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Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? - USA TODAY
They spoke on condition of anonymity because lawmakers have not finalized all the details. Those are the most contentious parts of legislation designed to boost cybersecurity against the constant attacks that target US government, corporate and ...
Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria - USA TODAY
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said they had a "very vigorous discussion." In an interview broadcast earlier Saturday on Russian state television, Lavrov had warned that Moscow would use its ...
Komen reverses decision on funding Planned Parenthood - USA TODAY
According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of repercussions, a driving force behind the move was Karen Handel, who was hired by Komen last year as vice president for public policy after losing a campaign for governor in ...
Chrysler rewards workers with $1500 bonus checks - USA TODAY
For hourly workers it will be based on profit sharing formula ratified by UAW members last fall, according to a person familiar with Chrysler's UAW contract. The profit sharing formula for Chrysler workers is based on the company's modified operating ...
American Airlines could shed 14000 jobs to cut costs - USA TODAY
Jeff Brundage, AMR senior vice president for human resources, gave employees the estimate of job cuts, according to an official who asked not to be identified because the comment was made in a closed meeting. If American and its three unions can't ...
Report: Taliban POWs convinced of victory - USA TODAY
"It's a very lopsided perspective because some of them are motivated to portray the picture in their favor," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with NATO regulations. For more information about reprints & permissions, ...
Rutgers in negotiations with Mario Cristobal - USA TODAY
By Keith Sargeant, The Home News Tribune Rutgers University is negotiating with Mario Cristobal to be its next football coach, a person close to the situation told New Jersey Press Media on Monday. The person said Cristobal, who spent the past five ...
NCAA Division I governance to be examined - USA TODAY
Speaking on the condition of anonymity in advance of Emmert's comments Sunday, they said he has indicated he wants to examine the merits and mechanics of further subdivision if not explicitly push for it. A number of presidents and chancellors on the ...
Yemen's president on way to US to seek medical treatment - USA TODAY
Speaking on condition of anonymity in line with government policy, she said Saleh and those accompanying him were not going to enter the United Kingdom. Saleh was traveled on a chartered Emirates plane with a private doctor, translator, ...
France, Karzai want faster NATO Afghanistan exit - USA TODAY
A senior US defense official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue that US forces are continuing to plan to transition to the Afghans at the end of 2014, and that nothing has changed. In Washington, US State Department ...
Activists report 'terrifying massacre' in Syria - USA TODAY
"It's racial cleansing," said one resident of Karm el-Zaytoun, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. "They are killing people because of their sect," he said. Syria has a volatile sectarian divide, making civil unrest one of the most ...
PGA Tour takes step toward qualifying change - USA TODAY
The manager spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to release the information. But such prosperity prompted several players — including Brandt Snedeker during a Q&A portion of the meeting — to ask: "If everything is so good, ...
Timberwolves' Love agrees to contract extension - USA TODAY
The (St. Paul) Pioneer-Press, citing a person close to the situation who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to go public, said the deal was for $62 million and included a clause allowing Love to opt out after three years.
Japan kept silent on worst nuclear crisis scenario - USA TODAY
The AP obtained it Wednesday through a government source, who insisted on anonymity because the document was still categorized as internal. Goshi Hosono, the Cabinet minister in charge of the nuclear crisis, implicitly acknowledged the document's ...
US military raid in Somalia frees American, Dane - USA TODAY
Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information had not been released publicly. The timing of the raid may have been made more urgent by a medical condition. The Danish Refugee Council had been trying to work with Somali elders ...
4 Conn. officers arrested over treatment of Latinos - USA TODAY
That is a reference to Chief Leonard Gallo, according to a person with direct knowledge who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing. A message was left for Gallo. The indictment also accused unnamed union leaders of ...
Minnesota Timberwolves make big push to keep Love - USA TODAY
Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the situation who requested anonymity because the deal was not finalized confirmed that Love would be offered a four-year, $60 million extension by the Timberwolves. If Love doesn't accept that by Jan. ...
Obama to again accept nomination in football stadium - USA TODAY
The sources said organizers began considering the stadium in early 2011, before fundraising began. The Republican convention, set to begin Aug. 27 in Tampa, has no similar restrictions on big donors. However, the choice of Bank of America stadium for ...
Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market - USA TODAY
The source was not authorized to speak to the media and requested anonymity. The company said in a statement that it was taking security measures to protect the website and that disruptions on the site were to be expected. Orna Goren, a spokeswoman for ...
Pakistan Taliban leader reported dead in US strike - USA TODAY
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters. Pakistani Taliban spokesman Asimullah Mehsud denied the group's leader was killed and said he was not in the area where the drone strike occurred. ...
First American full face transplant patient is smiling - USA TODAY
(The third donor family chose to remain anonymous and did not participate in the study.) Wiens, through physical therapy, can once again do things such as control his lips to drink from a glass. And he regained his sense of smell. ...
US warns Iran not to block Strait of Hormuz amid tensions - USA TODAY
The brazen killing of a young scientist by motorcycle-riding bombers is almost surely the work of Israel, according to US and other officials speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. The killing on a Tehran street followed ...
House GOP struggles with how to legislate - USA TODAY
"I think you'll see us spend an awful lot of time and effort on the issue of tax reform," Boehner said, but leadership aides, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak on the record about strategy, concede that the House is ...
In Exeter, NH: Not all residents throw support to Romney - USA TODAY
Luckily, another voter and fellow Romney supporter, who declined to give his name, made a similar assumption and, after calling his wife to get the poll location, led Kellner to Tuck Learning Campus, where voting in New Hampshire's primary Tuesday was ...
Casino owner pumps $5M into pro-Gingrich 'super PAC' - USA TODAY
The AP cited an unnamed source who requested anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. Gingrich was the target of attack ads paid for by Restore Our Future, a political action committee supporting Mitt Romney. ...