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John Nestor – AHN Sports Correspondent
Boston, MA, United States (AHN Sports) – After a strong start, television ratings for the Stanley Cup took a dive for Game 2. Game 2 drew 3.37 million viewers and a 1.2 rating among Adults 18-49. That’s down a whopping 43% from Game 2 of the 2010 Stanley Cup Final. One of the main problems is that last year’s final featured Chicago and Philadelphia, big television markest both in the United States. Last year’s Game 2 was on a Monday and drew nearly 6 million viewers. Game 2′s rating for the Boston Bruins’ overtime loss at Vancouver was also down 27% from Game 1 of this series, which drew 4.56 million viewers on Wednesday. Saturday’s game, though suspenseful, was the least-watched Stanley Cup Final broadcast on network television since Game 5 of the 2007 Stanley Cup Final, which drew 2.87 [...] Continue Reading…

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer
Manila, Philippines (AHN) – A migrants group urged the Philippine government to prepare the evacuation of Filipino workers in Kuwait in case a political turmoil erupts in the emirate similar to what is happening in Libya, Syria and Yemen. Migrante-Middle East spokesman John Leonard Monterona said the evacuation plan must be set early because it takes time to process the repatriation of thousands of Filipino workers in Kuwait. There are about 50,000 Filipinos working in Kuwait half of whom are household helpers, according to Monterona. From the experience of the Philippine embassies in Syria and Yemen, the permission of employers to let workers leave must be sought to obtain exit clearance, which is required by the government before foreign workers can leave the country. Coordination with airlines and government agencies is also required to arrange the travel papers of Filipinos [...] Continue Reading…

The New York prosecutor subpoenaed American bank Goldman Sachs to investigate the institution’s role into the credit crisis. The court summons is in relation to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigation’s report that accused Goldman Sachs of misleading buyers of mortgage-linked investments as one of the reasons behind the collapse of the financial markets.

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Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor
New Haven, CT, United States (AHN) – The man who admitted to killing a gradaute student in 2009 while working as a Yale University lab technician was set to be sentenced on Friday. Raymond Clark, 26, was facing 44 years in prison under a plea agreement he accepted last March. He was convicted of murdering Annie Le, a pharmacology doctoral student at the university. Under the plea deal, Clark also admitted to sexual assault under the Alford Doctrine, which meant he agreed that there was sufficient evidence for him to be convicted of the charge. He admitted guilt as prosecutors released evidence indicating Le may have been sexually assaulted. Family members of Le, who was a San Jose, CA native of Vietnamese descent, were to speak at the sentencing. Le was last seen on surveillance video in the morning of Sept. 8, [...] Continue Reading…

Vernon, CT, United States (AHN) – Bravo! is voluntarily recalling select boxes of Bravo! Pig Ears Chews because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The products affected by this recall includes only Bravo! 50 ct bulk Oven roasted Pig Ears Product Code: 75-121 Lot # 12-06-10. Salmonella can affect animals and there is a risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the chews or any other surfaces exposed to these products. Healthy people with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms including, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact [...] Continue Reading…

Linda Young – AHN News Writer
Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The latest US employment report revealed a major slowdown in the number of jobs created in May with the economy only adding 54,000 jobs to payrolls, not even enough to keep up with growth in the workforce. It was a sharp contrast to April when the economy added 232,000 jobs added to payrolls, according to the US Department of Labor report released Friday. However, even the April figures were not much help in bringing down the high unemployment rates created by the recession that officially ended in June 2009. That is because economists say the nation needs to create around 200,000 jobs each month just to keep up with new people entering the labor force for the first time. But job creation has not picked up and new graduates are having a trouble getting their first job. To put [...] Continue Reading…

Linda Young – AHN News Writer
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Toshiba’s entry into the fast-growing tablet market will launch in July priced below the competing Apple tablet. Toshiba’s Thrive android tablet will sell for $429, a price designed to keep the entry-level model below the cost of the competing base model of Apple’s iPad2. That base price includes 8 gigabytes of memory. The 16 GB model will sell for $479 while the top model with 32 GB will go for $579. Thrive uses Wi-Fi and company. The company is trying to distinguish its thin piece of glass and plastic from others on the market. Therefore, it is marketing its tablet as being the closest to a laptop computer. The Toshiba Thrive will include HDMI, USB and SD ports and a removable battery. Pre-sales of the Toshiba Thrive begin June 13 and it will [...] Continue Reading…

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (AHN) – The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Winnipeg will be the first target of their rolling strike which will begin Friday morning. The only thing that will stop the postal workers from walking off the job is if Canada Post offers the union a new agreement by midnight of Thursday. But CUPW President Bob Tyre doubted if the agency would make a good offer sufficient to avert a strike. However, the strike at Winnipeg will run for only 24 hours. Work is expected to resume Friday midnight to deal with mail backlogs caused by the industrial action. The union picked Winnipeg as the first target of the rotating strikes because the new mail processing machines which were the source of problems for the union were first installed in the Manitoba city’s postal plant. The machines were blamed [...] Continue Reading…

Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor
New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Half of Americans who own a vehicle (51%) say they have cut back on products and/or services in order to pay the increased price of gasoline. However nearly two-thirds (65%) of those with a household income of less than $35,000 a year have cut back on products or services because of higher gas prices compared to 38% of those who have household income of $100,000 or more. According to a recent Harris Poll almost three in ten of those cutting back (28%) have cut back on dining out while one-quarter have cut back on groceries (24%). 18% report they have cut back on entertainment, while 11% have reduced driving or are staying home more. Clothing allowances have also been scaled back in addition to personal grooming such as hair cuts or manicures. [...] Continue Reading…

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – There was another round of bipartisan talks with nearly all the 240-members of the House Republican Conference accepting an invitation from President Barack Obama to the East Room on Wednesday to discuss lifting the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, and simultaneous efforts to cut federal spending. As he led the Republicans from the White House, House Speaker Republican John Boehner said that they had implored the president take care of the national debt problem now. Boehner told journalists that he had urged Obama not to “kick the can down the road one more time. Now’s the time to deal with it,” adding, “This is the moment. This is the window of opportunity.” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor disclosed that he cautioned Obama to keep “any notion that we’re going to increase taxes” out of the bipartisan [...] Continue Reading…