Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized |
- Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized
- Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado
- Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims
- Philadelphia monsignor imprisoned for covering up child sex abuse
- Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier
- Pentagon concludes oxygen supply behind F-22 breathing problems
- Rains give mild relief to drought, grain prices tumble
- Near-bankrupt San Bernardino targets bonds, retiree health
- Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police
- Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog
- Michigan governor declares emergency over fuel shortage
- Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color
- Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog
- Colorado judge bans cameras in hearing when shooting suspect charged
- Death toll in Texas human smuggling crash reaches 15
- New York man to pay fine for unauthorized 1998 Cuba visit
- Philadelphia woman accused of murder in death of British student
- New Jersey judges not subject to pension reform - court
- House explosion in western New York kills teenager, injures family
- Crowd protests Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of court challenge
- New York City's proposed ban on big sugary sodas draws heated debate
- Christie signs bill to boost New Jersey's solar industry
- Massachusetts asks U.S. high court to take on gay marriage case
- White House says Obama could address gun control issue
- Guilt ate at man who confessed to 1970s Oregon murders: police
- Appeals court upholds South Dakota abortion law's suicide advisory
- Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color
- Attorney General to place New Orleans police under federal monitoring
- U.S. creating zones in six states to quickly develop solar energy
- CBO says healthcare ruling could save $84 billion
- Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color
- Poll finds gun owners, even NRA members, back some restrictions
- Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier
- Accused Colorado killer no easy fit for mass murderer profile
- Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado
- Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog
- Michigan governor declares emergency over fuel shortage
- Fund for Colorado shooting victims hits $2 million, Warner Bros. donates
- Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized
- Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police
| Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT
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| Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT
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| Actor Christian Bale visits Colorado shooting victims Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT
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| Philadelphia monsignor imprisoned for covering up child sex abuse Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:07 PM PDT
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| Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:10 PM PDT
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| Pentagon concludes oxygen supply behind F-22 breathing problems Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:34 PM PDT
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| Rains give mild relief to drought, grain prices tumble Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:26 PM PDT
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| Near-bankrupt San Bernardino targets bonds, retiree health Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT
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| Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday placed the New Orleans Police Department, which has been accused of widespread abuses, under the scrutiny of a federal monitor for at least four years. Holder issued a sweeping decree that he said resulted from "one of the most extensive investigations" of a law enforcement agency the Justice Department has ever conducted. "This agreement is the most widespread, wide-ranging in the department's history," he said during a downtown New Orleans press conference where he was joined by city officials. ... |
| Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT
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| Michigan governor declares emergency over fuel shortage Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday declared an energy emergency in the state due to temporary shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in parts of the Upper Peninsula caused by the shutdown of a pipeline in Wisconsin. The emergency declaration suspends state and federal regulations that limit hours of service for motor carriers and drivers transporting gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel to address the shortages, Snyder said in a statement. ... |
| Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, self-described as "America's toughest sheriff," denied on Tuesday that his deputies targeted people because of the color of their skin in a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Arpaio, sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, was testifying in a class-action lawsuit that will test whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents. "I am against anyone racial profiling ... ... |
| Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:03 PM PDT
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| Colorado judge bans cameras in hearing when shooting suspect charged Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:32 PM PDT
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| Death toll in Texas human smuggling crash reaches 15 Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:12 PM PDT
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| New York man to pay fine for unauthorized 1998 Cuba visit Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:33 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A New York man agreed on Tuesday to pay a $6,500 fine to settle a long-running dispute with the U.S. Treasury Department over a trip he made to Cuba as an unauthorized tourist 14 years ago. Zachary Sanders, now 38, said he was 23 and had been living and teaching English in Mexico when he decided to go to Cuba for a couple of weeks in 1998. "I wanted to learn about how a socialist country worked in practice," Sanders said in an interview. "I had no illusions. ... I'm not like some diehard supporter of the (Cuban) government or anything like that. ... |
| Philadelphia woman accused of murder in death of British student Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:31 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A Philadelphia woman has been charged with murder in the 2011 death of a British woman who came to the United States for a buttocks enhancement procedure, authorities said on Tuesday. The victim, Claudia Aderotimi, a 20-year-old student from East London, traveled to Philadelphia in February 2011 after seeing an advertisement for the procedure online, authorities said. She met with Padge Winslowe, 42, of West Philadelphia, who was untrained and unlicensed but injected her buttocks with silicone, according to the Philadelphia district attorney's office. ... |
| New Jersey judges not subject to pension reform - court Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:30 PM PDT (Reuters) - New Jersey Supreme Court justices ruled on Tuesday that they are exempt from last year's state pension reform. The reform, which called for judges and justices in the state to increase their pension and healthcare contributions, violates the New Jersey constitution, the court found in a split decision. State Senate President Steve Sweeney, a Democrat, said in a statement that he was disappointed in the court's decision, which he said "will not be the final word on this issue. ... |
| House explosion in western New York kills teenager, injures family Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:02 PM PDT BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - A house exploded into flames on Tuesday in western New York, killing a teenager and injuring four members of her family who were blown into the home's yard, authorities said. The blast leveled the Wilson, New York, house on Lake Ontario, about 30 miles north of Buffalo, Niagara County Undersheriff Michael Filicetti said. "There was fire and explosion. There is nothing left. It's leveled," Filicetti said. The cause was unknown, he said, although someone in the home complained on Monday of smelling the odor of the additive in natural gas. ... |
| Crowd protests Pennsylvania voter ID law ahead of court challenge Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:14 PM PDT HARRISBURG, Penn. (Reuters) - Hundreds of demonstrators protested Pennsylvania's controversial new voter identification law on Tuesday, calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. The law faces a challenge beginning on Wednesday in state court by civil rights groups. The U.S. Justice Department said on Monday it was investigating whether the law discriminates against minorities. At Tuesday's rally, protesters said the law violates the nation's Voting Rights Act which, passed in 1965 during the peak of the civil rights movement, prohibits rules that make it more difficult for minorities to vote. ... |
| New York City's proposed ban on big sugary sodas draws heated debate Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:19 PM PDT
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| Christie signs bill to boost New Jersey's solar industry Posted: 24 Jul 2012 03:00 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed into law on Monday a bill that aims to stabilize the largest solar market in the United States, which has suffered from a sharp decline in demand for renewable energy credit and credit prices. The Republican governor signed S-1925, a bipartisan bill that easily passed in both houses of the state legislature. The bill will move up the start of a mandatory renewable energy production quota by four years and would lower the price ceiling for credits that electricity producers must use to comply with the quota. ... |
| Massachusetts asks U.S. high court to take on gay marriage case Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a recent appeals court decision striking down parts of the federal law that defines marriage solely as the union of a man and a woman. The request sets up a potential first consideration of a gay marriage case by the Supreme Court. "The Defense of Marriage Act is a discriminatory and unconstitutional law that harms thousands of families in Massachusetts and takes away our state's right to extend marriage equality to all couples," Coakley said in a statement. ... |
| White House says Obama could address gun control issue Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:57 PM PDT
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| Guilt ate at man who confessed to 1970s Oregon murders: police Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:30 PM PDT EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - A guilt-ridden sex offender who police say confessed to at least two killings in Oregon in the 1970s will remain behind bars without bond while awaiting extradition from Texas on murder charges, authorities said on Tuesday. Jeffrey Paul Cutlip, 63, appeared before a municipal judge on Tuesday in Brownsville, Texas, where he called police on Saturday to admit to the killings in Portland, police officials said. ... |
| Appeals court upholds South Dakota abortion law's suicide advisory Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:22 PM PDT (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a South Dakota law requiring doctors to advise women seeking abortions that they face an increased risk of suicide after the procedure. The 7-4 ruling by the full 8th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a decision by a three-judge appellate panel in September 2011 that had ruled unconstitutional the suicide advisory provision in South Dakota's 2005 law. ... |
| Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, self-described as "America's toughest sheriff," denied on Tuesday that his deputies targeted people because of the color of their skin in a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Arpaio, sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, was testifying in a class-action lawsuit to test whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents. "I am against anyone racial profiling ... ... |
| Attorney General to place New Orleans police under federal monitoring Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:17 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder will announce on Tuesday that the New Orleans police force, which has been accused of widespread abuses, will be placed under the scrutiny of a federal judge, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in New Orleans. The office said in a statement that Holder will announce he is placing the department under court-ordered monitoring for a period of years in order "to resolve allegations of unlawful misconduct in the New Orleans Police Department. ... |
| U.S. creating zones in six states to quickly develop solar energy Posted: 24 Jul 2012 01:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration announced a plan on Tuesday to open public land in six southwestern states to speed up the development of solar energy, while blocking projects in areas deemed environmentally sensitive. The plan allows for 17 zones covering about 285,000 acres of federal land in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The administration wants to fast track development of large solar power generation plants that would provide electricity to homes and businesses through power grids. ... |
| CBO says healthcare ruling could save $84 billion Posted: 24 Jul 2012 02:36 PM PDT
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| Arizona sheriff denies targeting illegal immigrants by skin color Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:10 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Veteran Arizona lawman Joe Arpaio, self-described as "America's toughest sheriff," denied on Tuesday that his deputies targeted people because of the color of their skin in a controversial crackdown on illegal immigration. Arpaio, sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, was testifying in a class-action lawsuit that will test whether police can target illegal immigrants without racially profiling Hispanic citizens and legal residents. "I am against anyone racial profiling ... ... |
| Poll finds gun owners, even NRA members, back some restrictions Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:13 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Most gun owners - even current and former members of the National Rifle Association - support some firearms ownership restrictions including criminal background checks for prospective gun buyers, according to a poll commissioned by an anti-gun lobbying group. The survey, conducted by Republican pollster Frank Luntz for the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, was carried out in May but was released on Tuesday in the aftermath of the Colorado movie theater shooting that killed 12 people last week. ... |
| Army sergeant stands trial in death of Asian-American soldier Posted: 24 Jul 2012 06:10 PM PDT
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| Accused Colorado killer no easy fit for mass murderer profile Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:44 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unless James Holmes chooses to say why he went on the lethal shooting spree he is accused of in a Colorado movie theater last Friday, the analyses offered by forensic psychiatrists, based on their study of other mass murders, may be as close as we get. From what is known of the attack and his life so far, experts say Holmes was probably not suffering from as serious a mental illness as Jared Loughner, who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after killing six people in Tucson, Arizona, in 2011. ... |
| Background check applications for gun buys surge in Colorado Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT
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| Changed standards benefit Afghan force report: watchdog Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:07 PM PDT
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| Michigan governor declares emergency over fuel shortage Posted: 24 Jul 2012 05:06 PM PDT (Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday declared an energy emergency in the state due to temporary shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in parts of the Upper Peninsula caused by the shutdown of a pipeline in Wisconsin. The emergency declaration suspends state and federal regulations that limit hours of service for motor carriers and drivers transporting gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel to address the shortages, Snyder said in a statement. ... |
| Fund for Colorado shooting victims hits $2 million, Warner Bros. donates Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fund to raise money for families of the victims in last week's theater shooting at a screening of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" has raised nearly $2 million, including donations from Warner Bros, the studio behind the movie. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper said in a statement on Tuesday that contributions to GivingFirst.org, which is collecting the funds, have come from Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, other corporations, individuals, families and foundations. "The needs will be great and we look forward to seeing the fund grow exponentially. ... |
| Colorado shooting victim's wife has baby; 20 still hospitalized Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT
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| Attorney General orders sweeping reforms for New Orleans police Posted: 24 Jul 2012 04:17 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday placed the New Orleans Police Department, which has been accused of widespread abuses, under the scrutiny of a federal monitor for at least four years. Holder issued a sweeping decree that he said resulted from "one of the most extensive investigations" of a law enforcement agency the Justice Department has ever conducted. "This agreement is the most widespread, wide-ranging in the department's history," he said during a downtown New Orleans press conference where he was joined by city officials. ... |
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