Posts Tagged Business

Tony-nominee David Rockwell reveals his first love

This May 1, 2013 file photo shows David Rockwell at the 2013 Tony Awards Meet the Nominees press reception in New York. Rockwell is up for best scenic designer for "Kinky Boots" and "Lucky Guy."  (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, file)

NEW YORK (AP) — One clue to understanding how David Rockwell’s mind works is by finding out what he collects. It turns out to be kaleidoscopes.

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Friday, May 24, 2013

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts, but controversy likely to persist

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I-5 bridge collapse survivor: ‘You hold on’

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridgeThursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Dan Sligh and his wife were in their pickup truck on Interstate 5 heading to a camping trip when a bridge before them disappeared in a “big puff of dust.”

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I-5 bridge collapses in NW Wash.; people in water

In this photo provided by Francisco Rodriguez, rescue workers form a human chain as they begin to remove a woman who reaches out from a smashed pickup truck that fell into the Skagit River after the collapse of the Interstate 5 bridgeThursday, May 23, 2013, in Mount Vernon, Wash. (AP Photo/Francisco Rodriguez)

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — An Interstate 5 bridge over a river collapsed north of Seattle Thursday evening, dumping two vehicles into the water and sparking a rescue effort by boats and divers as three injured people were pulled from the chilly waterway.

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Asia stocks extend losses after big sell-off

A man walks past an electronic stock indicator showing the Nikkei 225 index which nosedived 1,143.28 points, or 7.3 percent to close at 14,483.98 in Tokyo Thursday, May 23, 2013. Japanese stocks plummeted Thursday after a spike in government bond yields and unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing spooked investors sitting atop months of massive gains in share prices. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks continued to retreat Friday after being routed the day before by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus.

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