Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast |
- Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
- John Edwards' trial jury ends week with no verdict
- Florida toughest state on jobless benefits: nonprofit groups
- Kansas governor signs bill banning Islamic law
- California's Coronado named No. 1 U.S. beach
- Second Mile charity to close in wake of Penn State scandal
- Police: Tapes could hold clues to more Manson Family murders
- U.S. Postal Service offers buyouts to 45,000 workers
- Gunman in Indiana standoff shoots himself
- Hurricane Bud weakens off Mexico's Pacific coast
- Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules
- California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke
- Police find mother of abandoned Oregon children
- Canadian arrested for incident at Miami airport
- Crews battle wildfires raging in six US states
- U.S. Airways Express attendants in tentative pact
- Analysis: Property taxes give NY Westchester edge over peers
- FBI probes fires at women's clinics in Georgia
- SEC shuts down $11-million Ponzi scheme
- Husky Lima, Ohio, refinery workers begin strike
- Tide to change Pods lid over child safety concerns
- American Airlines passenger detained after flight disruption
- Firefighters save some homes from New Mexico wildfire
- DNA expert links needle, cotton swabs to Clemens
- Heard in more states: See you in tax court!
- Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator
- U.S. asks judge to undo ruling against military detention law
- Kansas governor signs bill banning Islamic law
- Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast
- Florida toughest state on jobless benefits: nonprofit groups
- California's Coronado named No. 1 U.S. beach
- Patz suspect's lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense
- Gunman in Indiana standoff shoots himself
- Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules
- California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke
| Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast Posted: 25 May 2012 05:27 PM PDT
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| John Edwards' trial jury ends week with no verdict Posted: 25 May 2012 03:41 PM PDT
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| Florida toughest state on jobless benefits: nonprofit groups Posted: 25 May 2012 05:24 PM PDT
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| Kansas governor signs bill banning Islamic law Posted: 25 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill aimed at keeping state courts and agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws when making decisions, his office said on Friday, drawing criticism from a national Muslim group. The law has been dubbed the "sharia bill" because critics say it targets the Islamic legal code. Sharia, or Islamic law, covers all aspects of Muslim life, including religious obligations and financial dealings. Opponents of state bans say they could nullify wills or legal contracts between Muslims. ... |
| California's Coronado named No. 1 U.S. beach Posted: 25 May 2012 05:20 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor. San Diego's Coronado tops the list from "Dr. Beach," otherwise known as Stephen Leatherman, director of the laboratory for coastal research at Florida International University. The 1.5-mile stretch of Coronado Beach is set against the historic Hotel del Coronado, on an island just across San Diego Bay from the city's downtown. It is reachable by ferry or water taxi. ... |
| Second Mile charity to close in wake of Penn State scandal Posted: 25 May 2012 12:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - The Second Mile charity founded by Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach at the center of the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal, said on Friday it wants shut down because donations have dried up. The non-profit group for underprivileged children, which Sandusky is accused of using to find victims he molested, filed court papers in Pennsylvania announcing its plan to go out of business and turn over programs to another charity. ... |
| Police: Tapes could hold clues to more Manson Family murders Posted: 25 May 2012 02:03 PM PDT
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| U.S. Postal Service offers buyouts to 45,000 workers Posted: 25 May 2012 03:33 PM PDT (Reuters) - The cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service will offer buyouts this summer to nearly all of its 45,000 mail handlers, part of a plan to consolidate operations at 140 mail-processing facilities in the next year. The mail agency, which lost $3.2 billion in the first three months of 2012, plans to begin this summer moving mail-processing activities away from smaller sites to reduce annual costs. As part of that plan, the Postal Service will offer $15,000 in two installments to full-time mail handlers who take early retirement or leave the agency, USPS spokesman Mark Saunders said on Friday. ... |
| Gunman in Indiana standoff shoots himself Posted: 25 May 2012 03:57 PM PDT
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| Hurricane Bud weakens off Mexico's Pacific coast Posted: 25 May 2012 01:48 PM PDT
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| Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules Posted: 25 May 2012 04:09 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Republican-led Ohio legislature approved a bill setting rules for drilling and related activities in the state's shale gas industry, in a vote late on Thursday, responding to a series of small earthquakes in Ohio last year that experts linked to a practice called fracking. Republican State Representative Peter Stautberg said the new measure will ensure safe development of Ohio's shale gas reserves while allowing the energy industry to prosper. "There is a balance that is to be struck between the industry and the administration ... ... |
| California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke Posted: 25 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers. Airwaves in the most populous U.S. state are filling up with advertising for and against Proposition 29, a June 5 ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes, taking the tax to $1.87, mainly to fund medical research on tobacco usage and programs to prevent and control it. ... |
| Police find mother of abandoned Oregon children Posted: 25 May 2012 01:42 PM PDT
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| Canadian arrested for incident at Miami airport Posted: 25 May 2012 01:34 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Canadian man was arrested at Miami International Airport on Friday for rushing to the front of an American Airlines flight from Jamaica after it had landed, authorities said. The FBI said 24-year-old Ryan Snider caused no injuries or damage to the plane and his behavior did not appear to be terrorism related. But a statement from the agency said he was taken into federal custody and "expected to face federal charges which may include interference with a flight crew." An initial court appearance for Snider was expected to be scheduled for Tuesday, the statement said. ... |
| Crews battle wildfires raging in six US states Posted: 25 May 2012 12:45 PM PDT SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) - Crews battled to contain a massive New Mexico wildfire on Friday that torched a dozen homes, the largest of several blazes that have consumed more than 200 square miles (520 square km) of rugged land in half-a-dozen U.S. states in recent days. Wildfires in sparsely-populated stretches of Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah have forced the evacuation of several small towns and torched miles of forest, brush and grass since mid-month. ... |
| U.S. Airways Express attendants in tentative pact Posted: 25 May 2012 01:32 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flight attendants for Air Wisconsin, a U.S. Airways Express carrier that is the largest privately held U.S. regional airline, announced a tentative pact with the company Friday, three days after authorizing a strike. Details were not immediately disclosed. The Association of Flight Attendants union, which represents the carrier's more than 300 flight attendants, said the tentative deal had been reached with the help of the National Mediation Board. The flight attendants on Tuesday had authorized a strike if talks failed. ... |
| Analysis: Property taxes give NY Westchester edge over peers Posted: 25 May 2012 09:36 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Westchester County has the lowest median household income of the four wealthy New York counties near New York City, but it alone has bragging rights to something that would be the envy of any municipality in these times of fiscal trouble: a top AAA credit rating. One secret lies in Westchester's higher and steadier stream of property taxes, analysts say. Rockland County, which lies north of New York City and has a population just one third that of Westchester, and larger Nassau and Suffolk, which lie east of Manhattan on Long Island, depend more on sales taxes. ... |
| FBI probes fires at women's clinics in Georgia Posted: 25 May 2012 11:51 AM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - The FBI says it is investigating "intentional" fires that erupted this week at two Atlanta-area women's clinics, one of which performs abortions. "FBI-Atlanta is seeking information regarding intentional fires," the agency said in a statement. It said the first of the blazes occurred on Sunday morning after someone broke out the front window of a gynecological office and set a fire inside the building. "An incendiary substance was present," the FBI said in its statement. "Laboratory results are pending. ... |
| SEC shuts down $11-million Ponzi scheme Posted: 25 May 2012 10:18 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Regulators have charged a New York fund manager who was running an $11-million Ponzi scheme, federal court filings showed. The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Jason Konior with defrauding investors by promising to match their investments in his fund many times over. In reality, he used $2 million of the money he collected to pay his own expenses and to cover redemption requests from previous investors, according to the SEC's complaint, dated Thursday. Konior's lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ... |
| Husky Lima, Ohio, refinery workers begin strike Posted: 25 May 2012 11:43 AM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hourly workers began a strike on Friday at Husky Energy's 155,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Lima, Ohio, but the refinery remained in production with managers taking over operation of the plant, the company and the union said. Gasoline in the Group Three market moved up a penny on Friday morning to a discount of 8.25 cents under June NYMEX RBOB gasoline, but it was unclear if the strike was the cause of the increase. ... |
| Tide to change Pods lid over child safety concerns Posted: 25 May 2012 11:42 AM PDT (Reuters) - After at least one child was hospitalized for swallowing its prettily packaged detergent, Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday it will make Tide Pods more difficult to open. A double latch will be put on the lid of Tide Pods tubs and should be in markets in the next couple of weeks, P&G spokesman Paul Fox said on Friday. The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) issued a warning last week that people should keep highly concentrated, single-dose packs of detergent high up and out of the reach of children. ... |
| American Airlines passenger detained after flight disruption Posted: 25 May 2012 10:49 AM PDT (Reuters) - A "disoriented" passenger aboard an American Airlines flight was detained by Miami police on Friday after he stood up and refused to sit as the plane taxied to its airport gate, a spokesman for American's parent AMR Corp said. "We had what appeared to be a 'disoriented' male passenger who stood up at his seat in the main cabin after landing in Miami as the flight was taxiing in," AMR spokesman Tim Smith said. "He did not obey crew member instructions to sit down and then moved toward the front of the aircraft where he was subdued," Smith said. ... |
| Firefighters save some homes from New Mexico wildfire Posted: 25 May 2012 09:49 AM PDT
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| DNA expert links needle, cotton swabs to Clemens Posted: 25 May 2012 10:03 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A DNA expert in the perjury trial of Roger Clemens testified he matched the former pitching ace's genetic profile to articles of medical waste kept by the trainer who claims he injected Clemens with performance-enhancing drugs. Alan Keel, a DNA expert for Forensic Science Associates in California and a prosecution witness, said he found blood on a cotton ball and material that he believed was puss on another cotton ball that matched the genetic profile of Clemens. He also said he had found a small number of cells on a needle that also matched Clemens. ... |
| Heard in more states: See you in tax court! Posted: 25 May 2012 04:05 AM PDT (Reuters) - Georgia State Representative Allen Peake owns 20 restaurants and this year he took his frustrations with his tax bills to the state capitol, where he helped push through legislation creating a new state tax court. "I've had several sales tax audits done and disputed them, and never felt I had a fair shake," said Peake, echoing the views of other business owners. Before Peake's bill passed, Georgia taxpayers challenging state tax authorities had to pay disputed taxes before appealing them. ... |
| Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator Posted: 25 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT
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| U.S. asks judge to undo ruling against military detention law Posted: 25 May 2012 05:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Friday urged a judge to lift her order barring enforcement of part of a new law that permits indefinite military detention, a measure critics including a prize-winning journalist say is too vague and threatens free speech. Manhattan federal court Judge Katherine Forrest this month ruled in favor of activists and reporters who said they feared being detained under a section of the law, signed by President Barack Obama in December. ... |
| Kansas governor signs bill banning Islamic law Posted: 25 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) - Republican Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill aimed at keeping state courts and agencies from using Islamic or other non-U.S. laws when making decisions, his office said on Friday, drawing criticism from a national Muslim group. The law has been dubbed the "sharia bill" because critics say it targets the Islamic legal code. Sharia, or Islamic law, covers all aspects of Muslim life, including religious obligations and financial dealings. Opponents of state bans say they could nullify wills or legal contracts between Muslims. ... |
| Bud weakens to storm off Mexico's Pacific coast Posted: 25 May 2012 05:27 PM PDT
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| Florida toughest state on jobless benefits: nonprofit groups Posted: 25 May 2012 05:24 PM PDT
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| California's Coronado named No. 1 U.S. beach Posted: 25 May 2012 05:20 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor. San Diego's Coronado tops the list from "Dr. Beach," otherwise known as Stephen Leatherman, director of the laboratory for coastal research at Florida International University. The 1.5-mile stretch of Coronado Beach is set against the historic Hotel del Coronado, on an island just across San Diego Bay from the city's downtown. It is reachable by ferry or water taxi. ... |
| Patz suspect's lawyer well versed in psychiatric defense Posted: 25 May 2012 04:53 PM PDT (Reuters) - The lawyer assigned to handle the defense of Pedro Hernandez, the man who New York police say has confessed to strangling Etan Patz 33 years ago, has a track record of representing high-profile homicide defendants with a history of mental illness. Harvey Fishbein, a 39-year veteran of criminal defense law in New York, wasted no time in signaling that Hernandez's mental fitness would be an issue in the case. ... |
| Gunman in Indiana standoff shoots himself Posted: 25 May 2012 03:57 PM PDT
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| Ohio legislature OKs bill on energy fracking rules Posted: 25 May 2012 04:09 PM PDT COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Republican-led Ohio legislature approved a bill setting rules for drilling and related activities in the state's shale gas industry, in a vote late on Thursday, responding to a series of small earthquakes in Ohio last year that experts linked to a practice called fracking. Republican State Representative Peter Stautberg said the new measure will ensure safe development of Ohio's shale gas reserves while allowing the energy industry to prosper. "There is a balance that is to be struck between the industry and the administration ... ... |
| California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smoke Posted: 25 May 2012 03:45 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers. Airwaves in the most populous U.S. state are filling up with advertising for and against Proposition 29, a June 5 ballot measure that would add a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes, taking the tax to $1.87, mainly to fund medical research on tobacco usage and programs to prevent and control it. ... |
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