Eastern U.S. hit by heat wave, power outages

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• Eastern U.S. hit by heat wave, power outages
• Florida says no to two healthcare law features
• New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes
• Analysis: Stockton, California new paradigm for struggling cities
• America's Generation Y not driven to drive
• Marathon swimmer fails to complete Cuba-U.S. journey
• NYC power utility locks out union workers as talks stall
• Three Boy Scouts among five dead in Wyoming vehicle crash
• Washington museum shows War of 1812 not just "Star-Spangled Banner"
• North Carolina governor rejects fracking law
• Florida says no to two healthcare law features
• Marathon swimmer fails to complete Cuba-U.S. journey
• Eastern U.S. hit by heat wave, power outages
• America's Generation Y not driven to drive
• New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes
• NYC power utility locks out union workers as talks stall
• Three Boy Scouts among five dead in Wyoming vehicle crash

Eastern U.S. hit by heat wave, power outages Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blistering heat blanketed much of the eastern United States for the third straight day on Sunday, after violent storms killed at least 13 people and knocked out power to more than 3 million customers. Emergencies were declared in Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C., on Saturday because of damage from the storms that unleashed hurricane-force winds across and a 500-mile (800-km) stretch of the mid-Atlantic region. ...

Florida says no to two healthcare law features Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida will not implement two provisions of the U.S. healthcare law involving an expansion of Medicaid for the poor and creation of a private insurance exchange, Governor Rick Scott said on Sunday. Two other states with Republican governors, Wisconsin and Louisiana, opted out of the two provisions last week in the wake of the Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The healthcare law takes full effect in January 2014 and Republican lawmakers hope to repeal it before then. ...

New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped up his state budget battle with Democrats by calling for a special session of the legislature on Monday to lecture his opponents on the need for middle-class tax relief. The state's senate and assembly, both of which are controlled by Democrats, traditionally are in recess in July and August. The move follows the Republican governor's signing of a $31. ...

Analysis: Stockton, California new paradigm for struggling cities Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:03 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stockton, California, the largest city in the United States to ever file for bankruptcy, could create a new template for struggling cities and potentially lift the stigma that scars municipalities if they seek court protection from creditors. If Stockton, which filed for Chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy on June 28, can reach consensus with its creditors and craft a plan to exit bankruptcy quickly others may follow suit, legal experts said. "Successful cases breed more filings," said Andrew Glenn, a bankruptcy partner in New York at Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman. ...

America's Generation Y not driven to drive Posted: 01 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To Shoshana Gurian-Sherman, driving seemed like a huge hassle. "Part of it was laziness," the 23-year-old Minneapolis resident recalled. "I didn't really want to put in the effort to learn how to drive ... I knew how to ride the buses, so it was not necessary. "And the other thing was, it was just scary, the idea of being in charge of a vehicle that potentially could kill me or other people," Gurian-Sherman said. ...

Marathon swimmer fails to complete Cuba-U.S. journey Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey, who failed on Sunday to complete a record breaking 103-mile (166-km) swim from Cuba to the United States, was bested by mighty Gulf Stream currents, her husband said. Chris Palfrey, a long-distance swimmer himself, said the tricky currents were all that blocked his wife's bid to become the first marathoner to make the solo crossing through the treacherous Florida Straits without a shark cage. ...

NYC power utility locks out union workers as talks stall Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York power utility Consolidated Edison Inc locked out its unionized workers early on Sunday after contract talks broke down, both sides said, raising the possibility of power cuts during a summer heat wave. The company asked to extend negotiations for two more weeks, it said, but the union, which had threatened a strike, refused. In response, the firm told union members not to report for work on Sunday. The action increased the risk of power outages if a continuing heat wave puts extra strain on the electrical grid for New York City and suburban Westchester county. ...

Three Boy Scouts among five dead in Wyoming vehicle crash Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:23 PM PDT CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - A head-on collision in northwestern Wyoming on Saturday killed three older Boy Scouts, a toddler and a man, authorities said. The crash occurred on Highway 120, less than 20 miles south of the town of Meeteetse. It appears a Honda Element SUV with the man, who was in his 50s, and the three Boy Scouts veered into the opposite lane and struck an oncoming recreational vehicle, said Wyoming Highway Patrol Captain Len Declercq. The four were killed, along with a 3-year-old boy in the RV, he said. ...

Washington museum shows War of 1812 not just "Star-Spangled Banner" Posted: 01 Jul 2012 05:06 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The War of 1812 may be the United States' forgotten conflict, but an unprecedented art museum exhibit shows that there was a lot more to it than the "The Star-Spangled Banner." The wide-ranging show, "1812: A Nation Emerges" at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, brings together more than 100 paintings, sculptures, artifacts and documents to explain the little-known war and its deep impact on the infant United States. ...

North Carolina governor rejects fracking law Posted: 01 Jul 2012 07:00 PM PDT RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue on Sunday vetoed legislation that would have lifted a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and opened the door to shale gas exploration in that state. Perdue, a Democrat, said she supports shale gas exploration and fracking, but that a measure approved by the Republican-led legislature in June to permit the practices would not ensure adequate environmental protections. ...

Florida says no to two healthcare law features Posted: 01 Jul 2012 06:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida will not implement two provisions of the U.S. healthcare law involving an expansion of Medicaid for the poor and creation of a private insurance exchange, Governor Rick Scott said on Sunday. Two other states with Republican governors, Wisconsin and Louisiana, opted out of the two provisions last week in the wake of the Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The healthcare law takes full effect in January 2014 and Republican lawmakers hope to repeal it before then. ...

Marathon swimmer fails to complete Cuba-U.S. journey Posted: 01 Jul 2012 04:09 PM PDT KEY WEST, Florida (Reuters) - Marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey, who failed on Sunday to complete a record breaking 103-mile (166-km) swim from Cuba to the United States, was bested by mighty Gulf Stream currents, her husband said. Chris Palfrey, a long-distance swimmer himself, said the tricky currents were all that blocked his wife's bid to become the first marathoner to make the solo crossing through the treacherous Florida Straits without a shark cage. ...

Eastern U.S. hit by heat wave, power outages Posted: 01 Jul 2012 02:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Blistering heat blanketed much of the eastern United States for the third straight day on Sunday, after violent storms killed at least 13 people and knocked out power to more than 3 million customers. Emergencies were declared in Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington D.C., on Saturday because of damage from the storms that unleashed hurricane-force winds across and a 500-mile (800-km) stretch of the mid-Atlantic region. ...

America's Generation Y not driven to drive Posted: 01 Jul 2012 07:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To Shoshana Gurian-Sherman, driving seemed like a huge hassle. "Part of it was laziness," the 23-year-old Minneapolis resident recalled. "I didn't really want to put in the effort to learn how to drive ... I knew how to ride the buses, so it was not necessary. "And the other thing was, it was just scary, the idea of being in charge of a vehicle that potentially could kill me or other people," Gurian-Sherman said. ...

New Jersey's Christie presses legislators on taxes Posted: 01 Jul 2012 11:14 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie stepped up his state budget battle with Democrats by calling for a special session of the legislature on Monday to lecture his opponents on the need for middle-class tax relief. The state's senate and assembly, both of which are controlled by Democrats, traditionally are in recess in July and August. The move follows the Republican governor's signing of a $31. ...

NYC power utility locks out union workers as talks stall Posted: 01 Jul 2012 12:00 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York power utility Consolidated Edison Inc locked out its unionized workers early on Sunday after contract talks broke down, both sides said, raising the possibility of power cuts during a summer heat wave. The company asked to extend negotiations for two more weeks, it said, but the union, which had threatened a strike, refused. In response, the firm told union members not to report for work on Sunday. The action increased the risk of power outages if a continuing heat wave puts extra strain on the electrical grid for New York City and suburban Westchester county. ...

Three Boy Scouts among five dead in Wyoming vehicle crash Posted: 30 Jun 2012 07:23 PM PDT CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - A head-on collision in northwestern Wyoming on Saturday killed three older Boy Scouts, a toddler and a man, authorities said. The crash occurred on Highway 120, less than 20 miles south of the town of Meeteetse. It appears a Honda Element SUV with the man, who was in his 50s, and the three Boy Scouts veered into the opposite lane and struck an oncoming recreational vehicle, said Wyoming Highway Patrol Captain Len Declercq. The four were killed, along with a 3-year-old boy in the RV, he said. ...

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