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Story: RTA asks transit users: How’s the ride? Agency says $500,000 survey is worth the cost In recent weeks, thousands of CTA and Metra riders on selected buses and trains have received brochure-like surveys and emails asking how satisfied they are with their public transportation…. Both the CTA and Metra surveys are extensive [...]
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6:59pm UK, Tuesday November 29, 2011 Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Iran faces “serious consequences” after the British Embassy in Tehran was stormed by hardline students. Rocks and petrol bombs were thrown, while documents were removed from offices and burnt, Iranian news agencies reported. The break-in came after hundreds of students gathered [...]
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Sonic Youth‘s Lee Ranaldo has suggested that the group will no longer record new music or play live. The guitarist told Rolling Stone that the end of the band seems to have happened organically. © PA Images / Jack Plunkett/FRE/AP Sonic Youth’s frontpeople Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore separated last month after 27 years of [...]
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the top commander of U.S. and NATO troops has ordered a retraining for coalition forces following recent deaths of Afghan civilians during military operations. Read more
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Most intriguing in the latest sexual allegation involving former GOP presidential front-runner Herman Cain is his lawyer’s response. It’s not your garden-variety “This is a bunch of false allegations” pushback. Read more
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. Read more
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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s prime minister ruled out “business as usual” with the United States on Monday after a NATO attack killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and the army threatened to curtail cooperation over the war in Afghanistan. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fitch Ratings gave the United States until 2013 to come up with a “credible plan” to tackle its ballooning budget deficit or risk a downgrade of the country’s coveted AAA rating. Read more
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Syria’s security forces have committed systematic “crimes against humanity” in their crackdown on anti-government protesters, a UN report says. Read more