Eve each year, thousands line up at fish counters across Hawaii to buy blocks of raw tuna, hoping...

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Ukraine's 'hot Air' Bedevils Global Climate Deal

Closed Communist-era Factories Reap Windfall Profit For Ukraine But Problem For Climate Deal (AP) KONSTANTINOVKA, Ukraine (AP) - Vladimir Gapor is a plumber by trade, but now he's a scavenger, prying bits of scrap steel from...

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Volkswagen program head in Homestead

HOMESTEAD, Fla. -- The head of Volkswagen's motor sports program is at Homestead-Miami Speedway, fueling speculation that the automaker is interested in joining Toyota as the second foreign manufacturer in NASCAR.

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Weekly Address: President Obama's Overseas Trip Focused on Better Relations with Asia and...

WASHINGTON – In this week’s address, President Barack Obama described the progress made during his trip to Asia, and detailed steps the administration is taking to spur job creation. The President explained how increasing...

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Officials: Vietnam not blocking Facebook

HANOI, Vietnam, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Officials in Vietnam said the country's government is not actively blocking the social networking Web site Facebook despite scores of connectivity complaints. The BBC reported Saturday the...

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Texas High Court Agrees To Rehear Exxon Case

Texas Supreme Court Grants Rehearing In Case Alleging Exxon Mobil Sabotaged Abandoned Wells (AP) DALLAS (AP) - The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over...

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Norway will take your breath away

Rick Steves TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES , I'm always amazed at how clear it is that I am with "my people." Three of my grandparents left hard times in Norway for hard times -- with promise -- in the United States. When I'm in...

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Afghan road builder's dream thwarted by violence

KABUL -- Khalid Khan stares through the dusty window pane, down across the rooftops of the capital, and wonders if they really know where he lives. Once on the front lines of the international effort to rebuild Afghanistan, the...

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Unlited looks to calm turbulance

From new plane interiors to revamping airport lounges to being on time, airline aims to bolster image with fliers -- Ruehl Bulan perches on the left rear exit of a United Airlines jet and flings seat cushions, three at a time,...

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The Failure of the Copenhagen Climate Talks

The 192 countries flocking to Copenhagen next month won't reach consensus on climate change. In an effort to reduce the cost of those greenhouse cuts, the executive reached out to his counterparts in Brazil and Indonesia, which...

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