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Overdue NW Quake Could Mean $32B In Economic Damage, 10,000 Lives: Research Report
More than 10,000 people could die when—not if—a monster earthquake and tsunami occur just off the Pacific Northwest coast, researchers told Oregon legislators last Thursday. Coastal towns would ...La. Gov. Jindal Says Company Responsible For Sinkhole To Offer Home Buyouts
Texas Brine will offer buyouts to Assumption Parish residents whose homes are in a swampy area under evacuation because of a nine-acre sinkhole, Gov. Bobby Jindal said Wednesday. Scientists say the ...
President-To-President: Obama, China’s Xi Discuss Cyber Security In Phone Call
President Barack Obama took mounting U.S. concerns about computer hacking straight to China's president on Thursday in a sign of how seriously the United States takes the threat of cyber attacks ...
JPMorgan Senate Report Reveals Internal Discussion Of Email ‘Sensitivity’
JPMorgan Chase & Co. risk managers tried so hard in 2012 to get around international capital rules that they viewed their own discussions as too sensitive for email, according to a Senate report ...
Calif. Prototype Quake Notice System Half-Minute Warning
An earthquake warning system that has been under development in California worked during this week's light but widely felt temblor, scientists said Wednesday. The prototype system gave 35 seconds of ...
NYC Adopts Tough Jobless-Discrimination Law
New York City lawmakers passed the nation's most far-reaching measure Wednesday to protect out-of-work job applicants from discrimination, allowing job-seekers to sue if they believe they have been ...Pentagon Forming Cyber Teams To Prevent Attacks
The Defense Department is establishing a series of cyber teams charged with carrying out offensive operations to combat the threat of an electronic assault on the United States that could cause major ...U.S. Plans To Let Spy Agencies Scour Americans’ Finances: Reuters Report
The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy agencies full access to a massive database that contains financial data on American citizens and others who bank in the country, ...