Noticias de Hoy

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Setting the stage for a constitutional showdown, the Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule that presidents have broad authority to make certain appointments without Senate approval. If the nine justices agree to hear the dispute over appointments President Barack Obama made to the National Labor Relations Board last year, it will be one of the biggest issues before the court in its next term, which will begin in October and end in June 2014. In January the U. S. . . .

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Short on glam, slim on glitter, the NFL draft was still nothing less than a rock solid B-plus.

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A phone tip and a Superman tattoo led to the Mexico arrest and return to the U. S. of a fugitive charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Los Angeles girl.

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Can’t make it to see “Jurassic Park” in 3-D? The artists at airigami have you covered. With some help from volunteers and school children, the airigami group headed by Larry Moss has created a 20-foot-tall dinosaur from balloons. The effort took days, but in the above video you can watch from beginning to end in [. . . ]

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SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd reported on Friday its sixth straight quarter of profit growth ahead of the debut of its latest Galaxy smartphone, the South Korean IT giant’s biggest assault on rival Apple Inc yet. By launching the Galaxy S4 in the United States on Saturday, Samsung is taking aim at Apple’s home market at a time when the iPhone maker appears to have hit a snag. Earlier this week, Apple reported its first profit decline in more than a decade and indicated no major product releases until the fall. . . .

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The Kansas City Chiefs began to realize about two weeks ago that Central Michigan’s Eric Fisher would be their choice with the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft.

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) ? Reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, though the bigger star of the show might have been the one who wasn’t there: The late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera.

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MTV has got us EXCITED! But why, you ask??The Viacom owned network is bringing Wes Craven?s Scream movies to television!! AH-MAZING!A one-hour pilot has been ordered and will be based on the franchise! In fact, MTV and Dimension Film are trying to get Wes, who helmed the first Scream back in 1996, to direct the pilot!As no writer has signed onto the project, we sure hope Kevin Williamson is in on this! He did, afterall, pen the movie scripts!Assuming all goes well, the adapted TV show could air the summer of 2014. Think we?ll see any original cast cameos? Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, we?re looking at you!!

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By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday, lifted by stronger-than-expected earnings and a large drop in weekly jobless claims. The S&P 500, up for five straight sessions, traded within a point of its record closing high before shedding about half of the day’s gains. The high was near the 1,593 level that is expected to be technical resistance. Telecommunications companies’ shares led the S&P 500’s advance, with the sector’s index up 1. 7 percent. Verizon Communications hit a 13-year high with a 2. 7 percent jump to $53. . . .

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U. S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren’t preventing HIV infection.

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