Noticias de Hoy

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The House Ethics Committee says it found no violations by House members whose mortgage loans went through the VIP section of the former Countrywide Financial Corp.

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ROME (Reuters) – The Vatican newspaper on Thursday praised Mario Monti’s announcement that he may run in February’s general election, signaling that Italy’s technocrat prime minister had replaced Silvio Berlusconi as the Church’s preferred politician. Monti said on Sunday that he was willing to seek a second term if a credible, reform-minded political force backed his agenda ahead of the February 24-25 parliamentary election. . . .

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Lawmakers are engaged in a playground game of "who goes first," daring each political party to let the year end without resolving a Jan. 1 confluence of higher taxes and deep spending cuts that could rattle a recovering, but-still-fragile economy.

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(Reuters) – A record number of legal claims were filed against the New York City Police Department in fiscal year 2011, according to a report scheduled for release on Thursday. In fiscal 2011, which ended June 30, 2011, a total of 8,882 claims were filed against the NYPD, up from the previous high of 8,110 filed in fiscal year 2010, New York City Comptroller John Liu said in the report. The city also settled $185. 6 million of personal injury and other tort claims that involved the NYPD, a 35 percent increase from fiscal 2010, the report said. . . .

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? When it comes to the nation’s budget challenges, congressional leaders are fond of saying dismissively they don’t want to kick the can down the road.

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BANGUI (Reuters) – A government minister in the Central African Republic called on Wednesday for French soldiers stationed in the country to intervene to stop rebels who have swept south in recent weeks and are now threatening the capital. The appeal came as hundreds of people protested outside the French Embassy in Bangui, the capital, throwing stones at the building and tearing down the French flag in anger at a rebel advance through the north of the country. . . .

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Washington police are investigating whether NBC?s David Gregory broke the law by holding up what appeared to be a 30-round gun magazine on Sunday?s Meet the Press despite being denied permission by police to bring the weaponry on the show. It is illegal in the. . .

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KABUL (Reuters) – When a Taliban suicide bomber killed two people on the edge of the Afghan capital this month, there was another casualty – a global fruit juice business optimistically called "Spring Wish" which provided work for thousands of farmers across the country. Mustafa Sadiq’s empire had been expanding healthily, bringing in badly needed foreign capital, before the attack inflicted the kind of financial loss cash-strapped Afghanistan can ill afford. . . .

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In case the public weren’t frustrated enough over Congress’ failure to resolve the "fiscal cliff," consider this: lawmakers probably could enact a compromise quickly and easily if Republican leaders let Democrats provide most of the votes.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? Visitors coming to the nation’s capital for President Barack Obama’s second inauguration can’t stay in the one place President Ronald Reagan’s family once called an eight-star hotel. That spot is the White House, and it’s booked for the next four years. Still, inauguration-goers have a range of lodging options ? from crashing on a friend’s couch to rooms that cost thousands of dollars a night.

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