Topic: United States
The Maine Labor Department says unemployment in Maine rose in January to 8.2 percent. Commissioner Laura Fortman said Wednesday that January's rate is up from December's 8.1 percent rate and the 7.3 unemployment rate a year ago. Fortman said there ...
A late philanthropist's modern art collection featuring a rarely seen work by Pablo Picasso is being auctioned in New York City. The seminal painting by Picasso is called "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust." It's expected to fetch up to $90 million in the May ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley repeated U.S. calls for Tehran to release the three, whose arrest in July after straying into Iran ...
