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- Deportation looms for tech guru McAfee after heart drama
- New Jersey and New York press case for $80 billion Sandy aid bill
- Trayvon Martin's killer sues NBC over racist "myth"
- Michigan Legislature OKs separate "right-to-work' bills to curb unions
- Obama family presides over lighting of national Christmas tree
- Man pleads guilty in plot to attack Seattle military site
- Illinois lawmaker running for Congress out on bond after gun charge
- New Jersey governor vetoes bill to set up health insurance exchange
- Delta sued in first action under California online privacy law
- Prosecutors say daughter of jailed Mexican Mafia kingpin ran U.S. gang
- Washington state readies for same-sex marriage
- Pearl Harbor attack frozen in time for 91-year-old Navy veteran
- Air Force general takes over Pentagon's F-35 program
- Cablevision to raise Internet prices by $5 a month
- Air Force drone crashes in Nevada, no injuries
- Michigan Republicans confront unions over "right-to-work"
- Trayvon Martin's killer sues NBC over racist "myth"
- Iowa police "confident" that bodies are those of missing girls
- Two decades later, Central Park Jogger rape case lives on
- Detained software guru McAfee hospitalized in Guatemala
- Seeing red, ticketed drivers sue NYC over brief yellow lights
- Congress told billions needed for Sandy transportation repairs
- Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages
- Juror appointment delays verdict reading in New York bus crash trial
- Michigan House approves "right-to-work" bill to weaken unions
- Ex-Connecticut worker poisons supervisor's oatmeal over evaluation
- New York man charged in bid to send defense-use goods to China, Taiwan
- Negotiators see glimmers of progress on farm bill
- Human error blamed in carbon monoxide leak at Atlanta school
- Prosecutors say daughter of jailed Mexican Mafia kingpin ran U.S. gang
| Deportation looms for tech guru McAfee after heart drama Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:31 PM PST
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| New Jersey and New York press case for $80 billion Sandy aid bill Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:02 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Jersey and New York officials are stepping up their campaign for $80 billion in federal aid to finance cleanup and rebuilding efforts following superstorm Sandy, despite a media report the White House will request only $50 billion. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie pressed his case for the flood-damaged region in closed-door meetings with President Barack Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Thursday. ... |
| Trayvon Martin's killer sues NBC over racist "myth" Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST
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| Michigan Legislature OKs separate "right-to-work' bills to curb unions Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:50 PM PST
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| Obama family presides over lighting of national Christmas tree Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:18 PM PST
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| Man pleads guilty in plot to attack Seattle military site Posted: 06 Dec 2012 07:02 PM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A man accused of plotting to storm a Seattle military recruitment center with machine guns and grenades in retaliation for U.S. military conduct in Afghanistan pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiracy charges, federal prosecutors said. Under the terms of his plea deal, Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif, 35, faces a prison term of 17 to 19 years when he is sentenced by a federal judge in March, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in statement. Abdul-Latif, also known as Joseph Anthony Davis, pleaded guilty in U.S. ... |
| Illinois lawmaker running for Congress out on bond after gun charge Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:46 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - An Illinois state senator running for former Democratic U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr.'s seat in Congress was released on bond on Thursday, following his arrest for trying to bring a gun onto an airplane. A Cook County judge set bail at $25,000 for Donne Trotter, 62, on the felony charge. Trotter, who has called the incident an honest mistake, posted bond and was released shortly afterward. If convicted, Trotter could face a sentence ranging from probation to up to four years in prison, according to prosecutors. ... |
| New Jersey governor vetoes bill to set up health insurance exchange Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:16 PM PST
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| Delta sued in first action under California online privacy law Posted: 06 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - California's attorney general office said on Thursday it was suing Delta Air Lines Inc for distributing a mobile application without a privacy policy, the first-ever legal action under the state's online privacy law. The lawsuit targets Delta's 'Fly Delta' app for smartphones and other electronic devices. The app allows customers to check in online, view reservations and book flights, collecting significant personal data from users, including the user's name, phone number, email and geographic location. ... |
| Prosecutors say daughter of jailed Mexican Mafia kingpin ran U.S. gang Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:47 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The daughter of an imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin who prosecutors say carried out her father's orders in running a brutal Los Angeles street gang, the Harpys, was arrested on Thursday along with her husband and 16 other accused gang members. Vianna Roman, 37, was taken into custody on a federal grand jury racketeering indictment that accuses her of being the day-to-day leader of the Harpys, acting on instructions from her father, Danny Roman, despite his incarceration in northern California's super-maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison. ... |
| Washington state readies for same-sex marriage Posted: 06 Dec 2012 05:15 PM PST
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| Pearl Harbor attack frozen in time for 91-year-old Navy veteran Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:41 PM PST
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| Air Force general takes over Pentagon's F-35 program Posted: 06 Dec 2012 04:39 PM PST
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| Cablevision to raise Internet prices by $5 a month Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:21 PM PST (Reuters) - Cablevision Systems Corp, the New York-based cable operator, said on Thursday it would raise its Internet prices by $5 in January, representing an average hike of 3.2 percent for customers' total monthly bills. The company said in a statement that prices for its video and phone services will not be affected and that prices for promotional packages, which generally last one year, will not rise. But all customers who have Internet service as part of their video or phone package will see prices rise. Cablevision said it had not raised Internet prices in a decade. ... |
| Air Force drone crashes in Nevada, no injuries Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:28 PM PST LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A $53.5 million, unmanned Air Force drone crashed at a remote location in Nevada during a nighttime training exercise, but there were no injuries, authorities said. Air Force officials said the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft came down on the Nevada Test and Training Range west of Hiko, in south-central Nevada, on Wednesday night. The cause of the crash has not been determined. "We're really grateful that nobody was injured," said Benjamin Newell, a spokesman at Nellis Air Force Base, in Las Vegas. A board of officers will investigate the accident, he added. ... |
| Michigan Republicans confront unions over "right-to-work" Posted: 06 Dec 2012 01:22 PM PST
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| Trayvon Martin's killer sues NBC over racist "myth" Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:32 PM PST MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man sued NBC on Thursday, saying the network intentionally edited and repeatedly aired a 911 call he made to police after he shot Trayvon Martin "to create the myth" that he was a racist. Attorneys for George Zimmerman, who maintains he shot the unarmed black teenager in self-defense in February during a struggle, said the lawsuit seeking an undisclosed amount in damages was filed in the same central Florida court where he will stand trial in June for murder. ... |
| Iowa police "confident" that bodies are those of missing girls Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:25 PM PST (Reuters) - Iowa police said on Thursday they are confident that two bodies found by hunters in a wooded area are cousins who vanished last summer while riding their bikes. "At this time, law enforcement is confident, based upon evidence at the scene and our preliminary investigation, that the bodies found yesterday are those of Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins," Captain Rick Abben, chief deputy of the Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office, said in a statement. ... |
| Two decades later, Central Park Jogger rape case lives on Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:46 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trisha Meili was out jogging in Central Park on April 19, 1989, when she was bound, gagged, raped and beaten nearly to death, a chilling crime to which five teenage boys confessed after hours of interrogation by New York City police. ... |
| Detained software guru McAfee hospitalized in Guatemala Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:23 PM PST
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| Seeing red, ticketed drivers sue NYC over brief yellow lights Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three drivers nabbed by New York City cameras monitoring traffic violations have filed suit challenging their tickets, claiming the city's yellow traffic signals are rigged to turn red too quickly. The putative class action, filed Wednesday in Manhattan Supreme Court, asserts the yellow lights lasted less than three seconds, the minimum time permitted under federal guidelines. The lawsuit seeks class action status for the "thousands, if not hundreds of thousands" of drivers who have received citations after being caught running red lights on camera. ... |
| Congress told billions needed for Sandy transportation repairs Posted: 06 Dec 2012 09:19 AM PST
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| Marijuana goes legal in Washington state amid mixed messages Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:51 PM PST
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| Juror appointment delays verdict reading in New York bus crash trial Posted: 06 Dec 2012 03:01 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A jury reached a verdict on Thursday in the manslaughter trial of bus driver Ophadell Williams, charged in the deadly Bronx crash that killed 15 people, but in a highly unusual move he will not learn his fate until Friday. In a decision that lawyers for both sides called unprecedented in their long careers, Judge Troy Webber in State Supreme Court in the Bronx borough of New York City ordered an overnight delay in revealing the verdict because of a juror scheduling conflict. ... |
| Michigan House approves "right-to-work" bill to weaken unions Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:33 PM PST LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - The Michigan House on Thursday voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken labor union powers after Democratic representatives left the chambers in protest at the decision earlier to lock the state Capitol doors. The House voted 58 to 52 to approve a bill that would make Michigan, the home of the U.S. auto industry, the 24th right-to-work state. A previously introduced bill was used to press the measure to the floor for debate on Thursday afternoon. ... |
| Ex-Connecticut worker poisons supervisor's oatmeal over evaluation Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:32 PM PST WATERBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) - A former Waterbury parks department employee was free on bail on Thursday after being charged with poisoning his supervisor's oatmeal after a disagreement about the worker's job performance. William Lampron, 43, of Naugatuck was accused of sprinkling his manager's breakfast with a chemical substance called SpeedyDry, which is used for soaking up spills on roadways, said Waterbury Police Captain Chris Corbett. "It's a granular substance that looks like sand or brown sugar," Corbett said. ... |
| New York man charged in bid to send defense-use goods to China, Taiwan Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York man has been criminally charged with illegally exporting defense articles and goods with military applications to China and Taiwan, one day after prosecutors announced charges against four people over exports to China and Iran. Mark Henry was accused of trying to ship military-grade material used to coat rocket nozzles to Taiwan, and microwave amplifiers that have military applications to China, without first getting licenses from U.S. government agencies. ... |
| Negotiators see glimmers of progress on farm bill Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:28 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a week left to act, agricultural leaders in Congress are still deadlocked on two major issues for a new U.S. farm bill, cuts in crop subsidies and reductions in food stamps, said two of the four key negotiators on Thursday. But the leaders of the House and Senate agriculture committees suggested that recent talks had yielded at least some progress. Without reauthorization, U.S. farm policy would revert to the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949, the last "permanent" farm bill and one crafted for an entirely different U.S. economy. ... |
| Human error blamed in carbon monoxide leak at Atlanta school Posted: 06 Dec 2012 12:10 PM PST ATLANTA (Reuters) - A carbon monoxide leak that sent nearly 50 Atlanta elementary school students and teachers to hospitals was caused by human error when maintenance workers left a boiler valve open, officials said on Thursday. Authorities evacuated the Finch Elementary School on Monday after firefighters detected what they described as the highest levels of carbon monoxide they had ever seen. Students and teachers complained of headaches and nausea and 47 people were transported to nearby hospitals where they were all treated and released, Atlanta Public Schools spokesman Stephen Alford ... |
| Prosecutors say daughter of jailed Mexican Mafia kingpin ran U.S. gang Posted: 06 Dec 2012 02:04 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The daughter of an imprisoned Mexican Mafia kingpin who prosecutors say carried out her father's orders in running a brutal Los Angeles street gang, the Harpys, was arrested on Thursday along with her husband and 16 other accused gang members. Vianna Roman, 37, was taken into custody on a federal grand jury racketeering indictment that accuses her of being the day-to-day leader of the Harpys, acting on instructions from her father, Danny Roman, despite his incarceration in Northern California's super-maximum-security Pelican Bay State Prison. ... |
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