| Supreme Court won't hear challenge to EPA rulemaking Jan 22nd 2013, 18:32 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to consider how much authority the Environmental Protection Agency should have to set air quality standards, leaving intact a tough new limit on sulfur dioxide emissions. Without comment, the court decided not to hear an appeal by Grupo Mexico SAB's Asarco LLC unit of a lower court ruling that upholds a 2010 EPA rule limiting sulfur dioxide in the air to 75 parts per billion over one hour. Short-term exposure to sulfur dioxide has been linked to respiratory problems. (http://www.epa.gov/air/sulfurdioxide/). ... |  | Controversial Kansas abortion clinic to reopen this spring Jan 22nd 2013, 18:27  WICHITA, Kan (Reuters) - Closed since 2009 after its doctor was murdered, one of the country's most embattled abortion clinics is scheduled to reopen this spring over renewed objections of abortion opponents. Controversy over the clinic in Wichita, Kansas is building as the country observes the 40th anniversary on Tuesday of the Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court ruling that made abortion legal in at least the first three months of pregnancy. ...
| | Prayers, marches mark anniversary of landmark abortion ruling Jan 22nd 2013, 17:27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Prayers, marches and protests kicked off in Washington on Tuesday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, even as battles over the issue have largely shifted from the federal courts to statehouses. Many of the anti-abortion protests are the latest editions of those held each year around the anniversary of the January 22, 1973, ruling that legalized abortion in the first three months of pregnancy. ... | | Empire State Building investors to vote on REIT proposal Jan 22nd 2013, 16:32  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The company that controls the Empire State Building has begun asking investors to vote on a plan to fold the iconic building into a new real estate investment trust (REIT) that will eventually be publicly traded, according to regulatory documents filed Tuesday. Malkin Holdings LLC is asking investors in one of the world's most recognizable buildings to vote on the plan to make the building the centerpiece of more than 18 properties in Empire State Realty Trust Inc, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. ...
| | Cash-strapped Postal Service probed for travel expense waste Jan 22nd 2013, 15:59 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Postal Service's watchdog is investigating the agency for runaway travel expenses, a lingering problem for the cash-strapped mail carrier even as it tries aggressively to cut costs. A report from the Postal Service's Office of Inspector General, released in September, found that the agency, which lost almost $16 billion in last year, had overpaid more than $1 million in travel reimbursements to employees during an 18-month period. ... | |
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