KIEV (Reuters) - Gas talks overnight between Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz and Russia's gas export monopoly, Gazprom, ended with no concrete results, the head of Naftogaz was quoted as saying on Thursday. Interfax-Ukraine quoted Naftogaz chief ...

8 Jan 2009

Lighting up on the outdoor patios of cafes and coffee shops may soon be a thing of the past in Los Angeles. The city's arts and parks committee took a first step Wednesday toward a new ban on smoking on restaurant patios or within 10 feet of any ...

8 Jan 2009

Senator Reid, I ask in the name of merciful God why you didn't just accept Burris' appointment and be done with it. He's good enough, he's smart enough, and gosh darnit, as you yourself conceded yesterday for reasons no one will ever quite fathom, he ...

8 Jan 2009

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Despite the heavy fighting as Israel resumed its Gaza offensive Wednesday, strides were made on the diplomatic front with the U.S. throwing its weight behind a deal being brokered by France and Egypt. The United Nations ...

8 Jan 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing with concern to "red ink as far as the eye can see," President-elect Barack Obama pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of-control Social Security and Medicare spending and named a special watchdog to clamp down on other ...

8 Jan 2009

We Live in Public is the story of the Internets revolutionary impact on human interaction as told through the eyes of Internet pioneer and visionary, Josh Harris. Though once considered the godfather of the downtown Internet scene in NYC in the 90s ...

8 Jan 2009