SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE/PARIS (Reuters) – Eight years ago, U.S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) said it would no longer directly manage routine inspection of design and manufacturing. Instead, it would focus on overseeing a self-policing program executed by the manufacturers themselves through more than 3,000 of their employees assigned to review safety on behalf of the FAA.

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE/PARIS, March 2 (Reuters) – Eight years
ago, U.S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on
the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) said it would no
longer directly manage routine inspection of design and
manufacturing. Instead, it would focus on overseeing a
self-policing program executed by the manufacturers themselves
through more than 3,000 of their employees assigned to review
safety on behalf of the FAA.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Foes of same-sex marriage are labouring to pay the tab for an epic legal case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, as the movement suffers from fundraising shortfalls that could sap its strength in future battles.

ProtectMarriage.com, the advocacy group defending a California gay marriage ban now under review by the high court, showed a $2 million deficit in its legal fund at the end of 2011 – the third year in a row that expenses exceeded donations, federal tax records show.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Foes of same-sex marriage are laboring to pay the tab for an epic legal case now before the U.S. Supreme Court, as the movement suffers from fundraising shortfalls that could sap its strength in future battles.

ProtectMarriage.com, the advocacy group defending a California gay marriage ban now under review by the high court, showed a $2 million deficit in its legal fund at the end of 2011 – the third year in a row that expenses exceeded donations, federal tax records show.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Foes of same-sex marriage
are laboring to pay the tab for an epic legal case now before
the U.S. Supreme Court, as the movement suffers from fundraising
shortfalls that could sap its strength in future battles.

ProtectMarriage.com, the advocacy group defending a
California gay marriage ban now under review by the high court,
showed a $2 million deficit in its legal fund at the end of 2011
- the third year in a row that expenses exceeded donations,
federal tax records show.

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. safety investigators on
Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire
this month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by
Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and said they were expanding
the probe to look at the battery’s charger and the jet’s
auxiliary power unit.

Last week, governments across the world grounded the
Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a
lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon
Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an
emergency landing in western Japan.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety inspectors on Sunday ruled out excess voltage as the cause of a battery fire last month on a Boeing Co 787 Dreamliner jet operated by Japan Airlines Co (JAL) and widened its efforts to include the battery’s charger and the jet’s auxiliary power unit.

Last week, governments across the world grounded the Dreamliner while Boeing halted deliveries after a problem with a lithium-ion battery on a second 787 plane, flown by All Nippon Airways Co (ANA), forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in western Japan.

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – In tracking down illegal weapons, the smoking gun may not be a gun at all.

Bullets are one thing Sacramento Police Detective Greg Halstead can count on to root out weapons that otherwise would be impossible to find. They are also largely missing from the gun control debate in Washington.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – California’s budget deficit is gone after years of financial troubles, Governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday, proposing a plan that raises spending on education and healthcare, boosts expenditures by 5 percent but vows to maintain fiscal discipline.

“I am determined to avoid the fiscal mess that the last few governors had to deal with,” Brown told reporters as he introduced the budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year beginning in July.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 10 (Reuters) – California’s budget
deficit is gone after years of financial troubles, Governor
Jerry Brown said on Thursday, proposing a plan that raises
spending on education and healthcare, boosts expenditures by 5
percent but vows to maintain fiscal discipline.

“I am determined to avoid the fiscal mess that the last few
governors had to deal with,” Brown told reporters as he
introduced the budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year beginning in
July.