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- Seattle shooting "hero" threw stools at gunman: police
- Ex-Senator acquitted on campaign finance charge
- Court says marriage law discriminates against gay couples
- Family of New Jersey suicide rejects apology from former roommate
- Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups
- Probation for Colorado woman who slid buttocks across $30 million painting
- Lockheed says Pentagon paperwork adds to overhead costs
- Feds say bust drug ring with ties to Mexican drug cartel
- Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests
- Closing statements made in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial
- Gunman kills five people and himself in Seattle rampage
- California sued over conditions at prison's high-security unit
- Ex-Senator Edwards acquitted on campaign finance charge
- Judge blocks part of "harsh" Florida voting law
- McDonald's to end pork gestation crate use by 2022
- Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups
- Boehner holds firm on no tax-hike pledge
- Nine contestants to vie for National Spelling Bee championship
- U.S. prosecutor in Swiss tax probe to exit
- Residential segregation lingering problem: study
- Bush portrait unveiling mixes laughs, politics at White House
- U.S. House rejects sex-selection abortion ban
- Church paid sexually abusive priests to leave
- U.S. judge blocks part of "harsh" Florida voting law
- Regional jet slides off runway in Chicago, no injuries
- U.S. man jailed for 1968 hijack to Cuba to be re-sentenced
- Arkansas escapee's brother, mother charged with aiding jailbreak
- Poll suggests close election for Calif. tobacco tax
- Sheila Bair urges tough rules on hedging by banks
- Closing statements in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial
- 14-year-old from San Diego wins Scripps National Spelling Bee
- Ex-Senator acquitted on campaign finance charge
- Seattle shooting "hero" threw stools at gunman: police
- Probation for Colorado woman who slid buttocks across $30 million painting
- Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups
- Feds say bust drug ring with ties to Mexican drug cartel
- Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests
- Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests
- California sued over conditions at prison's high-security unit
- Closing statements made in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial
| Seattle shooting "hero" threw stools at gunman: police Posted: 31 May 2012 06:55 PM PDT (Reuters) - When Ian Stawicki started shooting at a Seattle cafe in a spree rampage that would leave him and five others dead, one man stood up and tried to stop him by hurling coffeehouse stools at the gunman, police said on Thursday. A day after the shootings in the Cafe Racer, police said the actions of that man - whom they are not naming - ultimately saved three lives and were a bright spot in a violent series of events that ended when Stawicki shot himself in the head. ... |
| Ex-Senator acquitted on campaign finance charge Posted: 31 May 2012 07:15 PM PDT GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former Senator John Edwards' affair and child out of wedlock derailed a political rise that put him on the Democrats' 2004 White House ticket, but the one-time trial lawyer held his head high on Thursday after a North Carolina jury delivered his most personal victory yet. Twelve jurors in the state Edwards represented in the U.S. Senate from 1999 to 2005 acquitted him on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions given during his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago. U.S. ... |
| Court says marriage law discriminates against gay couples Posted: 31 May 2012 02:16 PM PDT BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Boston found on Thursday that a U.S. law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman unconstitutionally denies federal benefits to lawfully married same-sex couples in a ruling that promises to push the issue of gay marriage to the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling on the 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act, marked a victory for gay rights groups and U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration announced last year it considered the law unconstitutional and would no longer defend it. In its 3-0 ruling, a panel of the U.S. ... |
| Family of New Jersey suicide rejects apology from former roommate Posted: 31 May 2012 04:12 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Relatives of a Rutgers student who committed suicide after his roommate used a webcam to spy on his gay encounter rejected the roommate's apology on Thursday, calling it a work of "public relations" designed to counter his lack of remorse. Dharun Ravi, who is serving a 30-day prison sentence, should have been given a stiffer punishment for his conviction in March in Middlesex County, New Jersey Superior Court on 15 charges, including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and witness tampering, the family said in a statement. ... |
| Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups Posted: 31 May 2012 05:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co and McDonald's Corp slammed a proposed limit on soft drink sales in New York City that would turn a small McDonald's drink into the new large and could trigger a wave of similar restrictions aimed at curbing obesity. "New Yorkers expect and deserve better than this. They can make their own choices about the beverages they purchase," Coca-Cola said in a statement on Thursday. Coke dominates the U.S. fountain drink market, and would likely be the most hurt. ... |
| Probation for Colorado woman who slid buttocks across $30 million painting Posted: 31 May 2012 06:29 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - A woman who punched, scratched and slid her buttocks against a $30 million painting by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still at a Denver museum has been sentenced to two years of probation, and will have to undergo mental health treatment, prosecutors said on Thursday. Carmen Tisch, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this month to felony criminal mischief for striking at and leaning against the oil-on-canvas painting "1957-J No. 2" at the Clyfford Still Museum last year, the Denver District Attorney's Office said. ... |
| Lockheed says Pentagon paperwork adds to overhead costs Posted: 31 May 2012 04:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp, the biggest U.S. weapons maker, on Thursday pushed back against the Pentagon's demands for ever more cost data, saying the requests were adding to the very overhead the government wants to see lowered. Lockheed Chief Executive Bob Stevens said his company was working hard to drive down overhead, but the government's "should cost" initiative meant the company needed more people to generate thousands of pages of additional paperwork. ... |
| Feds say bust drug ring with ties to Mexican drug cartel Posted: 31 May 2012 05:14 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have broken up a drug-trafficking ring that had ties to a Mexican drug cartel and used commercial trucks to move methamphetamine and money between California and Colorado, authorities said on Thursday. A federal grand jury in Denver last week indicted 22 people in four states for drug trafficking and money laundering following an 18-month investigation by an organized crime strike force, law enforcement officials said. The smugglers used "corrupt drivers" from a California trucking company to transport the drugs and illegal proceeds, the U.S. ... |
| Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests Posted: 31 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police did not have probable cause to justify mass arrests outside the 2004 Republican National Convention, lawyers for some of those detained told a U.S. judge on Thursday. In a crowded courtroom in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Judge Richard Sullivan heard oral arguments over cases that were filed over seven years ago and raised questions about police tactics well before the Occupy Wall Street movement. ... |
| Closing statements made in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial Posted: 31 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The prosecution in the Philadelphia Roman Catholic Church sex abuse trial said on Thursday an accused monsignor covered up cases of pedophile priests to avoid scandal, but his defense attorney said his efforts to handle the problem were stymied by the church's hierarchy. Monsignor William Lynn, who in his 12-year job as secretary of the clergy supervised hundreds of priests, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment and, if convicted, faces the possibility of 28 years in prison. Prosecutors say Lynn, 61, the highest-ranking U.S. ... |
| Gunman kills five people and himself in Seattle rampage Posted: 31 May 2012 02:43 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - A gunman killed four people at a popular Seattle cafe on Wednesday then fled to a downtown parking lot where he killed a fifth person and stole her car before shooting himself in the head as police closed in, authorities said. The suspect, identified as Ian Lee Stawicki, 40, and described as mentally disturbed, died at a hospital hours after the late-morning slayings, which police initially treated as two separate incidents. ... |
| California sued over conditions at prison's high-security unit Posted: 31 May 2012 04:54 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A civil rights group sued the state of California and its prison system on Thursday, saying the long-term confinement of inmates in a special high-security unit at Pelican Bay State Prison amounted to torture and human rights violations. The lawsuit demands reforms and seeks class-action status for more than 500 current prisoners who have been held in the Special Housing Unit at the super-maximum-security prison in Northern California for between 10 and 28 years. ... |
| Ex-Senator Edwards acquitted on campaign finance charge Posted: 31 May 2012 04:18 PM PDT GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator John Edwards was acquitted on Thursday on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the judge declared a mistrial on five other counts because the jury was deadlocked. The jury's decision came on the ninth day of deliberations and marked yet another dramatic turn of events for the one-time politician who rose to become the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 2004, only to see his career ruined by scandal four years later. ... |
| Judge blocks part of "harsh" Florida voting law Posted: 31 May 2012 03:48 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday declared a Florida election law "harsh and impractical" for requiring groups conducting voter registration drives to turn in registration forms within 48 hours of collecting them, and blocked enforcement of the deadline. The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and other groups had challenged the law, passed by Florida's Republican-controlled legislature last year and signed by Republican Governor Rick Scott with the stated intent of fighting voter fraud. ... |
| McDonald's to end pork gestation crate use by 2022 Posted: 31 May 2012 04:41 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's USA said Thursday that by 2022 it will only buy pork from farmers and other sources that do not use gestation stalls for housing their pregnant sows. In the shorter term, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based fast-food giant said that it would work with producers and suppliers to develop traceability systems to prove that the meat it buys are not from farms that use such structures. The company also said that, by 2017, it would seek to source pork for its U.S. business from producers that are also working to phase out such gestation stalls. McDonald's, the top U.S. ... |
| Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups Posted: 31 May 2012 02:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co and McDonald's Corp slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposed ban on large soft drinks in New York City, arguing for freedom of choice and saying it would not effectively curb obesity. "New Yorkers expect and deserve better than this. They can make their own choices about the beverages they purchase," Coca-Cola said in a statement on Thursday. ... |
| Boehner holds firm on no tax-hike pledge Posted: 31 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday dismissed suggestions that Republicans were warming to raising revenue as a part of a plan to cut the deficit, adding that tax hikes on millionaires would cost jobs. The top Republican in Congress blasted a proposal from House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to raise taxes only on those earning more than $1 million, saying it would hurt too many small business owners, who hire the most U.S. workers. "I believe that raising taxes at this point in our recovery is a big mistake," Boehner told reporters. ... |
| Nine contestants to vie for National Spelling Bee championship Posted: 31 May 2012 03:18 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nine contestants for the Scripps National Spelling Bee survived preliminary rounds to make the final on Thursday, including a New York City 12-year-old who tied for third last year. The day started with fifty young spellers, aged 10 to 14, and was winnowed down to nine after contestants were tripped up by words such as "tendenz," a literary term and "polynee," a type of pastry. They spelled words on stage at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, just south of Washington, D.C. ... |
| U.S. prosecutor in Swiss tax probe to exit Posted: 31 May 2012 03:00 PM PDT (Reuters) - The U.S. prosecutor most responsible for piercing the veil of Swiss bank secrecy has resigned, but tax experts said his exit was unlikely to slow Justice Department efforts to rein in American offshore tax evasion there. Kevin Downing, 46, who for several years has led the department's criminal probe of the Swiss banking industry, will leave effective June 4 to become a partner at a major law firm, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. ... |
| Residential segregation lingering problem: study Posted: 31 May 2012 09:26 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Multiethnic neighborhoods have increased in the United States in recent decades but not many white and black families are moving into them, according to new study published on Thursday. Researchers who analyzed the mobility trends of more than 100,000 families in metropolitan areas over nearly three decades found that the majority of blacks and whites continue to live in neighborhoods with high concentrations of residents of their own race. ... |
| Bush portrait unveiling mixes laughs, politics at White House Posted: 31 May 2012 01:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only days after former President George W. Bush backed his Republican opponent, President Barack Obama warmly welcomed the Texan back to the White House and praised his "extraordinary service" to the country. Political irony hung over the emotional event that brought Bush and his wife, Laura, back to Washington: the unveiling of their official portraits, which will hang among those of other U.S. presidents in the Grand Foyer of the White House. ... |
| U.S. House rejects sex-selection abortion ban Posted: 31 May 2012 12:50 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday rejected Republican legislation banning abortions based on the sex of the fetus in a vote that keeps the election-year spotlight on an emotionally charged issue. The "Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act," would have subjected doctors to a five-year prison term if they performed abortions intended to select gender. Medical and mental health professionals also would have had to report suspected violations to authorities or face a one-year sentence. ... |
| Church paid sexually abusive priests to leave Posted: 31 May 2012 08:26 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan authorized $20,000 payments to a handful of sexually abusive priests so they would immediately leave the Milwaukee archdiocese when Dolan was archbishop there nearly a decade ago, a church spokeswoman said on Thursday. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) first announced the payments on Wednesday upon discovering minutes of a March 2003 meeting of the Milwaukee archdiocese finance council meeting. SNAP is demanding full disclosure of all such payments. ... |
| U.S. judge blocks part of "harsh" Florida voting law Posted: 31 May 2012 12:35 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida election law requiring third-party groups to turn in voter registration forms within 48 hours is "harsh and impractical," a federal judge ruled on Thursday. U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle blocked enforcement of that provision, but left intact most of the election law passed last year by the state's Republican-controlled legislature. The League of Women voters had challenged the law, which carried a $1,000-a-day fine for failing to meet the time requirement. The group said the requirement was so onerous that it stopped holding voter registration drives in Florida. ... |
| Regional jet slides off runway in Chicago, no injuries Posted: 31 May 2012 11:34 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A passenger jet slid off the runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Thursday as it was making an emergency landing but no one was injured. American Eagle Flight 4069 had taken off from O'Hare bound for Tulsa when a warning light began flashing in the cockpit, according to American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller. The pilot declared an emergency and returned the Embraer ERJ-145 twin-engine jet to O'Hare. But shortly after the plane touched down, it veered off the runway and onto a cargo taxiway, Miller said. No one was injured in the incident. ... |
| U.S. man jailed for 1968 hijack to Cuba to be re-sentenced Posted: 31 May 2012 12:18 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man serving a 15-year prison term for participating in a 1968 hijacking of a Pan American airliner to Cuba was improperly denied the possibility of parole and must be re-sentenced, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said that at the time of Luis Armando Pena Soltren's crime, defendants were entitled to possible early release through the parole process. ... |
| Arkansas escapee's brother, mother charged with aiding jailbreak Posted: 31 May 2012 12:24 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The mother and brother of a murder suspect who escaped from an Arkansas prison this week have been arrested and accused of providing a hacksaw and cellphone to aid in the breakout, authorities said on Thursday. Edward George Dailey, 34, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with furnishing implements of escape for his brother, Quincy Vernard Stewart. His mother, Charlene Stewart, was arrested earlier in the week and also charged with aiding the escape. ... |
| Poll suggests close election for Calif. tobacco tax Posted: 31 May 2012 10:17 AM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California ballot measure that proposes adding a $1 tax to a pack of cigarettes holds a tenuous eight-point lead in a Field Poll survey with less than a week to go to election day. Survey results released on Thursday showed 50 percent of likely voters backing the June 5 ballot measure and 42 opposed and 8 percent undecided. Field Poll Director Mark DiCamillo said the findings suggest Proposition 29 could see support shrink in coming days, which would mirror two prior ballot battles over increasing tobacco taxes in the most populous U.S. state. ... |
| Sheila Bair urges tough rules on hedging by banks Posted: 31 May 2012 10:49 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington policymakers should tighten the Volcker rule's ban on bank's speculative trades by reining in an exemption for hedging activity, former U.S. bank regulator Sheila Bair said on Thursday. Speaking at a roundtable hosted by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bair said Volcker rule exemptions should be strictly defined and that banks should have to publicly disclose their hedges. "I would tighten the rule," she said. "A hedge should not be allowed unless it is a hedge. ... |
| Closing statements in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial Posted: 31 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Closing arguments were to begin on Thursday in the closely watched child sex abuse case against a Roman Catholic priest and a church monsignor who is the highest-ranking U.S. church official to stand trial in a pedophilia scandal. The jury has heard ten weeks of testimony in the trial of Monsignor William Lynn, the former secretary of the clergy in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, and the Reverend James Brennan. Lynn, 61, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment and could face as much as 28 years in prison if convicted. ... |
| 14-year-old from San Diego wins Scripps National Spelling Bee Posted: 31 May 2012 07:18 PM PDT (Reuters) - Snighda Nandipati, a 14-year-old eighth grader from San Diego, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling "guetapens," a French word for ambush. The second-place finisher was Stuti Mishra, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Orlando, Florida. Arvind Mahankali, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Bayside Hills, New York, repeated as third-place finisher for the second year in a row. (Reporting by Ian Simpson) |
| Ex-Senator acquitted on campaign finance charge Posted: 31 May 2012 07:15 PM PDT GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former Senator John Edwards' affair and child out of wedlock derailed a political rise that put him on the Democrats' 2004 White House ticket, but the one-time trial lawyer held his head high on Thursday after a North Carolina jury delivered his most personal victory yet. Twelve jurors in the state Edwards represented in the U.S. Senate from 1999 to 2005 acquitted him on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions given during his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination four years ago. U.S. ... |
| Seattle shooting "hero" threw stools at gunman: police Posted: 31 May 2012 06:55 PM PDT (Reuters) - When Ian Stawicki started shooting at a Seattle cafe in a spree rampage that would leave him and five others dead, one man stood up and tried to stop him by hurling coffeehouse stools at the gunman, police said on Thursday. A day after the shootings in the Cafe Racer, police said the actions of that man - whom they are not naming - ultimately saved three lives and were a bright spot in a violent series of events that ended when Stawicki shot himself in the head. ... |
| Probation for Colorado woman who slid buttocks across $30 million painting Posted: 31 May 2012 06:29 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - A woman who punched, scratched and slid her buttocks against a $30 million painting by abstract expressionist Clyfford Still at a Denver museum has been sentenced to two years of probation, and will have to undergo mental health treatment, prosecutors said on Thursday. Carmen Tisch, 37, pleaded guilty earlier this month to felony criminal mischief for striking at and leaning against the oil-on-canvas painting "1957-J No. 2" at the Clyfford Still Museum last year, the Denver District Attorney's Office said. ... |
| Coke, McDonald's slam NYC bid to ban big soda cups Posted: 31 May 2012 05:37 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co and McDonald's Corp slammed a proposed limit on soft drink sales in New York City that would turn a small McDonald's drink into the new large and could trigger a wave of similar restrictions aimed at curbing obesity. "New Yorkers expect and deserve better than this. They can make their own choices about the beverages they purchase," Coca-Cola said in a statement on Thursday. Coke dominates the U.S. fountain drink market, and would likely be the most hurt. ... |
| Feds say bust drug ring with ties to Mexican drug cartel Posted: 31 May 2012 05:14 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - U.S. federal agents have broken up a drug-trafficking ring that had ties to a Mexican drug cartel and used commercial trucks to move methamphetamine and money between California and Colorado, authorities said on Thursday. A federal grand jury in Denver last week indicted 22 people in four states for drug trafficking and money laundering following an 18-month investigation by an organized crime strike force, law enforcement officials said. The smugglers used "corrupt drivers" from a California trucking company to transport the drugs and illegal proceeds, the U.S. ... |
| Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests Posted: 31 May 2012 05:05 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police did not have probable cause to justify mass arrests outside the 2004 Republican National Convention, lawyers for some of those detained told a U.S. judge on Thursday. In a crowded courtroom in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Judge Richard Sullivan heard oral arguments over cases that were filed over seven years ago and raised questions about police tactics well before the Occupy Wall Street movement. ... |
| Judge hears challenge to 2004 NY police mass arrests Posted: 31 May 2012 04:55 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City police did not have probable cause to justify mass arrests of protesters during the 2004 Republican National Convention, lawyers for some of those detained told a U.S. judge on Thursday. In a crowded courtroom in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Judge Richard Sullivan heard oral arguments over cases that were filed over seven years ago and raised questions about police tactics well before the Occupy Wall Street movement. ... |
| California sued over conditions at prison's high-security unit Posted: 31 May 2012 04:54 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A civil rights group sued the state of California and its prison system on Thursday, saying the long-term confinement of inmates in a special high-security unit at Pelican Bay State Prison amounted to torture and human rights violations. The lawsuit demands reforms and seeks class-action status for more than 500 current prisoners who have been held in the Special Housing Unit at the super-maximum-security prison in Northern California for between 10 and 28 years. ... |
| Closing statements made in Philadelphia church pedophilia trial Posted: 31 May 2012 04:48 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The prosecution in the Philadelphia Roman Catholic Church sex abuse trial said on Thursday an accused monsignor covered up cases of pedophile priests to avoid scandal, but his defense attorney said his efforts to handle the problem were stymied by the church's hierarchy. Monsignor William Lynn, who in his 12-year job as secretary of the clergy supervised hundreds of priests, is accused of conspiracy and child endangerment and, if convicted, faces the possibility of 28 years in prison. Prosecutors say Lynn, 61, the highest-ranking U.S. ... |
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