Road Work Puts Halesite Biz Owners In Jam

We don't normally have to wait until May to find out what the Indy 500 pace car will be, but this year it took a little time. But now we know: It's the all-new C7 Corvette Stingray.

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.    

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office. In a week when the White House was repeatedly assailed over the IRS' targeting of conservative groups, the attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya and the Justice Department's secret seizure of Associated Press phone records, sweeping immigration legislation advanced methodically toward bipartisan approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee. A bipartisan House group also reported agreement in principle toward an immigration compromise — which looms as Obama's best chance for a signature second-term achievement.

Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.    

Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who should be involved.