SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Despite reaching a long awaited budget agreement, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders remain mum about how they plan to close California's $19 billion deficit.
Late Friday night, leaders of the state Senate and Assembly from both parties stood together outside the governor's office after an intensive five-hour...
(Reuters) - The French may love to look good but few are willing to work up a sweat over it.
Despite increasing awareness of the benefits of healthy eating and physical exercise, going to the gym in France is still a niche activity that has yet to capture the mainstream.
France's generous healthcare system, its cultural preference for...
(CNN) -- More than 1,200 NASA workers will be laid off Friday, despite Congress passing a $19 billion budget for the space agency two days earlier.
Lori Garver, NASA's deputy administrator, said Thursday she didn't believe the bill would affect planned layoffs, "certainly not for tomorrow."
Thursday was the last day for laid-off employees to...
WASHINGTON, DC—In a move that was as shocking as it was welcomed by the mailing community, the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) denied the U.S. Postal Service's (USPS) request for an average 5.6 percent rate increase. The commission unanimously found that the Postal Service failed to justify rate increases in excess of its statutory Consumer...
