Posts Tagged ‘New York’

School District To Pay $81,000 In Legal Fees In Lesbian Prom Case

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Fulton, MS, United States (AHN) – A Mississippi school district has been ordered to pay more than $81,000 in legal fees in the civil rights case of Constance McMillen, who was barred from attending her high school prom this year with her girlfriend as a date. McMillen won her [...]

New Hampshire Paper Refuses To Publish Gay Wedding Announcement

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor Manchester, NH, United States (AHN) – Two men in the process of planning for their upcoming nuptials have run into an unexpected snag regarding their wedding announcement. Despite gay marriage being legal in New Hampshire, the state’s largest newspaper is refusing to run an announcement of the event. [...]

First-Time Jobless Claims Drop 23,000 For Week Ending Oct. 16

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Advance figures for seasonally adjusted initial jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 16 decreased by 23,000 to 452,000, according to the Department of Labor. The previous week’s revised first-time jobless claims averaged 462,250 and the 4-week moving average was 458,000, a decrease [...]

U.S. sells 10-yr debt at lower yield; bonds fall

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Treasury Department sold $21 billion in 10-year notes on Wednesday at a yield of 2.495%, the lowest yield since January 2009. Bidders offered to buy 2.99 times the amount of debt sold, compared to an average of 3.32 times at the last four comparable sales. Indirect bidders, a group which [...]

Paladino Defends Comments About Gays

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino defended himself on Monday from critics of his comments about homosexuality over the weekend to Brooklyn Jews. “I’ve always stood behind everything that I’ve said,” Paladino said on NBC’s “Today” when asked about a speech the previous [...]

Contrite Sanchez Issues Apology To Stewart for “Inartful” Comments

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Fired CNN correspondent Rick Sanchez broke his silence Wednesday regarding the comments that cost him his job. In a statement, Sanchez said he had apologized to “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart for his “inartful comments” and confirmed he had a “very [...]

First Solar shares strengthen on new orders

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — First Solar shares rose 1.3% to $140.45 on Thursday, bucking a drop of 0.3% in the S&P 500 . The stock is one of the leading gainers in the index. Late Wednesday, the maker of thin film solar panels said it signed sales agreements with seven customers for a 380-megawatt increase [...]

Kohl’s Opens 21 Stores, Adds 4,000 Jobs

Jeehan Fernandez – AHN News Writer Menomonee Falls, WI, United States (AHN) – Kohl’s Department Stores opened 21 new stores nationwide Wednesday, creating 3,000 jobs across 15 states from California to New York this fall. The company also opened a new customer service and operations center in San Antonio, TX, which recently hired some 200 [...]

Treasury sells 2-yr debt at lowest yield on record

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Treasury Department sold $36 billion in 2-year notes on Monday at a yield of 0.441%, the lowest level on record for an auction. Bidders offered to buy 3.78 times the amount of debt sold, up from an average of 3.21 times in the last four sales, all of which were [...]

7 Indicted In Virginia Cocaine Ring

David Goodhue – AHN News Reporter Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Seven men in northern Virginia have been indicted on federal drug and firearm charges and are accused of peddling drugs supplied by Mexican organized crime gangs. The indictment charges that 30-year-old Yasin Oriza Arreola, who is also known as “Tony” or “El Diablo,” [...]

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