°J° Modern[a] Mitolog-y[-ía]: News from The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Companies are more productive, fewer people are seeking unemployment benefits and service companies are adding jobs. Ideally, those trends could signal stronger growth, followed by more hiring. Yet until consumers consistently spend more, businesses are unlikely to hire enough to drive down unemployment.

Greek PM invites opposition to debt deal talks

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's embattled prime minister says he has invited opposition conservatives to join talks on a major European debt deal. Prime Minister George Papandreou ignored calls Thursday to resign and hold an early general election.

Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Occupy Wall Street supporters who staged rallies that shut down the nation's fifth-busiest port during a day of protests condemned on Thursday the demonstrators who clashed with police in the latest flare-up of violence in Oakland, Calif. Riot police arrested dozens of protesters in the city's downtown, where bands of demonstrators threw chunks of concrete and metal pipes as well as lit roman candles and firebombs, police said. At least four protesters and several officers were injured.

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US report blasts China, Russia for cybercrime
WASHINGTON (AP) - Cyberattacks by Chinese and Russian intelligence services, as well corporate hackers in those countries, have swallowed up large amounts of high-tech American research and development data, and that stolen information has helped build their economies, U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded. The report, offering the first such detailed public accusations from U.S. officials, said computer attacks by foreign governments are on the rise and represent a "persistent threat to U.S. economic security."

Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of private property

HAVANA (AP) - Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raul Castro. The law, which takes effect Nov. 10, applies to citizens living in Cuba and permanent residents only, according to a red-letter headline on the front page of Thursday's Communist Party daily Granma and details published in the government's Official Gazette.

Cain blames media, Perry for furor

WASHINGTON (AP) - Herman Cain is defending himself anew and - without evidence - blaming presidential rival Rick Perry's campaign of being behind the disclosure of years-old sexual harassment allegations against him. Cain is pressing forward, even as a third woman says she considered filing a complaint against him over sexually suggestive remarks and gestures. "That is the DC culture: Guilty until proven innocent," Cain told Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, in an interview published Thursday on The Daily Caller website.

House panel approves subpoena on Solyndra loan

WASHINGTON (AP) - A Republican-led House panel on Thursday agreed to subpoena the White House for documents related to Solyndra Inc., the failed California solar company that received a half-billion-dollar federal loan. A House Energy and Commerce subcommittee voted 14-9 along party lines to authorize subpoenas of top White House officials. GOP lawmakers say the subpoenas are necessary because the White House has denied or delayed requests for thousands of documents related to Solyndra. The Fremont, Calif., company received a $528 million federal loan before filing for bankruptcy protection and laying off 1,100 workers.

Fewer seek unemployment aid, hopeful sign for jobs

WASHINGTON (AP) - Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a hopeful sign that the job market might be picking up. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 397,000, the lowest level in five weeks. It's only the third time since April that applications have fallen below 400,000.

Thanksgiving air travel forecast: full flights
WASHINGTON (AP) - Passengers may have to compete with slightly fewer people getting to the airport this Thanksgiving, but flights will be as full as ever, airline industry officials said Thursday. The Air Transport Association's annual Thanksgiving travel forecast predicts 37,000 fewer passengers per day - about a 2 percent drop - over the holiday period compared to last year.

Texas judicial panel investigates beating video

PORTLAND, Texas (AP) - After being flooded with calls, faxes and emails calling for action, a Texas judicial panel is investigating an internet video that shows a judge beating his teenage daughter with a belt. The State Commission on Judicial Conduct says in a statement released Thursday that it has "commenced an investigation into the incident."

°J° Modern[a] Mitolog-y[-ía]

3.11.11

News from The Associated Press

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