His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivered the opening prayer to the Senate Thursday, saying “with our thoughts, we make our world.”
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When it comes to predicting and tracking traffic trends, INRIX is the go-to authority. The company says that traffic congestion surged in 2013, growing over three times as fast as the U.S. economy. According to INRIX, traffic in the U.S. reversed two consecutive years of declines with a six percent increase in 2013. According to INRIX, traffic in the U.S. reversed two consecutive years of declines with a six percent increase in 2013. The country’s GDP, by comparison, grew 1.9 percent last year.
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Americans weary of the war in Afghanistan should understand that any U.S. presence there after this year “will not be one where we will be putting our men and women directly into harm’s way,” the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday. Gen. Martin Dempsey told NBC News that Afghanistan “will remain a dangerous place for some time to come,” but he said the American mission there after 2014 will be more about training and helping the Afghan military at high levels, not patrol or combat.
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Work on the multibillion-dollar Panama Canal expansion was set to restart on Thursday after a partial agreement between the canal authorities and a Spanish-led consortium, raising hopes for the program after a two-week hiatus due to a row over costs. An agreement announced late on Wednesday allows work to restart while the two sides continue talks on how the project is financed through to completion, a process which they have given themselves 72 hours to complete. The dispute between the GUPC consortium led by Spanish builder Sacyr and the Panama Canal Authority had threatened delays that could cost Panama millions of dollars in lost shipping tolls, as well as being a setback for companies worldwide that want to move larger ships through the waterway that links the U.S. Gulf Coast to Asian markets.
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A rapid recovery in U.S. stock prices after the recent slide may be enough to make many investors who remained bullish feel a little smug. Investors should instead take the emerging markets scare that drove stocks down about 6 percent at the end of January as a warning of more risks to come. Cantor Fitzgerald, for one, said it was considering new hedges at these levels. With few obvious justifications for stocks climbing further, investors are left in the position they were in at the beginning of the year: unsure about the economy and earnings, but facing an environment where few other assets offer the same potential return as the equity market.
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The head of the U.S. delegation to the games says President Obama’s decision not to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi is not a snub of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Janet Napolitano, the former secretary of homeland security, noted in a CNN interview that Obama has not attended any Olympics since taking office in early 2009. Napolitano said on CNN’s State of the Union, “I think the president chose a delegation that represent leaders from various walks of life.” That delegation includes gay members, a move largely seen as a critical comment on anti-gay laws in Russia.
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The head of the U.S. delegation to the games says President Obama’s decision not to attend the Winter Olympics in Sochi is not a snub of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Janet Napolitano, the former secretary of homeland security, noted in a CNN interview that Obama has not attended any Olympics since taking office in early 2009. Napolitano said on CNN’s State of the Union, “I think the president chose a delegation that represent leaders from various walks of life.” That delegation includes gay members, a move largely seen as a critical comment on anti-gay laws in Russia.
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Pop icon Madonna said Wednesday she will introduce to the stage two formerly jailed members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot when they appear at an Amnesty International concert in New York next week, hailing the pair as “fellow freedom fighters.” Maria Alyokhina, 25, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 24, will speak at the concert organized by the human rights group on February 5 during their first trip to New York since being granted amnesty in December by Russian President Vladimir Putin. They became international symbols for human rights campaigners after being jailed in Russia for nearly two years for performing an anti-Putin song in a church.
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President of the Peterson Institute Adam Posen says Britain’s austerity wasn’t good for its economy and wouldn’t be good in the U.S. He tells WSJ’s Simon Constable at the World Economic Forum there is a bright future ahead for the U.S. economy. Photo: Getty Images
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President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would not wait for Congress to pass legislation to advance his policy priorities this year and said he was “getting close” to finishing a review of U.S. surveillance practices to be unveiled on Friday. Obama, speaking to reporters during a cabinet meeting at the White House, listed goals for 2014 including immigration reform and getting the economy to improve faster.
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According to an interview with ABC News, Secretary of State John Kerry said the United States has not abandoned a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran six years ago. Robert Levinson, a private detective and ex-federal agent, disappeared during a trip to an Iranian island in 2007. The White House says he was not a government employee at the time.
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China’s parliament has declared that Japan has no right to criticize the establishment of a Chinese air defense zone which it said was in accordance with international law, state media reported on Saturday. Japan, South Korea and their ally the United States have all protested at China’s decision last month to declare an air defense identification zone in an area that includes islands at the heart of a territorial dispute between Beijing and Tokyo.
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Vice President Joe Biden called for renewed efforts to build up the relationship between the U.S. and China, as he appeared with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a time of rising tensions between the two countries. Jerry Seib discusses. Photo: Getty Images.
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Secretary of State John Kerry offered a robust defense of the interim nuclear agreement with Iran on Sunday, rejecting comparisons to North Korea and insisting that the deal would make Israel and Persian Gulf allies of the United States more secure, not less so. “From this day, for the next six months, Israel is in fact safer than it was,” Mr. Kerry said on the CNN program “State of the Union.” “We’re now going to expand the time by which they can break out, rather than narrow it.”
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“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” exploded into movie theaters over the weekend, burning up box office charts with $161 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales, distributor Lions Gate Entertainment Corp said. The sequel to 2012 smash hit “The Hunger Games” scored the biggest November opening ever and recorded 2013′s second-biggest debut, short of the $174.1 million for superhero sequel “Iron Man 3″ in May. “Catching Fire” stars Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, the skilled archer who becomes a beacon of hope for an oppressed society.
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Before Chris Pratt became one of the most ubiquitous TV and movie stars, he earned a living as an amateur stripper. “I was always a very much naked person,” says Pratt. I don’t know how it got around to them, but my friend paid me $40 to dance at his grandmother’s birthday party,” he recalls. Pratt had packed on 60 pounds for his role in “Delivery Man” -a far cry from his days as a stripper. I felt terrible. “I’ve always been just teetering on that scale and I’ve been bigger for different roles.
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Highlights of this day in history: Iran-Contra scandal begins to unfold; Chile’s Salvador Allende takes office; Carol Moseley-Braun is first black woman elected to U.S. Senate; Former pro-wrestler Jesse Ventura elected Minnesota governor. (Nov. 3)
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San Diego The passageway that zigzagged underground between San Diego and Tijuana, Mexico, was so sophisticated that officials call it a “super tunnel.” Authorities said ThursdayThe drug tunnel stretched the length of nearly six football fields and had lighting, ventilation and an electric rail system. U.S. Attorney Laura Duffy told reporters, It was 35 feet deep, 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide. And it was built by one of Mexico’s most notorious criminal organizations, the Sinaloa cartel. And now three people are in custody and could face federal charges after investigators seized more than 8 tons of marijuana and 325 pounds of cocaine linked to the tunnel, U.S. Duffy said that authorities have a message for cartels tied to drug tunnels.
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Life smells like violets and vanilla for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The twin sisters are launching two fragrances for women, Nirvana White and Nirvana Black, through their Elizabeth and James brand. The two scents will be sold at Sephora in December.
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Two Indiana University students were arrested and charged Sunday morning in connection with a stabbing that injured another student at a campus apartment building, school officials said. (Oct. 27)
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