Rick Perry, the Texas governor and 2012 "oops" presidential candidate, is spending the beginning of this week in Connecticut. Perry, as the governor of Texas, has little on-its-face reason to be in Connecticut. Except, of course, for one: Texas's unemployment rate, which at 6.4 percent in April is significantly lower than the national average, is still not quite ideal. Perry wants to bring jobs to his state. And, as he sees it, some of those jobs could come from Connecticut.
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Miss Connecticut Erin Brady reacts after being crowned Miss USA during the 2013 Miss USA pageant on Sunday, June 16, in Las Vegas.
Miss New York Joanne Nosuchinsky walks onstage.
Miss Maryland Kasey Staniszewski walks onstage.
Nick Jonas and Giuliana Rancic host the Miss USA proceedings.Has U.S. started an Internet war?
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- Bruce Schneier: U.S. is pursuing policies that are destabilizing and expensive
- Schneier: The cyberwar arms race will define the Internet in the 21st century
- He asks: How much of what the U.S. does is an act of war by international definitions?
- Schneier: We need more transparency, cooperation and viable cyberweapons treaties
Editor's note:Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and author of "Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust Society Needs to Survive."
(CNN) -- Today, the United States is conducting offensive cyberwar actions around the world.
Chen Guangcheng and NYU: What's really at stake?
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- Dissident Chen Guangcheng says NYU asked him to leave due to Chinese pressure
- James Millward: Chen's experiences highlight challenges faced by U.S. universities
- He says China should abandon counterproductive efforts to intimidate foreign institutions
- Millward: Heads of U.S. institutions should take a firm stand for academic freedom
Editor's note: James Millward is professor of intersocietal history at the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of History, Georgetown University.
(CNN) -- The Chinese legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, facing the end of his fellowship at New York University, has claimed that NYU is forcing him out due to Chinese pressure.
Third employee cooperating with probe
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP)
A third employee of the truck stop chain owned by Tennessee's governor and the owner of the Cleveland Browns pleaded guilty Tuesday in what authorities call a scheme to cheat trucking firms out of rebates.
Regional sales manager Kevin Clark pleaded guilty to mail fraud in federal court in Knoxville. Court records state he "knowingly and voluntarily joined and participated in the conspiracy" with others at Pilot Flying J, the country's largest diesel retailer, to short-change trucking companies between 2009 and this spring.
Icahn seeks Dell share buyback, buys Southeastern stock
(Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday laid out a new proposal for Dell Inc, calling on the No. 3 PC maker to buy back 1.1 billion shares and allowing the activist to become a larger stakeholder.
Icahn said in an open letter to Dell shareholders that he and Southeastern Asset Management would still seek to stop founder Michael Dell's buyout offer for the company, and if successful, elect new directors to the board at a shareholder meeting scheduled for July 18.
Nasdaq rises more than 1 percent
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks added to gains in afternoon trading on Tuesday, pushing the Nasdaq up more than 1 percent, as investors were optimistic about the outlook for the Federal Reserve's economic stimulus policies.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> was up 153.55 points, or 1.01 percent, at 15,333.40. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> was up 14.37 points, or 0.88 percent, at 1,653.41. The Nasdaq Composite Index<.ixic> was up 35.12 points, or 1.02 percent, at 3,487.25.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Kenneth Barry)
Gov't claims spying programs stopped plot to bomb New York Stock Exchange
Sean Joyce, deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, testifies before the House Select Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
The deputy director of the FBI claimed Tuesday that a controversial electronic surveillance program revealed in media reports earlier this month helped thwart a plot to blow up the New York Stock Exchange.
Testifying before the House Intelligence Committee, FBI deputy director Sean Joyce argued that the PRISM program, which is designed to intercept electronic communications of foreigners for intelligence purposes, has been key to stopping a number of alleged terrorist attacks over the past decade.
Medical examiner in North Carolina hotel death cases resigns
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- Medical examiner resigns amid controversy over toxicology reports in hotel deaths
- It's unclear if Brent Hall's resignation is linked to investigation into those deaths
- State says Hall got test results on June 1; police say he didn't tell them until June 8
- Police chief says investigators might have prevented last death if they'd known sooner
(CNN) -- The death of an 11-year-old boy at a Boone, North Carolina, hotel could have been prevented had police been told that the carbon monoxide that killed him was also to blame for two earlier deaths in the same room, the city's police chief said.
Justin Bieber in accident involving pedestrian
Justin Bieber is making the transition from tween sensation to adult icon, which is sometimes easier said than done.
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