http://www.citytools.net This is an editing team for the CT Staff en 2013-06-19T07:21:12 2013-06-19T07:21:12 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6b9b01d0-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Mr. Hastings, the journalist whose reporting led to the ouster of the commander of American forces in Afghanistan in 2010, was killed in a car crash, the news Web site BuzzFeed said.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/business/media/polk-winner-33-dies-in-car-crash.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6ab5f4f0-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Wet ‘n’ Wild Las Vegas has extended its operating hours. Beginning this Friday and Saturday, and every Friday and Saturday thereafter, the park will open at 10 a.m. and close at 10 p.m. The park previously closed at 8 p.m. on those nights.<a href="http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/jun/18/water-park-extends-hours-offers-twilight-tickets/">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6999d5e6-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Arc System Works president Minoru Kidooka says that more Guilty Gear news will come at E3 2014.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6410426.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6410426">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/685335ce-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ LONDON (Reuters) - AstraZeneca and Bristol-Myers Squibb&#39;s diabetes drug Onglyza failed to reduce heart risks in a large clinical study. The companies, which jointly sell several diabetes drugs, said on Wednesday the so-called SAVOR trial showed that patients on Onglyza had no fewer adverse cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, than those on placebo. Doctors and investors had been awaiting results of the SAVOR trial with keen interest and a positive result could have encouraged increased use of the drug. ...<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/astrazeneca-bristol-diabetes-drug-fails-show-heart-benefit-062113731.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/646cbdf4-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pitch-perfect teen country singer Danielle Bradbery won TV singing contest &quot;The Voice&quot; on Tuesday, scoring a contract with Universal Music Group and a $100,000 cash prize. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/entertainment/~3/VOrgREfUN3Q/story01.htm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/63627f02-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Four US soldiers are killed in a Taliban attack at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, shortly after the US announced direct talks with the militants.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22963576#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/62640260-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Riot police and demonstrators clash in new protests in Brazil&#39;s largest city, Sao Paulo, after President Rousseff praises the protests&#39; aims.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22963697#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6159f820-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ A Nottinghamshire woman with balance problems says a specially-trained dog has helped her &quot;get her life back&quot;.<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-22954943#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/60551a4a-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ By Mark John PARIS (Reuters) - A feeling in France that the European Union no longer works in its interest is fueling tensions between Paris and Brussels and adding pressure on President Francois Hollande to be more assertive in Europe. Successive Europe-wide polls show that disenchantment with the EU is rising fastest in France, a founder member whose battle to reform its ailing economy has now become the top preoccupation of the 27-nation bloc. ...<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-french-eu-wariness-complicates-life-hollande-053605617.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5f54820c-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four U.S. troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the Americans on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war.<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-taliban-claim-killed-4-us-troops-055141306.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5e440676-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ PARIS (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent will focus on its high-growth fixed and mobile products and slim down via 1 billion euro in cost cuts by 2015 in a bid to reverse years of losses. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/technologyNews/~3/PbdCgyzZS-I/story01.htm">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5d26d9c6-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Dan HoltmeyerThese women don&#8217;t trust TransCanada&#8217;s assurances about safety. TransCanada swears that once the Keystone XL pipeline is operational, it will be totally safe. The company is apparently so confident &#8212; despite already having had to dig up and replace faulty stretches of the pipeline’s southern leg &#8212; that it doesn’t see the need to invest in state-of-the-art spill-detection technology. TransCanada is like that obnoxious seventh-grade skateboarder too confident in his sick moves to bother with a helmet. The internal spill detectors ...<a href="http://grist.org/news/keystone-xl-wont-use-state-of-the-art-spill-technology/?utm_source=syndication&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=feed"> (more) </a><a href="http://grist.org/news/keystone-xl-wont-use-state-of-the-art-spill-technology/?utm_source=syndication&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feed">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5bfe1d8e-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ A nickel of every dollar from the BP-oil-spill fines should be used to protect coastal marshes and wetlands to help the gulf survive the next oil spill.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/opinion/surviving-the-next-gulf-oil-spill.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5ab72a56-d8ab-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ If the Phillies are truly trying to resolve the puzzle of their ability to contend - and aren&#39;t merely trying to convince themselves, their fans, or any potential trade partners of that - then the big piece of the equation is as obvious as always.<a href="http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=168491&44=212054891&32=3796&7=195227&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Fphilly%2Fsports%2Fphillies%2F20130619_Can_Howard_ever_find_the_power_again_.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/06f902a2-d8a3-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ By Susan Kelly CHICAGO (Reuters) - Shares of U.S. hospital operators have been on a tear this year, on average posting triple the gains of the broader stock market, as investors tallied up the benefits of President Barack Obama&#39;s healthcare reform. While some on Wall Street have held back amid signs of trouble as U.S. states prepare to implement the reform law, long-term investors still see more reward than risk on the horizon for hospital stocks. They expect company earnings to strengthen as more Americans gain insurance coverage and hospitals lose less money treating the uninsured. ...<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-hospital-investors-sold-u-health-reform-despite-050537384.html">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/04eaf56a-d8a3-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ A new health policy that would make condoms available in the district’s high schools is up for a vote on Wednesday night.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/19/education/board-to-vote-on-condoms-in-boston-schools.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/01d66378-d8a3-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Report by Rolling Stone reporter brought down Stanley McChrystal, who was the top US general in AfghanistanThe award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings – who wrote a Rolling Stone story that brought down a top US general – has died in a car accident in Los Angeles.Hastings won a Polk award for magazine reporting for his Rolling Stone cover report The Runaway General. The story was credited with ending General Stanley McChrystal&#39;s career after it revealed the military leader&#39;s candid criticisms of the Obama administration. Hastings also ...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/michael-hastings-runaway-general-dies"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/michael-hastings-runaway-general-dies">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/00c540f8-d8a3-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Curbs on the sale and possession of alcohol in 19 Queensland communities do target Indigenous Australians, but do not breach discrimination lawsAlcohol management plans do not breach racial discrimination laws because they are &quot;special measures&quot; designed to protect vulnerable Indigenous communities, Australia&#39;s high court has ruled.In a ruling handed down in Canberra on Wednesday, the court rejects arguments that the management plans, which restrict the sale and possession of alcohol, breach United Nations and Australian racial discrimination laws.The ...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/australia-indigenous-alcohol-law"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/australia-indigenous-alcohol-law">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/ffb497ea-d8a2-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Christians and atheists are ramping up their messages in the battle for hearts and minds in the City of ChurchesThe gentle pace of Adelaide&#39;s Rundle Mall resembled the more extreme pockets of Speaker&#39;s Corner in London&#39;s Hyde Park as evangelical preachers harangued shoppers who didn&#39;t love Jesus enough, threatening extra hell-fire for the sins of women, homosexuals and Muslims. The group was silenced after a year-long spectacle when the high court ruled to uphold a council by-law requiring proselytisers of any message to seek permission to spruik on ...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/adelaide-religion-atheism-australia"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/adelaide-religion-atheism-australia">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/fea4e378-d8a2-11e2-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ The WikiLeaks founder hopes a Coalition victory in September will bring on a purge of Julia Gillard&#39;s Labor party, and insists there is no constitutional barrier to his own election to the senateJulian Assange has delivered a scathing attack on the Australian government in an interview marking one year since he walked into the Ecuadorean embassy in London and sought asylum.Assange told the press he hoped the predicted Coalition win in September would clean out the Labor party and prime minister Julia Gillard&#39;s &quot;cronies&quot;, who he said had relied too ...<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/australia-julian-assange-wikileaks"> (more) </a><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/19/australia-julian-assange-wikileaks">[original story]</a>