2013年5月17日星期五

Morning Digest: Obama shifts focus to jobs, eases building permit process

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05/17/2013
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Obama shifts focus to jobs, eases building permit process
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday will seek to turn the spotlight from controversies threatening to swamp his agenda to the economic issues by announcing he will make it easier to get federal building projects off the ground..
Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the Syrian crisis..
ECB eyes supervisor role to squeeze weak banks
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Central Bank could use its new supervisory role from next year to single out weak banks and make it harder for them to get its financial support, people familiar with the matter say..
U.S. soul singer Candice Glover wins "American Idol"
(Reuters) - Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol" on Thursday, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007..
Spurs to tackle Grizzlies after overcoming Warriors
(Reuters) - The San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference finals after closing out the Golden State Warriors 94-82 in Game Six of their semi-final series on Thursday..
LulzSec hackers who "wreaked havoc" at Sony jailed in UK
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of British hackers who "ran riot" causing millions of dollars of damage to computer networks run by Sony, the CIA and other agencies were sentenced to jail terms on Thursday..
National Weather Service gets big computing boost
MIAMI (Reuters) - The U.S. National Weather Service is getting a quantum jump in computing power that will significantly improve its forecasting and storm tracking abilities to better protect the country from severe weather..
Idaho man sentenced to seven years for killing zoo monkey
(Reuters) - An Idaho man who admitted to breaking into a Boise zoo last year and killing a monkey was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday, court records show..
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