Seeking youth vote, Obama goes to MTV
First Rolling Stone, now MTV. In a final push to excite his party's base before the Nov. 2 elections, President Obama is reaching out (and reaching out and reaching out) to young voters, a group that helped elect him two years ago. Democrats fear that many of them will sit out the midterms - part of... feeds.washingtonpost.com |
Calpers to Cut Ties to Adviser
Calpers said it is "severing its ties" with a long-time private-equity adviser and money manager amid criticism of the giant public pension fund for poor returns and conflict-of-interest questions. online.wsj.com |
Two Banks in Missouri, One in Kansas Fail
Regulators closed two banks in Missouri and one in Kansas, raising the total number of bank failures in 2010 to 132. online.wsj.com |
$610K Settlement in School Webcam Spy Case
Philadelphia-Area District Ordered to Pay for Watching Kids at Home Via Webcams on School-Issued Laptops feeds.cbsnews.com |
California Bans Texting by Operators of Trains
After investigators said an engineer in last week’s collision had been texting on the job, regulators temporarily banned the use of all cellular devices by anyone at the controls of a moving train. nytimes.com |