Pottstown Mercury news

• Live blog of Apple CEO Tim Cooks congressional testimony May 21, 2013
  Live blog coverage on Tuesday, May 21, at 6:30 a.m. Pacific Time as Apple CEO Tim Cook appears to testify in front of senators, some of whom lambasted the Cupertino company's tax policies after unveiling a Senate investigation Monday.
• UPDATED: Medical examiner revises Okla. twister death toll down to 24 (video) May 21, 2013
  (Updated at 12:24 p.m.) MOORE, Okla. - Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a massive tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb. As the sun rose over the shattered commu […]
• Jersey shore readies for first post-Sandy summer May 21, 2013
  SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the roar of bulldozers and backhoes tearing […]
• Apples Cook faces Senate questions on taxes May 21, 2013
  WASHINGTON - A Senate panel says Apple Inc. is avoiding billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by shifting profits to foreign affiliates and is prepared to question the company's chief executive Tuesday about the "loopholes." Apple CEO Tim Cook is explaining the company's tax strategy to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, whi […]