Posts Tagged Business

Residents: Action needed on NM mine due to cancer

GRANTS, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico residents say federal officials need to either move the tailings from an abandoned uranium mill near Milan or relocate the owners of about 75 nearby homes.

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Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.

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Albuquerque police hold water drive for Magdalena

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Albuquerque Police Department is holding a water drive for the village of Magdalena, whose well has gone dry.

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NSA director says plot against Wall Street foiled

From left, Deputy Attorney General James Cole; National Security Agency (NSA) Deputy Director Chris Inglis; NSA Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander; Deputy FBI Director Sean Joyce; and Robert Litt, general counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; prepares to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, before the House Intelligence Committee hearing regarding NSA surveillance. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. foiled a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange because of the sweeping surveillance programs at the heart of a debate over national security and personal privacy, officials said Tuesday at a rare open hearing on intelligence led by lawmakers sympathetic to the spying.

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Mattingly’s return to Yankee Stadium washed out

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly responds to questions during a news conference before a baseball game against the New York Yankees Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NEW YORK (AP) — Back in the 1980s, when the New York Yankees were in a championship drought, there was one player most fans were inevitably drawn to.

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