Government

California School District Sued Over Yoga Program

An attorney representing a family bent out of shape over a public school yoga program in the beach city of Encinitas filed a lawsuit last Wednesday to stop the district-wide classes. In the lawsuit ...

Bernanke Challenge: Prime Markets For Policy Turn

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is preparing for a most sensitive task: telling jittery investors who have grown accustomed to the U.S. central bank's ultra-easy monetary policies that things ...

White House Warns On Mar. 1 Budget Cut Impacts

With five days left before $85 billion is slashed from U.S. government budgets, the White House issued more dire warnings about the harm the cuts will do to Americans, breaking down the loss of jobs ...

Einhorn Scores Legal Victory Vs. Apple

A U.S. judge handed outspoken hedge fund manager David Einhorn a victory in his battle with Apple Inc. on Friday, blocking the iPhone maker from moving forward with a shareholder vote on a ...

Court Date Coming For U.S. Gulf Coast Oil Spillers

Nearly three years after a deepwater well rupture killed 11 men, sank a rig and spewed 4 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP and the other companies involved are scheduled to face ...