| Super Bowl winners New York Giants get "Big Blue" rings
2012-05-17T01:13:21Z |
| Guantanamo lawyers want ex-CIA official to testify
2012-05-16T23:00:02Z |
| Lawyers for ex-Senator John Edwards rest case
2012-05-16T21:06:32Z |
| Pioneer graves found at site of new Arizona sheriff's office
2012-05-17T00:18:40Z |
| Texas death prompts call for better protecting firefighters SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Hot shot federal firefighters called in to battle the toughest U.S. wildfires often avoid reporting symptoms of heatstroke because they fear damaging their professional reputations, said a report commissioned after an elite firefighter died in Texas last year. The report, released on Wednesday as at least four blazes burned in Arizona early in this year's fire season, said the death of Caleb Hamm, 23, was of heatstroke, and recommended ways federal officials can better protect firefighters' lives. ... 2012-05-17T01:33:56Z |
| State employee pensions to cost California $3.7 billion SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California will pay about $3.7 billion for state employees' pension in its next fiscal year, more than it now pays but less than the state set aside for retirement-related expenses in the prior fiscal year, the state's pension fund said on Wednesday. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, best known as Calpers, is receiving $3.5 billion from the state government, down from $3.9 billion in the prior fiscal year. ... 2012-05-17T00:30:42Z |
| One person sent hundreds of powder-filled envelopes: FBI SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities believe one person is responsible for mailing 20 powder-filled envelopes to schools and a business in the Dallas-Fort Worth area last week and hundreds of similar letters around the world since late 2008, the FBI said on Wednesday. No one was injured in the incidents last week where envelopes containing a similar nonhazardous substance were mailed to elementary schools, early childhood development centers and an aerospace-related business. ... 2012-05-17T01:28:11Z |
| Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found dead at NY home
2012-05-17T00:40:44Z |
| Mother shocked twice with Taser at Mississippi school GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - A woman who became increasingly irate about her child being disciplined at middle school was shocked twice with a Taser outside the principal's office and arrested on Wednesday, authorities said. Michele Lee Eaton, 39, of Saltillo, Mississippi, was briefly jailed after the incident at Guntown Middle School, said the Lee County Sheriff's Department. At about 8 a.m. CDT (9.00 a.m. EDT), Eaton met with school principal Steven Havens because she was upset her son had been disciplined, said Lee County School Superintendent Jimmy Weeks. ... 2012-05-17T00:30:08Z |
| Father of Washington's Josh Powell guilty of voyeurism
2012-05-16T23:32:24Z |
| Obama gives Medal of Honor to soldier who died 42 years ago
2012-05-16T23:26:46Z |
| Police receive hundreds of tips on Mississippi killings OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi authorities are sifting through hundreds of tips concerning two recent highway slayings that may be the work of a killer posing as a police officer. "Some are more credible than others, and we're still running them all down," Mississippi Bureau of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said on Wednesday. Residents have been on edge since officials said on Tuesday the shooting deaths in the rural northern part of the state of Thomas Schlender, 74, on May 8, and Lori Anne Carswell, 48, three days later, could involve a fake policeman. ... 2012-05-16T23:40:32Z |
| U.S. may send women to elite Ranger school: top Army chief WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is considering putting female soldiers through Ranger School, an intense weeks-long combat boot camp that would put them on equal footing with male counterparts who have completed the training, the Army's top general said on Wednesday. The move signals the Army may be edging closer to reversing a longstanding policy of barring women from combat roles. Women currently are not allowed to serve in infantry, armor and special operations units whose main function is to engage in front-line combat. ... 2012-05-17T00:05:27Z |
| Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found dead at NY home NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, was found dead on Wednesday at her home in a New York City suburb, an officer at the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office said. She was 52. Mary Kennedy had four children with Kennedy, the son of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy. He is a prominent New York environmentalist. Her body was discovered by police in a building at the family's Mount Kisco property, according to a police statement, which did not identify Kennedy directly. ... 2012-05-16T22:53:06Z |
| Oklahoma welfare applicants to face drug screening OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma will require welfare applicants to submit to screening for illegal drug use under a bill signed into law on Wednesday by Republican Governor Mary Fallin. Oklahoma became the fourth state this year to approve such a measure, joining Utah, Georgia and Tennessee. Fourteen other states had similar proposals pending, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The law takes effect on November 1 for adults who apply in Oklahoma to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for benefits. ... 2012-05-16T23:27:47Z |
| Wisconsin's Walker holds recall lead despite attacks (Reuters) - Republican Governor Scott Walker's lead widened slightly over Milwaukee Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett in the run-up to the Wisconsin recall election, according to a poll on Wednesday that showed almost all Wisconsin voters have made up their minds. The Marquette Law School poll showed Walker had a 50 to 44 percent lead over Barrett, who lost by a similar margin to Walker in the 2010 governor's race. The recall vote is June 5. Only three percent of likely voters are undecided, according to the poll conducted from May 9 to 12. ... 2012-05-16T22:26:46Z |
| Judge blocks indefinite military detention provision NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a recently enacted law's provision that authorizes indefinite military detention for those deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan ruled in favor of a group of civilian activists and journalists who said they feared being detained under a section of the law, which was signed by President Barack Obama in December 2011. "In the face of what could be indeterminate military detention, due process requires more," the judge said. ... 2012-05-16T23:06:46Z |
| A "gold rush" for Maine's baby eel fishermen
2012-05-16T19:48:47Z |
| Police crack theft ring that sold luxury cars in Africa NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities on Wednesday broke up an international car theft ring that used the streets of New York "as one giant showroom" to stalk more than $1 million in luxury cars and steal them for sale in Africa, the New York state attorney general said. Fourteen people were arrested in raids early on Wednesday on an indictment that resulted from a yearlong investigation that used wiretaps. The stolen cars were loaded into containers and shipped for sale in Ghana, Senegal and Nigeria. ... 2012-05-16T23:01:12Z |
| Judge grants class action status to NY frisk challenge
2012-05-16T18:32:52Z |
| Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across 27 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town, authorities said. The Sunflower Fire, the largest of at least four blazes in central and eastern Arizona, has burned nearly 19 square miles (49 square kilometers) in the Tonto National Forest, about 40 miles north of Phoenix, a fire response team handling the blaze said. It was just 7 percent contained. ... 2012-05-16T16:54:26Z |
| U.S. Navy ships collide off California, no injuries reported LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy ships collided off the coast of California on Wednesday due to a steering malfunction during a refueling operation, damaging both vessels but causing no injuries, the Navy said in a statement. The Navy identified the ships involved as the USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship, and the USNS Yukon, a Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler based in San Diego. "While both ships reported some damage, no one was injured, there was no fuel spilled and the ships' fuel tanks and systems were not compromised," the Navy statement said. ... 2012-05-16T22:02:21Z |
| WTO rules against U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Trade Organization appellate panel on Wednesday said U.S. "dolphin safe" tuna labeling rules unfairly discriminate against Mexico, raising the possibility of sanctions on U.S. goods if the rules are not modified or dropped. The decision is the second time in less than two months the WTO has found fault with U.S. consumer legislation, sparking some U.S. criticism that the WTO is interfering with U.S. law. Nkenge Harmon, a spokeswoman for the U.S. ... 2012-05-16T21:50:25Z |
| US judge blocks indefinite military detention provision NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a recently enacted law's provision that authorizes indefinite military detention for those deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces." District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan ruled in favor of a group of civilian activists and journalists who said they feared being detained under a section of the law, which was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama in December 2011. "In the face of what could be indeterminate military detention, due process requires more," the judge said. ... 2012-05-16T21:49:40Z |
| Protesters in Chicago target evictions, foreclosures
2012-05-16T20:05:57Z |
| Mother of homeless man killed by police settles with city
2012-05-16T20:41:50Z |
| Virginia, Florida have most well-read cities in US: poll NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York and Boston may strike many as more intellectual but Alexandria, a small urban area in Virginia just outside Washington, D.C., is the most well-read city in the United States. Alexandria was one of three Virginia cities on the Amazon.com list of the 20 most well-read cities. It topped Cambridge, Massachusetts, the home of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Berkeley, California to take the top spot. ... 2012-05-16T19:38:38Z |
| Extreme rain doubled in Midwest: climate study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S. Midwest over the last half-century, causing billions of dollars in flood damage in a trend climate advocates link to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. Across the Midwest the biggest storms increased by 103 percent from 1961 through 2011, a study released by the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council reported on Wednesday. ... 2012-05-16T20:42:37Z |
| Organic Valley dishes up "grassmilk" to consumers in US West (Reuters) - George Siemon has milk on his mind. "Grassmilk" to be specific. As the co-founder and chief executive for Organic Valley, a La Farge, Wisconsin-based cooperative that is the largest provider of organic milk in the United States, Siemon is on the hunt for new offerings for a growing market. The latest idea - milk from cows that primarily eat grasses, but never corn, soybeans or other supplemental grains commonly fed to dairy and beef cattle - was launched in April and is available in 200 stores in six western U.S. states. ... 2012-05-16T19:48:28Z |
| Father of Washington's Josh Powell guilty of voyeurism
2012-05-16T19:18:25Z |
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| Third suspect in slaying of U.S. Marine's wife pleads not guilty VISTA, California (Reuters) - An expectant mother has become the third suspect to plead not guilty to murder charges in the mysterious slaying of a young woman killed in California while her husband, a U.S. Marine from Camp Pendleton, was away in Afghanistan. Dorothy Grace Maraglino, who is several months pregnant, is one of three friends, including another Camp Pendleton Marine, who shared a San Diego-area home where the victim, Brittany Killgore, 22, was slain on April 13, prosecutors said. ... 2012-05-17T02:02:57Z |
| Texas death prompts call for better protecting firefighters SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Hot shot federal firefighters called in to battle the toughest U.S. wildfires often avoid reporting symptoms of heatstroke because they fear damaging their professional reputations, said a report commissioned after an elite firefighter died in Texas last year. The report, released on Wednesday as at least four blazes burned in Arizona early in this year's fire season, said the death of Caleb Hamm, 23, was of heatstroke, and recommended ways federal officials can better protect firefighters' lives. ... 2012-05-17T01:33:56Z |
| One person sent hundreds of powder-filled envelopes: FBI SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities believe one person is responsible for mailing 20 powder-filled envelopes to schools and a business in the Dallas-Fort Worth area last week and hundreds of similar letters around the world since late 2008, the FBI said on Wednesday. No one was injured in the incidents last week where envelopes containing a similar nonhazardous substance were mailed to elementary schools, early childhood development centers and an aerospace-related business. ... 2012-05-17T01:28:11Z |
| Super Bowl winners New York Giants get "Big Blue" rings
2012-05-17T01:13:21Z |
| Wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. found dead at NY home
2012-05-17T00:40:44Z |
| Mother shocked twice with Taser at Mississippi school GUNTOWN, Mississippi (Reuters) - A woman who became increasingly irate about her child being disciplined at middle school was shocked twice with a Taser outside the principal's office and arrested on Wednesday, authorities said. Michele Lee Eaton, 39, of Saltillo, Mississippi, was briefly jailed after the incident at Guntown Middle School, said the Lee County Sheriff's Department. At about 8 a.m. CDT (9.00 a.m. EDT), Eaton met with school principal Steven Havens because she was upset her son had been disciplined, said Lee County School Superintendent Jimmy Weeks. ... 2012-05-17T00:30:08Z |
| State employee pensions to cost California $3.7 billion SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California will pay about $3.7 billion for state employees' pension in its next fiscal year, more than it now pays but less than the state set aside for retirement-related expenses in the prior fiscal year, the state's pension fund said on Wednesday. The California Public Employees' Retirement System, best known as Calpers, is receiving $3.5 billion from the state government, down from $3.9 billion in the prior fiscal year. ... 2012-05-17T00:30:42Z |
| Pioneer graves found at site of new Arizona sheriff's office
2012-05-17T00:18:40Z |
| U.S. may send women to elite Ranger school: top Army chief WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army is considering putting female soldiers through Ranger School, an intense weeks-long combat boot camp that would put them on equal footing with male counterparts who have completed the training, the Army's top general said on Wednesday. The move signals the Army may be edging closer to reversing a longstanding policy of barring women from combat roles. Women currently are not allowed to serve in infantry, armor and special operations units whose main function is to engage in front-line combat. ... 2012-05-17T00:05:27Z |
| Police receive hundreds of tips on Mississippi killings OLIVE BRANCH, Mississippi (Reuters) - Mississippi authorities are sifting through hundreds of tips concerning two recent highway slayings that may be the work of a killer posing as a police officer. "Some are more credible than others, and we're still running them all down," Mississippi Bureau of Public Safety spokesman Warren Strain said on Wednesday. Residents have been on edge since officials said on Tuesday the shooting deaths in the rural northern part of the state of Thomas Schlender, 74, on May 8, and Lori Anne Carswell, 48, three days later, could involve a fake policeman. ... 2012-05-16T23:40:32Z |
