Changing of the Guard at the Glimmerglass Opera Festival
Since 1975, the Glimmerglass Opera Festival has filled the upstate air with summers of opera. Starting in September, the company will have a new general and artistic director, Francesca Zambello....
View ArticleMet Gets Grant to Support Wagnerian Singers
The Metropolitan Opera has good news for aspiring opera singers.The Met announced that it is getting more than $1 million in grant money from the Lauritz Melchior Heldentenor Foundation to encourage...
View ArticleJetBlue to Stay in Queens
JetBlue says it's sticking with New York City.The airline had been considering a move out of town and announced last year that it was deciding between New York and Orlando, Florida. JetBlue says it'll...
View ArticleBanking Reform Bill Moves to Senate Floor
The Senate Banking Committee voted on Monday along party lines to advance legislation overhauling the country's financial system.Committee chairman Chris Dodd introduced the bill last week and, The New...
View ArticleAs Obama Prepares to Sign Health Bill, Debate Continues
President Obama is expected to sign his health care reform bill into law today at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. But the year-long debate is far from finished.The bill promises to...
View ArticleU.S., Mexico Adjust Drug Strategy
The Obama administration pledged long-term support for Mexico's drug war on Tuesday.A delegation of senior officials joined the Mexican government in a $330 million plan that shifts emphasis from...
View ArticleObama Signs Health Care Reforms into Law
President Barack Obama signed his health care bill today just before noon, enacting one of the most significant pieces of social legislation in decades.At the signing ceremony in the East Room of the...
View ArticleU.S., Russia Set to Cut Nuclear Arms Stockpiles
The U.S. and Russia are close to an agreement that would roll back nuclear arms stockpiles in both countries by as much as one-quarter.The new treaty could be signed at a meeting between President...
View ArticleVatican Denounces Media's 'Smear Campaign'
The Vatican is denouncing what it is calling the media's "smear campaign" over recent coverage of the Pope's role in two priest sexual abuse cases in Wisconsin and in Germany. The BBC reports that the...
View ArticleHealth Care Bill Clears Final Hurdle
President Obama was talking up his health care plan in Iowa Thursday when Congress approved a set of changes to the Democrats' health care overhaul bill. The Senate approved the budget reconciliation...
View ArticleObama Hails Nuclear Pact with Russia
President Obama announced this morning that the U.S. and Russia have finalized a nuclear arms treaty that will reduce strategic weapons stockpiles by one-third.Long-range weapons would be reduced from...
View ArticleJudge Blocks City Plan to Close 19 Schools
A state judge has blocked the city from going ahead with plans to phase out 19 low-performing schools.State Supreme Court Justice Joan Lobis sided with parents, teachers, and the NAACP, saying the city...
View ArticleAllawi Leads Iraq Vote, Maliki Wants Recount
The secular Shiite coalition led by former prime minister Iyad Allawi has reportedly won the most seats in this month's parliamentary elections in Iraq.With 91 seats, Allawi is far from the 163 seat...
View ArticleMet Gets $30 Million Gift, Without Strings
The Metropolitan Opera has announced that it's received a $30 million donation from philanthropist Ann Ziff.The New York Times reports that the opera company plans to use the unrestricted donation to...
View ArticleMembers of Militant Christian Group Arrested
Nine members of a Christian militia group based in Michigan have been indicted on sedition and weapons charges.Law enforcement officials say the group was planning to assassinate law enforcement...
View ArticleLarge Hadron Collider Spins Successfully
Europe's Large Hadron Collider started crashing subatomic particles into each other today, following months of delays.Scientists have been measuring energy produced by collisions of protons traveling...
View ArticleCourt Rules Wiretapping Program Was Illegal
A federal judge has ruled that government investigators acted illegally by wiretapping the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant.The New York Times...
View Article$5 Billion Pledged to Haiti Recovery
The international community has pledged over $5 billion to help Haiti rebuild from January's devastating earthquake.The sum far exceeds the $4 billion goal set for rebuilding the country's...
View ArticleOvernight Car Bomb Blast in Dagestan, Russia
Another bomb has gone off in southern Russia today. Overnight, at least two people were killed when their car blew up in the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, which borders Chechnya. The attack came...
View ArticleRacette Will Replace Mattila in Met's Tosca
Karita Mattila will not be singing the title role of Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera this spring.The Met has announced Patricia Recette will step in for four performances in April. Mattila is...
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