It has been 17 years since the Senate last vote on ENDA. It failed then by one vote. The bipartisan votes that move the measure forward signals it likely pass it later this week. Maine Republican Susan Collins is one of this bill’s co-sponsors. 

 

It is far pass time that we and discrimination in the workplace against lGBT and debate through all of this.

 

The measure would apply to all public employers except the Pentagon and all private firms with at least 15 employees though religious organizations are excluded. House GOP leaders have shown no inclination to take up the bill and pass it. Unless they do it cannot become law. David Welna NPR News, the Capitol.

 

Authorities say the gunman charged the deadly shooting of TSA agent at Los Angeles international airport was dropped off at LAX by his roommate. NPR’s Kirk Siegler reports that revelations include the newly released court documents. 

 

In the FBI’s affidavit and support of searching warrant of suspect Anthony Paul Ciancia’s cellphone, authorities say the 23 years old roommate dropped him off at the LAX at Friday morning. Ciancia had entered the roommate’s room unannounced and asked for a ride to the airport. The roommate told the authorities he did not Cianica’s plan to target TSA agent and only learned about the shooting when he get back to their apartment. Moments after he was dropped off, Cianica allegedly took an assault rifle out of his bag and fired multiple rounds point blank at TSA officer inside the terminal. Authorities say he also shot and wounded three other people. The affidavit also says Ciancia was concerned about so-called “new world order” backing up earlier statement by authorities that shooting spree could be motivated by Ciancia’s anti-government beliefs. Kirk Siegler NPR News.

 

SAC Capital Advisors, major investment firm, is agreeing to plead guilty to fraud charges stop handling individual investments and pay 1.2 billion-dollar NNNN with inside trading charges. Attorney Preet Bharara says the hedge funds headed by Wall Street trader Steve Cohen will pay 900 million fines, approximately 600 million the company already paid and forfeit another 900 million to the federal government.

 

We will continue to pursuit insider trading investigations and fellow the facts where ever they lead and investigation in this case on the criminal side remains ongoing.

 

Cohen has not been personally charged in the cases be built one of largest fines against the financial institution. 

 

US factories were bit busier than September with orders up to 1.7% after the previous month and large part did the bigger job orders for commercial airplanes. 

 

On Wall Street, the DOW was up 23 points, the S&P rose six points.

 

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A South Florida jury has convicted now a 23-year-old man of second degree murder charges in connection with 2007 killing Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. After liberating for 16 hours over several days, the jury convicting Eric Rivera connection with the botched home invasion and taken confession while Rivera told police he shot Taylor when Pro Bowl safety confronted a group of young men who broken with Miami home apparent believing the Taylor was on the road

 

Today is the 34th anniversary of the storming of the US embassy in Teheran when 52 Americans were taken hostage and spent 444 days in captivity. NPR’s Peter Kenyon reports NNNN hardliner took the streets to mark the occasion 

 

American flags and effigies of Uncle Sam were burnt and while the official placard wrote down with America in English, the standard NNNN was “death to America” as has been for over three decades. The US has been described as inherently deceitful, perhaps in echo over remarks by the lead US nuclear negotiator who recently said when he comes to Iran, deception is part of DNA. But supreme leader Ali Khamenei while blasting Washington and its alley Israel says no one should attack Iran’s nuclear negotiators who are holding more talks this week that could involve curbs Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief economic sanctions. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Istanbul.

 

Cereal Company Kellogg is announcing plans to trim its worldwide workforce by roughly 10%. Cut is part of efforts by the maker of Frosted Flakes and Eggo Waffles who did a weaker than expected sales numbers but Kellogg says reductions will take place by 2017.