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  • Obama Consoles Families of Victims in Texas Plant Blast

    President Barack Obama led a Texas town in memorializing the emergency workers and residents killed in a fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant near Waco.

  • Chipotle’s Slow London Sales Open Door for U.K. Burritos

    Standing in a line that snakes back to the entrance of the Chilango restaurant in London’s financial hub, Beth Norden eagerly awaits her weekly roasted pork belly burrito. Norden, a 22-year-old intern at the Red Cross, likes the quick service and buzzing atmosphere.

  • China Pours Rescuers Into Quake Zone as Aid Is Pledged

    China sent thousands of military personnel, rescue teams and utility workers into the southwestern province of Sichuan where the country’s strongest earthquake in three years left 1.5 million people needing aid.

  • China Premier Li Flies to Quake Zone as Death Toll Jumps

    China’s Premier Li Keqiang flew to the southwestern province of Sichuan to oversee relief work as the death toll from yesterday’s earthquake climbed to 179 and officials struggled to help 1.5 million people affected by it.

  • Kenya Second-Quarter Tea Output Seen Rising 22% on Improved Rain

    Kenya, the world’s largest exporter of black tea, forecast production of the leaves will jump 22 percent in the second quarter on improved rainfall.

  • U.S. Tortured Detainees and Got Little of Value: Report

    A bipartisan panel said President George W. Bush’s administration engaged in torture after the Sept. 11 attacks and blamed “the nation’s highest officials” for “allowing and contributing to the spread of torture.”

  • Obamas Report Income of $608,611 as Tax Rate Declines

    President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama earned $608,611 in adjusted gross income in 2012, down 23 percent from 2011 as royalties from the president’s books kept declining, tax returns showed.

  • Ralph Klein, Alberta’s Deficit Fighting Ex-Premier, Dies

    Ralph Klein, the former Alberta premier who led the oil-rich Canadian province to 13 consecutive budget surpluses and paid down government debt, sparking a nationwide trend, has died. He was 70.

  • Hagel Vows Support for South Korea After North’s Threats

    Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reiterated the Obama administration’s “unwavering commitment” to protect South Korea following escalated North Korean threats to attack the U.S. and its Asian ally.

  • Making the Most of Webinars

    If you're anything like I am, you listen to webinars with one ear, occasionally checking your computer screen if a graph or image is referenced, perhaps catching up on email or articles while the webinar is running in the background. Despite the challenges for viewers, everyone from for-profit companies like LinkedIn and Procter and Gamble to non-profits like the Red Cross and City Year to professional associations like...

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