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 [...]
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New Hampshire Paper Refuses To Publish Gay Wedding Announcement
October 25th, 2010
davidguide 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
October 21st, 2010
davidguide 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
October 13th, 2010
davidguide 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 [...]
Kohl’s Opens 21 Stores, Adds 4,000 Jobs
September 29th, 2010
davidguide 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
September 27th, 2010
davidguide 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
September 26th, 2010
davidguide 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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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 [...]