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Project aims to track big city carbon footprints

Project aims to track big city carbon footprints
By ALICIA CHANGAP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the

Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 2009

Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 2009
By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn't see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life. "I just never in a

Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 2009

Choreographer: No signs Jackson was ill in 2009
By ANTHONY McCARTNEYAP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) - An associate choreographer who worked on Michael Jackson's planned comeback concerts testified Monday that she didn't see any signs that the pop superstar was ill or might die in the final days of his life. "I just never in a

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York. At a cozy suppertime fundraiser Monday,

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams

Raising cash for Dems, Obama bemoans partisan jams
By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - Huddling with A-list celebrities and top re-election donors, President Barack Obama bemoaned the partisan forces that have stymied compromise in Washington as he raised campaign cash for Democrats in New York. At a cozy suppertime fundraiser Monday,

Bloomberg editor apologizes on information access

Bloomberg editor apologizes on information access
NEW YORK (AP) - The editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News apologized Monday for the financial news service's practice of accessing private data on clients through the company's information service. Journalists at Bloomberg News, until recently, had been able to see when clients last accessed

Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies

Obama tries to swat down 2 swirling controversies
By JULIE PACEWhite House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama tried to swat down a pair of brewing controversies Monday, denouncing as "outrageous" the targeting of conservative political groups by the federal IRS but angrily denying any administration cover-up after last year

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case

High court rules for Monsanto in patent case
By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that an Indiana farmer violated Monsanto Co.'s patents on soybean seeds resistant to its weed-killer by growing the beans without buying new seeds from the corporation. The justices unanimously rejected the