Hong Kong police arrest 19 in protest clash
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 3rd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Hong Kong police arrest 19 in protest clash
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong arrested 19 people, some believed to have organized crime ties, during a night of running brawls stretching into Saturday as mobs tried to drive pro-democracy protesters from the streets where they’ve held a weeklong, largely peaceful demonstration.
$627M in Gulf oil spill recovery projects approved
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Officials have approved plans to spend $627 million on 44 projects meant to aid recovery from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, but environmentalists are fuming that $85.5 million will go to an Alabama beachfront hotel they say will hurt rather than help the Gulf.
Appointee refuses to step down over porn scandal
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The rest of the emails at the center of a scandal over pornography exchanges among former employees of the Pennsylvania attorney general were delivered Friday to Gov. Tom Corbett’s office.