| Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigns from House, citing health Nov 21st 2012, 20:15  WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois Representative Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been treated for bipolar disorder and has reportedly been under investigation for alleged misuse of campaign funds, resigned his seat on Wednesday. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, the Chicago Democrat said: "My health issues and treatment regimen have become incompatible with service in the House of Representatives. Therefore, it is with great regret that I hereby resign ... effective today, in order to focus on restoring my health. ...
|  | Millions take to roads, air for Thanksgiving holiday Nov 21st 2012, 20:07 (Reuters) - Nearly 44 million Americans are hitting the road for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, most by automobile, with some in Northeast states hard hit by Superstorm Sandy moving their feast to warmer, drier quarters. Airports across most of the country faced few delays on Wednesday, but not Chicago, where thick fog reduced visibility forcing hundreds of flight delays at the city's two airports and the cancellation of more than 130 flights in the morning. At early afternoon Chicago time, passengers flying in and out of O'Hare International Airport faced delays of about 40 minutes. ... | | Holiday online spending has early, strong start: comScore Nov 21st 2012, 19:36 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Holiday season online spending got off to an early and strong start, spurred by rising consumer confidence and retailer promotions ahead of the traditional big shopping days, comScore Inc said on Wednesday. From November 1 through November 18, $10.1 billion was spent online, a 16 percent increase versus the corresponding days last year, comScore reported. So far, November 8 has been the heaviest online spending day of the season so far at $829 million, it added. ... | | Buyers consider risks of beachfront homes after Sandy Nov 21st 2012, 19:25  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dina Anzalone thought buying her first home would be one of the most exciting experiences of her life. That is, until Superstorm Sandy struck a month before she and her husband were set to close on a house in the Rockaways, Queens. Located blocks from the ocean and the bay on a thin peninsula of land that makes up the coastal community of Belle Harbor in the Rockaways, Anzalone's prized colonial home with "old world charm" was inundated with 12 feet of seawater that filled the basement to the ceiling and a few feet of the first floor. ...
| | Exclusive: TV networks start seven-day ratings push with advertisers Nov 21st 2012, 18:40 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. television broadcast networks are taking the first steps to persuade advertisers to pay for commercial viewership that occurs up to seven days after a program airs, a shift that would provide a new revenue stream to help combat ratings erosion. The networks argue that the rising popularity of digital video recorders is pushing a sizeable number of viewers to delay watching their favorite programs beyond the first three days, the time period most often used for calculating ad payments. Some advertisers are ready to make the move to a seven-day metric. ... | | Regulator warns Black Elk on safety after rig fire Nov 21st 2012, 18:38 HOUSTON (Reuters) - A regulator on Wednesday ordered Black Elk Energy to take immediate steps to improve safety at its offshore platforms, after last week's deadly rig explosion off the Louisiana coast killed one worker and left another missing. "Black Elk has repeatedly failed to operate in a manner that is consistent with federal regulations," James Watson, director of the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), said in a statement. ... | | Marines establish first operational squad of F-35 fighters Nov 21st 2012, 18:36  (Reuters) - The U.S. Marine Corps on Tuesday established its first operational squadron of F-35 fighter jets at an air station in Yuma, Arizona, a move that officials said showed progress on the Pentagon's biggest and most scrutinized weapons program. Three F-35B fighters built by Lockheed Martin Corp have already arrived at the base, with 13 more to come over the next year. ...
| | FBI job applicant can't take back pornography admission - court Nov 21st 2012, 17:24 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man who applied for a job with the FBI and told agents he owned pictures of naked children cannot take back the interview answers that led to his conviction for possession of child pornography, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Dominick Pelletier interviewed with the FBI in Chicago in 2008 and after failing a polygraph test told agents about the images on his home computer, according to the ruling. Agents then searched Pelletier's home and found more than 600 images of children on the computer. ... | |
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