http://local-newz.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:18:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en News & ObserverSmithfield Tar Heel plant votes for unionReuters -5 hours agoDec. 11 (Reuters) - Meat cutters at Smithfield Foods Inc's (SFD.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) huge pork plant in Tar Heel, North Carolina, voted to accept representation by the United Food and Commercials Workers union.Workers at huge NC pork ... http://local-newz.com/smithfield-tar-heel-plant-votes-for-union-reuters.html The Associated PressGOP leaders unmoved after meeting governorSan Francisco Chronicle -1 hour agoRepublican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's frosty relationship with state lawmakers in his own party got chillier Thursday, when the Senate GOP leader blasted the governor after a budget meeting with him and other legislative leaders.California GOP leader expressed support for ... http://local-newz.com/gop-leaders-unmoved-after-meeting-governor-san-francisco-chronicle.html CCTVNEW: Rep. Duncan Hunter says jet's right engine failed first, then ...CNN -5 hours agoWASHINGTON (CNN) -- A military pilot whose jet crashed into a suburban San Diego home, killing four, followed procedure and ejected from the plane as the troubled aircraft went down, a California congressman said Thursday.Marines: Pilot followed ... http://local-newz.com/new-rep-duncan-hunter-says-jets-right-engine-failed-first-then-cnn.html WELT ONLINETitle, but Unclear Power, for a New Climate CzarNew York Times -1 hour agoBy JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON - Much remains unknown, and perhaps undecided, about Carol M. Browner’s new position as White House coordinator of energy and climate policy.Teachers, friends recall Chu's years on Long IslandNewsday• Concern for Climate ... http://local-newz.com/title-but-unclear-power-for-a-new-climate-czar-new-york-times.html Sydney Morning HeraldReport Blames Rumsfeld for Detainee AbusesNew York Times -6 hours agoBy SCOTT SHANE and MARK MAZZETTI WASHINGTON - A report released Thursday by leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee said top Bush administration officials, including Donald H. Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary, bore major responsibility for ...Rumsfeld ... http://local-newz.com/report-blames-rumsfeld-for-detainee-abuses-new-york-times.html WELT ONLINESenate Abandons Automaker Bailout BidNew York Times -37 minutes agoBy DAVID M. HERSZENHORN WASHINGTON - The Senate on Thursday night abandoned efforts to fashion a government rescue of the American automobile industry, as Senate Republicans refused to support a bill endorsed by the White House and Congressional ...Automakers fail to ... http://local-newz.com/senate-abandons-automaker-bailout-bid-new-york-times.html BBC NewsMajor changes to Endangered Species ActSan Francisco Chronicle -1 hour ago(12-11) 20:28 PST -- Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced major changes Thursday to the Endangered Species Act, causing environmental groups to charge that the "midnight rules" set to go into effect before President-elect Barack Obama takes ...Rule Eases a ... http://local-newz.com/major-changes-to-endangered-species-act-san-francisco-chronicle.html Washington PostObama gets a crisis 'test run'Los Angeles Times -1 hour agoThe president-elect's third response to the Blagojevich corruption scandal may have been the charm. By Peter Nicholas Reporting from Washington -- It took three tries in as many days for President-elect Barack Obama to roll out a strategy for defusing ... http://local-newz.com/obama-gets-a-crisis-test-run-los-angeles-times.html eFluxMediaApp marketing falls on developers, not AppleMacworld -10 hours agoby Peter Cohen, Macworld.com As reported earlier, The Iconfactory's Craig Hockenberry recently posted an open letter to Steve Jobs excoriating the proliferation of what he called “ringtone apps”—essentially, 99-cent applications available for purchase ...The Trouble With the iPhone Apps BusinessGizmodoSteve Jobs' Greatest ... http://local-newz.com/app-marketing-falls-on-developers-not-apple-macworld.html DailyTechSony Ericsson, Samsung could be readying high-end Android phonesBetaNews -16 hours agoBy Jacqueline Emigh, BetaNews Could higher-end Android phones -- complete with 8 megapixel cameras -- finally be on their way to the US?CORRECTED-UPDATE2-More mobile phone makers back Google's AndroidReutersFourteen new companies have joined the Google-backed OHADailyTechBusinessWeek - CNET News - eWeek - ... http://local-newz.com/sony-ericsson-samsung-could-be-readying-high-end-android-phones-betanews.html