| Rallies held around country for Trayvon Martin Posted:  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rallies are being held in cities across the country this weekend to protest the failure of police to arrest a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer for shooting to death an unarmed black teenager. Protesters, some dressed in "hoodie" hooded sweatshirts like the kind 17-year-old Trayvon Martin wore at the time of his death, gathered for events in Columbia, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Chicago Saturday. Rallies are being planned for other cities Sunday, and a protest is planned Monday in Sanford, Florida, the Orlando suburb where the shooting took place. ...
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| Obama gets personal over killing of black Florida teenager Posted:  WASHINGTON/SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing of a black teenager in Florida in very personal terms on Friday, comparing the boy to a son he doesn't have and calling for American "soul searching" over how the incident occurred. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin, dressed in a "hoodie" hooded sweatshirt, was shot dead a month ago in Sanford, Florida by a 28-year-old white Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer who said he was acting in self-defense. ...
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| Tea Party activists defy rain to rip Obama health care law Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several hundred rain-soaked Tea Party activists rallied on Saturday to call for the U.S. Supreme Court to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law after arguments next week. Speaker after speaker at the two-hour protest in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol tore up copies of the law and condemned it as a threat to American freedoms and a violation of the Constitution. ...
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| NYPD forces out four officers in Sean Bell shooting Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York police detective has been fired and three other members of the department were forced to retire for their roles in the shooting of an unarmed man who died in a hail of bullets after his bachelor party in 2006, a department spokesman confirmed on Saturday. Sean Bell, 23, who was black, was killed and two friends severely wounded when police fired 50 bullets at them after a bachelor party at a strip club early on his wedding day. ... |
| Mike Tyson set to tell his story in Las Vegas Posted:  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has, in his own words, behaved like a "Neanderthal" for much of his life. But next month, he hopes to become a "controlled artist, a disciplined artist" when he takes to a Las Vegas stage to talk about his checkered life as a childhood thief, an ear-biting fighter, an addict and a father of eight. Tyson, who in 1986 became the youngest world heavyweight champion at age 20, is set to perform an autobiographical monologue called "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth - Live on Stage." "I hope people are entertained, and happy. ...
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| Six children, two adults die in West Virginia house fire Posted:  (Reuters) - Eight people, including six children under the age of nine, died early Saturday when a fast-moving fire swept a two-story wood house in Charleston, West Virginia, in the worst house-fire death toll ever in the state's capital city, officials said. The dead included a woman who turned 26 on Saturday whose birthday was being celebrated Friday night at the house, Charleston Assistant Fire Chief Bob Sharp said. Ten people were staying at the house when the fire was reported at 3:30 a.m. ...
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| Penn State police had warnings about Sandusky in 1998: NBC Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A psychologist warned Penn State University police in 1998 that football coach Jerry Sandusky's behavior was that of a pedophile after he had showered naked with an 11-year-old boy, NBC News reported on Saturday. Dr. Alycia Chambers said she was told Sandusky, now at the center of a child sex abuse scandal, had bear-hugged the boy at Penn State locker room showers, kissed him on the head and told him, "I love you." "This was behavior that was consistent with a predator, a male predator, a pedophile," said Chambers, who was the boy's counselor. ...
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| Iraqi woman attacked in California home; threat left Posted: EL CAJON, California (Reuters) - A mother from Iraq was gravely injured after being attacked in her home in this southern California city and left with a threatening note nearby, police said on Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was found unconscious in the dining room of her home in El Cajon, near San Diego, on Wednesday morning by her 17-year-old daughter, said El Cajon police spokesman Lieutenant Mark Coit. She was taken to a local trauma center, where she was not expected to survive her injuries, he added. ... |
| Cheney gets heart transplant, in intensive care Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering on Saturday after undergoing heart transplant surgery, a once risky procedure whose survival rates have improved over the years. The 71-year-old Republican, who wielded unprecedented power as vice president during the George W. Bush administration's war on terrorism, was in the intensive care unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. ...
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| Appeals court clears way for Detroit's pact Posted:  DETROIT (Reuters) - The court of Appeals in Michigan has cleared the way for a team appointed by the governor to come up with a consent deal to keep the city of Detroit, which could run out of money in months, financially afloat. On Saturday, however, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing underwent successful surgery to repair a perforation of his intestines and designated his chief of staff as acting mayor while he recovers. A spokesman for the city said Bing, 68, was resting comfortably and was still involved in talks to reach the consent agreement. The pressure on Detroit is intense. ...
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| Scientist who coined 'Pink Slime' reluctant whistleblower Posted:  Kansas City (Reuters) - Every time someone calls former U.S. government scientist Gerald Zirnstein a whistleblower, he cringes a little. When he coined the term "Pink Slime" to describe the unlabeled and unappetizing bits of cartilage and other chemically-treated scrap meat going into U.S. ground beef, Zirnstein was a microbiologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He made the slime reference to a fellow scientist in an internal - and he thought private - email. But that email later became public, and with it came an explosion of outrage from consumer groups. ...
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| Man arrested at Sacramento airport security with 4 guns Posted:  A Montana man was arrested after he tried to bring four loaded guns through a security checkpoint at a Sacramento, California, airport and is being held without bail, the sheriff's office said on Saturday. The suspect, Harold Waller, 45, was arrested on Thursday afternoon at Sacramento International Airport after Transportation Security Administration officers at a checkpoint found a firearm inside a carry-on bag, the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department said in a statement. ...
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| Six children, two adults die in West Virginia house fire Posted:  Eight people, including six children under the age of nine, died early Saturday in a fire that swept a two-story wood house in Charleston, West Virginia, the worst death toll in the state's capital city in decades, a fire official said. All of the people staying in the house at the time of the fire were related, Charleston Assistant Fire Chief Bob Sharp said. It was not known if they were all living together in the house or if some were visiting, he said. ...
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| Penn State police had warnings about Sandusky in 1998: NBC Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A psychologist warned Penn State University police in 1998 that football coach Jerry Sandusky's behavior was that of a pedophile after he had showered naked with an 11-year-old boy, NBC News reported on Saturday. Dr. Alycia Chambers said she was told Sandusky, now at the center of a child sex abuse scandal, had bear-hugged the boy at Penn State locker room showers, kissed him on the head and told him, "I love you." "This was behavior that was consistent with a predator, a male predator, a pedophile," said Chambers, who was the boy's counselor. ... |
| Number of illegal immigrants in U.S. is stable: DHS Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of illegal immigrants in the United States ticked down slightly to 11.5 million as of January 2011, according to statistics released by the Obama administration on an issue likely to play a big role in the U.S. presidential campaign. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimated the number has remained largely stable - just down from 11.6 million in 2010 - citing the high U.S. unemployment rate, improved economic conditions in Mexico and increased border enforcement. ...
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| Cheney recovering after heart transplant: spokeswoman Posted:  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering in a Virginia hospital after undergoing a heart transplant on Saturday, a spokeswoman for Cheney said in an email. Cheney, 71, who served as vice president in the George W. Bush administration, has had a long history of heart trouble. The spokeswoman said Cheney was recovering in the intensive care unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington. The statement said Cheney and his family do not know the identity of the donor, but "they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift. ...
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| Lawsuit over Martin Luther King documents thrown out Posted: STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Reuters) - A federal judge in Mississippi dismissed a lawsuit on Friday filed by the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. claiming ownership of documents in the possession of the son of the slain civil rights leader's former personal secretary. District Court Judge Tom Lee in Jackson ruled in favor of television reporter Howard Ballou, whose mother, Maude Ballou, had worked as King's personal secretary. Lee said the King estate offered no evidence to contradict Maude Ballou's assertion that King gave the documents to her. ... |
| Court rejects suit against school over Mississippi sexual assault Posted: (Reuters) - A federal appeals court threw out a civil rights lawsuit on Friday that accused a public school district of repeatedly allowing a stranger to take a 9-year-old Mississippi girl out of school, after which he sexually abused her. The New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in a 16-2 opinion that Mississippi's Covington County School District had no constitutional duty to protect the fourth grader from the man who checked her out of school six times, posing as a parent. ... |
| Heat make "hoodie" protest over Florida teenager death Posted:  Orlando, Florida (Reuters) - Miami Heat basketball players posed in "hoodies" in a picture published on Friday to protest against the Florida shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer who said he was acting in self-defense. Leading Heat player LeBron James posted a picture on his Twitter account showing the National Basketball Association team in their training tops - all with the hoods raised over their heads in the fashion reportedly worn by Trayvon Martin on the night he was shot last month. ...
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| Utah demands federal government return public lands to state Posted:  SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - The state of Utah, long resentful that some 60 percent of its territory belongs to the U.S. government, says the time has come to reclaim the millions of acres it gave up more than a century ago for admission to the union. Governor Gary Herbert signed into law on Friday a bill demanding the federal government relinquish ownership of roughly 30 million acres of public land in Utah by 2015 or face a state lawsuit challenging its continued control of that property. ...
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| Six children, two adults die in West Virginia house fire Posted: (Reuters) - Eight people, including six children under the age of nine, died early Saturday when a fast-moving fire swept a two-story wood house in Charleston, West Virginia, in the worst house-fire death toll ever in the state's capital city, officials said. The dead included a woman who turned 26 on Saturday whose birthday was being celebrated Friday night at the house, Charleston Assistant Fire Chief Bob Sharp said. Ten people were staying at the house when the fire was reported at 3:30 a.m. ... |
| Rallies held around country for Trayvon Martin Posted: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rallies are being held in cities across the country this weekend to protest the failure of police to arrest a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer for shooting to death an unarmed black teenager. Protesters, some dressed in "hoodie" hooded sweatshirts like the kind 17-year-old Trayvon Martin wore at the time of his death, gathered for events in Columbia, South Carolina, Washington, D.C. and Chicago Saturday. Rallies are being planned for other cities Sunday, and a protest is planned Monday in Sanford, Florida, the Orlando suburb where the shooting took place. ... |
| Cheney gets heart transplant, in intensive care Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering on Saturday after undergoing heart transplant surgery, a once risky procedure whose survival rates have improved over the years. The 71-year-old Republican, who wielded unprecedented power as vice president during the George W. Bush administration's war on terrorism, was in the intensive care unit at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia. ... |
| Mike Tyson set to tell his story in Las Vegas Posted: LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has, in his own words, behaved like a "Neanderthal" for much of his life. But next month, he hopes to become a "controlled artist, a disciplined artist" when he takes to a Las Vegas stage to talk about his checkered life as a childhood thief, an ear-biting fighter, an addict and a father of eight. Tyson, who in 1986 became the youngest world heavyweight champion at age 20, is set to perform an autobiographical monologue called "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth - Live on Stage." "I hope people are entertained, and happy. ... |
| NYPD forces out four officers in Sean Bell shooting Posted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York police detective has been fired and three other members of the department were forced to retire for their roles in the shooting of an unarmed man who died in a hail of bullets after his bachelor party in 2006, a department spokesman confirmed on Saturday. Sean Bell, 23, who was black, was killed and two friends severely wounded when police fired 50 bullets at them after a bachelor party at a strip club early on his wedding day. ... |
| Cheney recovering after heart transplant: spokeswoman Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering in a Virginia hospital after undergoing a heart transplant on Saturday, a spokeswoman for Cheney said in an email. Cheney, 71, who served as vice president in the George W. Bush administration, has had a long history of heart trouble. The spokeswoman said Cheney was recovering in the intensive care unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia, a suburb of Washington. The statement said Cheney and his family do not know the identity of the donor, but "they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift. ... |
| Appeals court clears way for Detroit's pact Posted: DETROIT (Reuters) - The court of Appeals in Michigan has cleared the way for a team appointed by the governor to come up with a consent deal to keep the city of Detroit, which could run out of money in months, financially afloat. On Saturday, however, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing underwent successful surgery to repair a perforation of his intestines and designated his chief of staff as acting mayor while he recovers. A spokesman for the city said Bing, 68, was resting comfortably and was still involved in talks to reach the consent agreement. The pressure on Detroit is intense. ... |
| Tea Party activists defy rain to rip Obama health care law Posted: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several hundred rain-soaked Tea Party activists rallied on Saturday to call for the U.S. Supreme Court to repeal President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law after arguments next week. Speaker after speaker at the two-hour protest in the shadow of the U.S. Capitol tore up copies of the law and condemned it as a threat to American freedoms and a violation of the Constitution. ... |
| Iraqi woman attacked in California home; threat left Posted: EL CAJON, California (Reuters) - A mother from Iraq was gravely injured after being attacked in her home in this southern California city and left with a threatening note nearby, police said on Saturday. Shaima Alawadi, 32, was found unconscious in the dining room of her home in El Cajon, near San Diego, on Wednesday morning by her 17-year-old daughter, said El Cajon police spokesman Lieutenant Mark Coit. She was taken to a local trauma center, where she was not expected to survive her injuries, he added. ... |
| Scientist who coined 'Pink Slime' reluctant whistleblower Posted: Kansas City (Reuters) - Every time someone calls former U.S. government scientist Gerald Zirnstein a whistleblower, he cringes a little. When he coined the term "Pink Slime" to describe the unlabeled and unappetizing bits of cartilage and other chemically-treated scrap meat going into U.S. ground beef, Zirnstein was a microbiologist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He made the slime reference to a fellow scientist in an internal - and he thought private - email. But that email later became public, and with it came an explosion of outrage from consumer groups. ... |
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