Monsanto Wins Patent Case, Could Have Big Impact on Biotech

Monsanto had sued Indiana farmer in dispute over genetic seeds

2013-05-13

Bill Mears CNN Supreme Court Producer

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A small farmer from Indiana lost his patent dispute on Monday at the Supreme Court, a ruling that could have enormous impact in a variety of biotech fields. Read the complete article

Crews Finish Installing World Trade Center Spire

The buildings 1776-foot height alludes to the year of the nation's birth

2013-05-10

By Michael Pearson and Kristen Kiraly CNN

spire on world trade centerConstruction workers bolted the last pieces of a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday, symbolically capping New York's comeback after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Was Bombing Preventable? House Homeland Security Committee Asks Boston's Top Cop

Edward Davis: Surveillance, fusion centers and intelligence gathering part of our future

2013-05-10

By Dan Merica

Could the Boston Marathon bombing have been prevented? At the House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Congressmen asked a former senator, Boston's top cop and two experts on public safety about whether or not the intelligence community dropped the ball when they closed an investigation into one of the alleged Boston bombers before the marathon bombing in April. Read the complete article

U.S. Orders Defense Distributed to Remove 3-D Gun Instructions from Website

More than 1 million plans already downloaded possibly against international arms laws

2013-05-10

By Todd Sperry CNN

The U.S. State Department sent a three-page cease and desist letter dated Wednesday to Cody Wilson, the organization's 25-year-old founder and self-described anarchist, demanding that the group remove instructions for printing a handgun with a 3-D printer from its website.
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In Texas, Obama Will Unveil Executive Actions on Jobs

Proposed actions will create education-manufacturing alliances and increase availability of data

2013-05-09

Kevin Liptak CNN

(CNN) -- President Barack Obama will debut two executive actions designed to spur job growth when he visits Austin, Texas, on Thursday, fulfilling a vow he made during his State of the Union address to further bolster American manufacturing. Read the complete article

Student Debt Delays Spending, Saving - and Marriage

Survey: About three-quarters of borrowers have been forced sacrifice to keep up with payments

2013-05-09

Blake Ellis CNN Money

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Piles of student loan debt are leading some borrowers to put off saving for retirement, buy a home and even get married -- and now many regret taking out the loans in the first place. Read the complete article

Biden Wants Immigration Reform by End of Summer

Newest proposal has seen strong pushback by some on the right

2013-05-09

Ashley Killough CNN

(CNN) --Vice President Joe Biden laid out a timetable for his hopes on immigration reform, saying he wants to see Congress pass a bill in the coming months. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Amendment to Immigration Bill Could Extend Rights to Same Sex Couples

If passed the bill would create a 13-year path to citizenship for most undocumented immigrants

2013-05-08

By Alan Silverleib CNN

Vermont Sen. Patrick's Leahy's amendments to immigration bill would recognize same-sex marriages in which one spouse is an American, and also would allow U.S. citizens to sponsor foreign-born same-sex partners for green cards as long as there's proof of a committed relationship. Read the complete article

VIDEO: Dennis Rodman Asks Kim Jong Un to Release Kenneth Bae

Bae was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea

2013-05-08

By Holly Yan and Jethro Mullen CNN

Dennis Rodman Asks Kim Jong Un to Release Kenneth Bae. The U.S. missionary was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for vague crimes Read the complete article

James Beard Awards: Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon is Best in Northwest

Ken Forkish of Ken's Artisan Bakery nominated for best pastry chef

2013-05-08

CNN

To be nominated is awesome. To win is divine: Gabriel Rucker of Le Pigeon beat out stiff competition to be named Best Chef in the Northwest in the James Beard Awards. Also nominated were: Cathy Wims at Nostrano and Naomi Pomeroy at beast, from Portland; along with Jason Franey at Canlis and Ethan Stowell at Staple & Fancy Mercantil of Seattle. Read the complete article

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