Posts Tagged ‘Light’

This week in science: In new light

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Light turnout in Mass. US Senate primary contest

BOSTON (AP) — Turnout was relatively across Massachusetts on Tuesday as voters chose which Republican and Democratic candidates will win their party primaries and go on to campaign in the state's second special U.S. Senate election in four years. Tweet This Post

Coworker With Fluorescent Bike Vest Treats Office To Futuristic Light Show On Way To Desk

CHICAGO—Emitting a wondrous spectrum of glowing, electric hues, local administrative assistant Jerry Offman dazzled coworkers with a futuristic light show Monday morning as he walked past their desks arrayed in a fluorescent bike-safety vest. The Onion Tweet This Post

Obama Makes Light of Recent Controversies at Gridiron Dinner

WASHINGTON — President Obama made light of the recent spat between White House economic adviser Gene Sperling and journalist Bob Woodward Saturday night when he turned on his comedic charm before an elite group at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner. “This whole brouhaha has had… Tweet This Post

Obama Makes Light of Recent Controversies at Gridiron Dinner

WASHINGTON — President Obama made light of the recent spat between White House economic adviser Gene Sperling and journalist Bob Woodward Saturday night when he turned on his comedic charm before an elite group at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner. “This whole brouhaha has had… Tweet This Post

U.S. gives banking green light to Myanmar tycoons

YANGON (Reuters) – Two banks owned by tycoons associated with Myanmar's former military regime will start to do business with U.S. companies and investors in the latest reward for the Southeast Asian country's rapid political transformation. The U.S. Treasury Department said on Friday it would issue a general licence for four of Myanmar's biggest banks [...]

Study Casts Light on Robo-Polls

A new study “makes a startling suggestion about so-called ‘robo-polls’ in the 2012 Republican presidential primaries, raising the question of whether these automated surveys may have been adjusted to match live-interviewer polls,” Gary Langer reports. Tweet This Post

Immigration U-turn has Hispanics seeing “light at end of tunnel”

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Ricardo, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, sets off each day before dawn looking for casual work in construction not knowing if he will return home to his wife and three children or get snared in an immigration sweep. Lately, he feels the pervasive fear slowly lifting. Ricardo, 46, is among millions of [...]