All posts tagged "US"

  • In this Sunday, March 1, 2015 photo, Malia Ebel, left, walks her dogs, Seymour, left, and Sanders, both Cavalier King Charles spaniel mixes, alongside Wendy Olcott and her golden retriever, Sunny, as each dog wears winter booties, in Concord, N.H. A harsh winter across the country has pet owners buying the boots to protect their pets' paws. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
    Americans spent $58 billion to pamper, protect pets in 2014

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pet industry trade group says Americans spent $58 billion on their pets in 2014. The American Pet Products Association says that includes $22 billion for food, $15 billion for veterinary care and...

    • Posted March 5, 2015
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  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    N. Korea hates US, but likes ‘our money’: US intelligence chief

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — North Korea does not like the United States, but the communist nation likes “our money,” the U.S. intelligence chief said Tuesday, recalling Pyongyang charging him for a meal when he visited the country last...

    • Posted March 4, 2015
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  • Attendees gather outside the Samsung booth, featuring its new SUHD TV, at the International CES Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
    [YAHOO] Samsung’s US division was so successful that Korean bosses investigated and humiliated them

      Driven by huge smartphone sales and clever marketing, Samsung’s mobile division enjoyed a spectacular two-year run from the end of 2011 through 2013. But things changed last year. The company’s profits started tanking, which...

    • Posted March 2, 2015
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  • Hwang Pyong-so, a top military aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rides in an armored military vehicle during a river-crossing training exercise in this photo released by Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 27, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea ratchets up threats against S. Korea, US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday intensified its propaganda campaign, coupled with war threats, against South Korea and the United States ahead of their annual joint defense drills. Pyongyang’s mouthpieces carried stories putting the blame on...

    • Posted February 24, 2015
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  • The Pullman Factory & Administration Building. (Courtesy of Historic Pullman Foundation/Robert Shymanski via Flickr/Creative Commons License)
    Obama to designate 3 national monuments

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is designating three new national monuments for protection as historic or ecologically significant sites, including the Pullman neighborhood in Chicago where African-American railroad workers won a historic labor agreement. The White...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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    N. Korea lashes out at S. Korea over nuke issue, concerned over US-led invasion

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Wednesday lashed out at South Korea’s foreign minister over his recent meeting with the U.S. secretary of state to enhance cooperation to solve the North’s nuclear issue. The Rodong Sinmun, the...

    • Posted February 18, 2015
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    N. Korea-US meeting yields no denuclearization progress

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — No new proposal was made when top North Korean nuclear negotiators held rare meetings in Singapore with former American negotiators and scholars earlier this month, a senior South Korean official said Thursday. Pyongyang’s chief...

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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