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The Silicon Valley’s Real Old School Incubator

Long before there was a Y Combinator or a 500 Startups, there was SRI International — an old school, non-profit research and development organization that’s been incubating since before incubating was cool. View full post on All Stories

CFT: NCAA denies USC’s appeal of sanctions

CFT: The NCAA denies USC’s appeal of NCAA sanctions in the Reggie Bush case, meaning the school loses 30 scholarships over three years and can’t play in the inaugural Pac-12 championship game. View full post on All Stories

Hispanics criticize Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s illegal immigration law

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Leaders of the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic communities continued sharp criticisms Friday against a Supreme Court decision that upholds a tough state law against illegal immigration. They say the ruling on Thursday will lead to discrimination against Hispanic people. The Arizona [...]

Amid discontent in Republican field, Giuliani may enter 2012 race

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is posed to throw his hat into the 2012 White House race. His possible entrance follows the decision of Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, considered to be the last viable general election candidate against President Barack Obama, [...]

Search for more oil creates scramble within the U.S. government

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Legal Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The Obama administration plans to announce Tuesday that it will buy more energy efficient vehicles for U.S. government fleets in a bid to reduce its dependence on foreign oil. The White House press office notified reporters Monday of the planned announcement during [...]

Fissures appear in relationship as Israeli PM rebuffs Obama

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama got a setback to his efforts to bring justice to his 2009 Noble Peace Prize as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed him on Friday over using the pro-conflict 1967 borders as a basis for a peace agreement. Netanyahu minced [...]

“SNL” star Fred Armisen, “Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss officially divorce

Anthony Jones – Celebrity News Service Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Entertainment) – “SNL” star Fred Armisen, who regularly plays characters such as Prince and President Barack Obama on the hit show, and “Mad Men” star Elisabeth Moss, who plays Peggy Olson on the AMC series, are officially split up. According to TMZ, [...]

Boehner agrees Washington must raise debt limit

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. House Speaker John Boehner acknowledged on Monday that Washington needs to raise its debt limit. He made the admission on a radio interview on the day that the U.S. federal government reached its $14.3 trillion debt limit. Boehner said Congress, at some point, [...]

President Obama calls for more domestic oil production

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama announced plans this weekend for increased oil and gas production and exploration in an effort to lower gasoline prices at the pump. Obama called high gas prices “without a doubt one of the biggest burdens of the past few [...]

Watch out, whistleblowers: Congress and courts move to curtail leaks

ProPublica Staff United States (ProPublica) – by Marian Wang House Republicans introduced legislation yesterday targeting the already-delayed whistleblower rule in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. The proposed change would require corporate whistleblowers to report problems internally before going to financial regulators. The move, backed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, is just the latest in [...]

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