Congress approves new sanctions on Iran energy
Congress votes to tighten sanctions on Iran in energy shipping and finance. The House passed 421-6 and the Senate approved by voice vote before sending the measure to President Obama for signature. The bill expands penalties on banks doing business with Iran’s central bank and aims to pressure Tehran over its nuclear program.
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Congress
Iran
House
Senate
Barack Obama
Budget impasse risks troops and economy as year-end deadline nears
Washington lawmakers head toward a fiscal cliff as Republicans push a House vote to renew tax cuts and Democrats demand a tax increase for high earners to avert 110 billion in Jan 2 budget cuts. The clash over taxes and spending stalls resolution after the elections.
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Washington
House
Obama
Congress
White House
Jeff Zients
House Armed Services Committee
Bomb threat clears San Antonio International Airport
San Antonio International Airport shut its terminals after an unknown caller claimed three explosive packages were left in the parking garage. About 2,000 passengers were moved to the tarmac for 90 minutes as flights were halted and roads were closed. No suspicious items were found and an all clear was given around 5 p.m.
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San Antonio
San Antonio International Airport
Rich Johnson
U.S. eases arms purchases for Syrian rebels
The Treasury clears a license for the Syrian Support Group to collect donations and pass funds to armed insurgents aiding the Free Syrian Army. The move aims to increase transparency in weapons flows and support for fighters against Bashar al Assad while avoiding direct U.S. arms shipments.
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Washington
Obama
U.S
Bashar Assad
Treasury Department
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Syria
Brian Sayers
NATO
Sayers
Free Syrian Army
Assad
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Income Segregation Rises in U S Cities Pew Finds
Pew Research Center reports rising income based residential segregation across 27 of the 30 largest metros since 1980 with Texas cities like San Antonio Houston and Dallas showing the sharpest increases. In 2010 lower income neighborhoods grew share while upper income tracts doubled their predominance since 1980.
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Reuters
U.S
Texas
Pew Research Center
Pew
United States
Paul Taylor
Richard Fry
San Antonio
Houston
Dallas
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Portland
Ore
Orlando
Fla
Cancer stem cells may fuel tumor regrowth in mice
Three studies reported in Nature and Science provide strong support for cancer stem cells persisting within tumors. Researchers traced labeled cells in mouse brain, skin, and intestinal polyps, raising hope for therapies targeting these roots though translational relevance to humans remains debated.
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New York
Nature
Science
Luis Parada
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Jeffrey M. Rosen
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Parada
Scott Kern
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Obama leads in three battleground states in new poll
Quinnipiac finds Obama ahead by 11 points in Pennsylvania and six points in Ohio and Florida among likely voters for the November 6 election. The president is viewed more favorably than Romney in these states, with about 50 percent positive ratings for Obama.
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Reuters
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Mitt Romney
Quinnipiac University
U.S
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Florida
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