Boeing selects GE as engine partner on next 777 aircraft

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• Boeing selects GE as engine partner on next 777 aircraft
• Boeing sees 787 airborne in weeks with fortified battery
• Mets' Wright has moderate rib strain, will rest
• Wisconsin beats Michigan 68-59 in B10 tournament
• North Dakota close to banning abortions at 6 weeks
• Woman killed, child raped in NY mall carjacking
• Hugo Chavez coffin parades past Venezuela's ills
• Obama pushes research fund, seeks common ground on energy policy
• Tunisia's assembly announces elections for fall
• Business, labor still at odds on temporary workers
• Scott in the mix at Innisbrook
• Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net
• Journalist's lawyer: Prank doesn't merit prison
• Gay marriage: Senator's shift, GOP soul-searching
• House group nearing deal on immigration bill
• Factory data underscores economic momentum
• No. 13 Florida opens SEC tourney beating LSU 80-58
• TE Keller agrees to 1-year deal with Miami
• US stocks close lower, ending winning streak
• Ex-JPMorgan execs pressed about trading loss
• Christo fills former natural gas tank in Germany
• Dominican Republic to inspect mine shipments
• Lawsuit tests bloggers' freedom of speech rights
• Insight: Expensive F-35 fighter at risk of budget "death spiral"
• US to beef up missile defense against NKorea
• Could global warming change tornado season, too?
• U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel
• Wife says Blagojevich teaching history in prison
• Italy's Parliament convenes, faces stalemate
• Appeals court reverses CIA drone secrecy ruling
• Oil and natural gas end the week higher
• Russians Volosozhar-Trankov win 1st world pairs
• Larkin leads No. 9 Miami past BC 69-58 at ACCs
• Fund pays $600M to settle insider trading charges
• Netanyahu faces rocky future in new coalition
• US clergy victims make demands of new pope
• Republican senator with gay son now backs gay marriage
• Obama says US must shift cars, trucks off of oil
• Volosozhar-Trankov win 1st world pairs title
• UN: 28 percent of NKorean children malnourished

Boeing selects GE as engine partner on next 777 aircraft Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT (Reuters) - Boeing on Friday named General Electric Co as its engine partner for the forthcoming 777X, a derivative of its successful wide-body 777 jet. "This decision to work with GE going forward reflects the best match to the development program, schedule and airplane performance," said Bob Feldmann, vice president and general manager, 777X Development, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777X is expected to enter service by the end of the decade. (Reporting by Mridhula Raghavan in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane)

Boeing sees 787 airborne in weeks with fortified battery Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT By Tim Kelly and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Boeing Co said its 787 Dreamliner jets could be airborne within weeks with a fortified power pack that would eliminate the risk of fire, confident the U.S. aviation authority would approve the redesigned battery soon. Regulators grounded all 50 of the carbon-composite Dreamliners in use by airlines worldwide in January after a battery caught fire on a Japan Airlines Co Ltd 787 jet at Boston's Logan airport and a battery melted on an All Nippon Airways Co Ltd flight in Japan. ...

Mets' Wright has moderate rib strain, will rest Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — New York Mets third baseman David Wright has a moderate strain on the left side of his rib cage and will rest for several days.

Wisconsin beats Michigan 68-59 in B10 tournament Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Ben Brust scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half and No. 22 Wisconsin knocked off sixth-ranked Michigan 68-59 in the second round of the Big Ten tournament on Friday.

North Dakota close to banning abortions at 6 weeks Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:50 PM PDT BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota on Friday moved one step closer to adopting what would be the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, with lawmakers sending the Republican governor measures that could set the state up for a costly legal battle over the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized the procedure.

Woman killed, child raped in NY mall carjacking Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:46 PM PDT ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York man previously charged with having child pornography cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle before carjacking a woman, fatally stabbing her and raping her 10-year-old daughter, authorities said.

Hugo Chavez coffin parades past Venezuela's ills Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:43 PM PDT CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The road from the military academy where Hugo Chavez's body has been lying in state to the hilltop museum where he'll be displayed indefinitely is lined with some of the most dangerous slums on the planet. It runs under bridges in dire need of repair and past grocery stores with no groceries.

Obama pushes research fund, seeks common ground on energy policy Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PDT By Roberta Rampton and Ayesha Rascoe LEMONT, Illinois/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on anything but gasoline. Obama toured the Argonne National Laboratory outside of Chicago, known for its research into advanced batteries used in electric cars, before his speech highlighting the need to find more ways to wean vehicles off of oil. ...

Tunisia's assembly announces elections for fall Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:39 PM PDT TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's national assembly has set a timetable to complete the nation's political transition, with new elections to be held between Oct. 15 and Dec. 15.

Business, labor still at odds on temporary workers Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Chamber of Commerce's lead immigration negotiator said Friday he's hoping for a deal soon with the AFL-CIO on a new temporary worker program, but the sides are still apart on important details.

Scott in the mix at Innisbrook Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PDT PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Adam Scott had a breakthrough with his short game this winter, and it's so good now that he hardly even has to use it.

Air traffic tower closures will strip safety net Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — The planned shutdown of nearly 240 air traffic control towers across the country under federal budget cuts will strip away an extra layer of safety during takeoffs and landings, leaving pilots to manage the most critical stages of flight on their own.

Journalist's lawyer: Prank doesn't merit prison Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:33 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawyer for a Reuters editor accused of conspiring with hackers to deface a Los Angeles Times story says the journalist didn't commit the crimes he's accused of.

Gay marriage: Senator's shift, GOP soul-searching Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator's embrace of gay marriage is the latest sign of soul-searching in a party struggling to adapt in a society whose demographics — and views on emotional issues — are changing fast.

House group nearing deal on immigration bill Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:31 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members working in secret on a comprehensive immigration bill is nearing completion and has met with party leaders to brief them, aides said Friday.

Factory data underscores economic momentum Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:30 PM PDT By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing output bounced back in February in the latest signal of strength in an economy that is showing clear momentum despite the headwind from government austerity. While other reports on Friday showed a surge in gasoline prices caused a spike in consumer inflation last month and eroded consumer sentiment in early March, the impact on the economy was likely to be limited and temporary. "It appears that real economic growth is on an upswing," said John Ryding, chief economist at RDQ Economics in New York. Factory production increased 0. ...

No. 13 Florida opens SEC tourney beating LSU 80-58 Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:26 PM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The 13th-ranked Florida Gators thought they finally had gotten healthy again when Erik Murphy felt a sharp pain in his knee during a non-contact pick-and-roll drill in practice. He hurt enough that trainers checked him with an MRI, iced him up and got him a sleeve to wear over his knee.

TE Keller agrees to 1-year deal with Miami Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:51 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — Tight end Dustin Keller moved up in the AFC East standings Friday, and now that he's with the Miami Dolphins he expects to keep climbing.

US stocks close lower, ending winning streak Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:21 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell Friday, ending the longest winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average in nearly 17 years.

Ex-JPMorgan execs pressed about trading loss Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:19 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Two former high-ranking executives at JPMorgan Chase faced tough questions from senators Friday about why the bank played down risks and hid losses from regulators when it was losing billions of dollars.

Christo fills former natural gas tank in Germany Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:17 PM PDT OBERHAUSEN, Germany (AP) — Artist Christo has unveiled his latest spectacular creation: a balloonlike installation that fills the inside of a former natural gas storage tank in Germany's industrial Ruhr region.

Dominican Republic to inspect mine shipments Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:13 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A Canadian joint venture operating one of the world's largest gold mines and the government of the Dominican Republic reached an agreement Friday to inspect the company's exports, ending a standoff that halted a shipment valued at nearly $12 million.

Lawsuit tests bloggers' freedom of speech rights Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a colleague of the late conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart asked a federal court of appeals Friday to throw out a defamation case brought against him by former government employee Shirley Sherrod, saying the lawsuit violates the blogger's right to freedom of speech.

Insight: Expensive F-35 fighter at risk of budget "death spiral" Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:11 PM PDT By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It's called the "death spiral," and America's newest warplane, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, is in danger of falling into it before the plane has even gone into service. The term - recently invoked by top brass involved in the F-35 program - refers to a budgeting Catch-22 that plagues the defense industry. To keep the cost per airplane low, you need to build and sell a lot of planes. But in tough economic times, governments cut orders to save money. ...

US to beef up missile defense against NKorea Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon announced Friday it will spend $1 billion to add 14 interceptors to a West Coast-based missile defense system, responding to what it called faster-than-anticipated North Korean progress on nuclear weapons and missiles.

Could global warming change tornado season, too? Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:07 PM PDT OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — With the planet heating up, many scientists seem fairly certain some weather elements like hurricanes and droughts will worsen. But tornadoes have them stumped.

U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:05 PM PDT By Phil Stewart and David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans on Friday to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, adding 14 interceptors to a missile defense site in Alaska by 2017 and deploying a radar tracking system in Japan. The decision to add 14 new anti-missile interceptors at Fort Greely in Alaska amounts to a reversal of an Obama administration decision in 2010 to stop expansion of the missile field there at 30 interceptors. The Bush administration had planned to deploy 44 total interceptors. ...

Wife says Blagojevich teaching history in prison Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:05 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is spending his time in federal prison teaching Civil War history and learning to play the guitar, while his attorneys work on an appeal, his wife said on Friday, the one-year anniversary of the beginning of his 14-year term for corruption.

Italy's Parliament convenes, faces stalemate Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:04 PM PDT ROME (AP) — Italy's newly elected Parliament was locked in political gridlock as it convened Friday for the first time after elections gave no party a clear victory.

Appeals court reverses CIA drone secrecy ruling Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday reversed a lower court ruling that allowed the CIA to refuse to confirm whether it had information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists.

Oil and natural gas end the week higher Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PDT Natural gas and oil ended the week with solid gains, with one boosted by forecasts for colder temperatures and the other by signs that U.S. manufacturing is heating up.

Russians Volosozhar-Trankov win 1st world pairs Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:57 PM PDT LONDON, Ontario (AP) — With the Sochi Olympics a year away, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov are right on target.

Larkin leads No. 9 Miami past BC 69-58 at ACCs Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:53 PM PDT GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — It doesn't matter whether Shane Larkin is passing the ball or taking it from the other team. The Miami point guard always wants to keep his teammates involved.

Fund pays $600M to settle insider trading charges Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:51 PM PDT Hedge fund CR Intrinsic Investors will pay more than $600 million in what federal regulators are calling the largest insider trading settlement ever.

Netanyahu faces rocky future in new coalition Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:47 PM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Forced to rely on the support of two fast-rising rivals in his new governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a reshaped and rocky landscape that could spell trouble ahead: An unwanted culture war with the country's ultra-Orthodox minority as well as pressure to make peace overtures to the Palestinians.

US clergy victims make demands of new pope Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:47 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) — Most Roman Catholics are rejoicing at the election of Pope Francis, but alleged victims of clergy abuse in the U.S. are demanding swift and bold actions from the new Jesuit pontiff: Defrock all molester priests and the cardinals who covered up for them, formally apologize, and release all confidential church files.

Republican senator with gay son now backs gay marriage Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:45 PM PDT By Sarah N. Lynch and Kim Palmer WASHINGTON/CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Senator Rob Portman became the most prominent Republican lawmaker to back gay rights when he reversed his opposition to same-sex marriage on Friday, two years after his son told him he was gay. In a newspaper opinion piece on Friday, shortly before the Supreme Court is to hear arguments in two key cases on the issue, the Ohio senator said he now supports gay marriage. ...

Obama says US must shift cars, trucks off of oil Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:43 PM PDT LEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Envisioning cars that can go "coast to coast without using a drop of oil," President Barack Obama on Friday urged Congress to authorize spending $2 billion over the next decade to expand research into electric cars and biofuels to wean automobiles off gasoline.

Volosozhar-Trankov win 1st world pairs title Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:42 PM PDT LONDON, Ontario (AP) — Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov completed their perfect season Friday, winning their first pairs title at the World Figure Skating Championships.

UN: 28 percent of NKorean children malnourished Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than a fourth of all North Korean children are stunted from chronic malnutrition, and two-thirds of the country's 24 million people don't know where their next meal is coming from, the United Nations said Friday.

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