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Brazil's U.S. Dollar Inflows Reach Record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is busy dealing with a problem many emerging market leaders would love to have: billions of dollars of unwanted foreign investment flowing into the country, drawn to its interest rates and a strong currency. By last count net inflows of the U.S. dollar in […]
Brazil’s U.S. Dollar Inflows Reach Record
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is busy dealing with a problem many emerging market leaders would love to have: billions of dollars of unwanted foreign investment flowing into the country, drawn to its interest rates and a strong currency. By last count net inflows of the U.S. dollar in […]
Medical Marijuana Stumbles In Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A drive to make Ohio the 18th state to legalize medical marijuana hit a speed bump as organizers were told they didn’t file 1,000 valid signatures. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine told the Ohio Coalition for Medical Compassion only 534 of the 2,143 raw signatures of registered voters submitted […]
Organized Crime A National Security Risk For U.S. Markets
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — U.S. President Barack Obama has identified transnational organized crime operations as a threat to national security because of their increasing infiltration of financial institutions. Obama signed an executive order last month placing economic sanctions on four crime groups — the Japanese Yakuza, Mexico’s Los Zetas, the Italian Camorra and a […]
Congress Temporarily Resolves FAA Dispute
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress agreed Thursday to restore funding for the Federal Aviation Administration until September. The deal will allow 4,000 laid off FAA employees and thousands of construction workers to return to their jobs, the New York Daily News reported. The parties did not settle the […]
LA Police Seize Animal Officers' Guns
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Animal control officers at shelters in Los Angeles lost their guns to the police anti-gang unit Thursday, officials said. An employee at one shelter told the Los Angeles Daily News police showed up at about 8 a.m. Los Angeles Police Department officers presented a memo from Animal Services General […]
LA Police Seize Animal Officers’ Guns
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Animal control officers at shelters in Los Angeles lost their guns to the police anti-gang unit Thursday, officials said. An employee at one shelter told the Los Angeles Daily News police showed up at about 8 a.m. Los Angeles Police Department officers presented a memo from Animal Services General […]
Sao Paulo Could Have Straight Pride March
SAO PAULO, Aug. 4 (UPI) — The council in Brazil’s largest city has approved a move to designate the third Sunday in December as Heterosexual Pride Day. Sao Paulo Mayor Gilberto Kassab has not said whether he will sign the ordinance, the Christian Science Monitor reported Thursday. Carlos Apolinario, a member of the conservative Democrats […]
Court Overturns Killer's Death Sentence
CINCINNATI, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A U.S. appeals court overturned the death sentence of a Michigan man convicted of drowning a woman to keep her from pursuing a rape charge against him. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Marvin Gabrion’s lawyers should have been allowed by a U.S. judge to tell jurors Gabrion […]
Court Overturns Killer’s Death Sentence
CINCINNATI, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A U.S. appeals court overturned the death sentence of a Michigan man convicted of drowning a woman to keep her from pursuing a rape charge against him. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Marvin Gabrion’s lawyers should have been allowed by a U.S. judge to tell jurors Gabrion […]
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