Gunman kills two at Oregon mall before taking own life |
- Gunman kills two at Oregon mall before taking own life
- Search intensifies for NYC shooter; video released
- Florida judge keeps GPS monitor on Trayvon Martin's killer
- Former Florida policeman executed for 1986 killing spree
- Facebook helps FBI bust cybercriminals blamed for $850 million losses
- Obama, Boehner talk and exchange new offers on "fiscal cliff"
- U.S. seizes Texas condo it says owned by former Mexican governor
- Colombia's Congress passes controversial military justice reform
- California's Berkeley to give college scholarships to illegal immigrants
- California man accused of plotting to aid al Qaeda denied bail
- For U.S. judge, Strauss-Kahn case just another negotiation
- Cash-poor Detroit to get $10 million, review from state
- Suspected Guatemalan trafficker extradited to U.S
- Alabama men arrested on terrorism charges, accused of violent plot
- Michigan weakens union rights in home of auto industry
- U.S. top court taps Harvard professor to argue in gay marriage case
- Nisource gas pipeline explodes near Charleston, West Virginia
- U.S. attorney general says voter registration should be automatic
- Hypnosis ordered for U.S. soldier charged with killing comrades
- Appeals court strikes down Illinois ban on handguns in public
- U.S. delays final fracking rules for federal lands
- Most contractors opt out of Air Force chopper bids
- Hop-on, hop-off tour buses sued in New York for monopoly
- California man accused of plotting al Qaeda support denied bail
- Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signs laws restricting unions
- Cash-poor Detroit to get some money, review from state
- New York state's top court rules gang activity is not terrorism
- Justice Department orders reforms at New Orleans prison
- Massachusetts slaps utilities with record fines for 2011 outages
- At least one dead, possibly more, in Oregon mall shooting: police
- Right to work law could put Michigan back on the business map
| Gunman kills two at Oregon mall before taking own life Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:05 PM PST HAPPY VALLEY, Oregon (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside an Oregon shopping mall on Tuesday in the middle of the busy Christmas season, killing at least two people and terrorizing holiday shoppers before he shot himself to death, police said. The afternoon shooting rampage at the crowded shopping center in the Portland suburb of Happy Valley touched off a panic inside the mall, with shoppers streaming out as police and fire crews arrived on the scene. ... |
| Search intensifies for NYC shooter; video released Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:00 PM PST
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| Florida judge keeps GPS monitor on Trayvon Martin's killer Posted: 11 Dec 2012 08:19 AM PST
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| Former Florida policeman executed for 1986 killing spree Posted: 11 Dec 2012 07:11 PM PST TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - Florida executed a former police officer on Tuesday for a 1986 killing spree in which he murdered nine people whom he described in court as "parasites" and "leeches" and had "no right to live," a spokeswoman for Governor Rick Scott said. Manuel Pardo, 56, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke and was pronounced dead at 7:47 p.m., governor's spokeswoman Jackie Schutz said. ... |
| Facebook helps FBI bust cybercriminals blamed for $850 million losses Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:54 PM PST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Investigators led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and aided by Facebook Inc, have busted an international criminal ring that infected 11 million computers around the world and caused more than $850 million in total losses in one of the largest cybercrime hauls in history. The FBI, working in concert with the world's largest social network and several international law enforcement agencies, arrested 10 people it says infected computers with "Yahos" malicious software, then stole credit card, bank and other personal information. ... |
| Obama, Boehner talk and exchange new offers on "fiscal cliff" Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST
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| U.S. seizes Texas condo it says owned by former Mexican governor Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:00 PM PST MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge said the government has seized a luxury Texas condominium purportedly owned by a fugitive former Mexican governor wanted on suspicion of aiding drug traffickers, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Tuesday. Federal prosecutors for the southern district of Texas say the $640,000 condominium on South Padre Island is owned by the former governor of Tamaulipas state, Tomas Yarrington, also the former national leader of Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. ... |
| Colombia's Congress passes controversial military justice reform Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:38 PM PST BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian lawmakers passed a constitutional reform to the military justice system on Tuesday despite criticism by human rights groups that the law could open the door to impunity for abuses. The reform basically changes a 2005 agreement that had placed members of the security forces who commit crimes under civilian authority, and not military courts. Critics said the change would set back the government's fight against Marxist guerrillas and criminal gangs. ... |
| California's Berkeley to give college scholarships to illegal immigrants Posted: 11 Dec 2012 06:27 PM PST SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - The University of California's Berkeley campus announced on Tuesday that a private foundation has given $1 million to fund scholarships for illegal immigrants. The scholarships will go to nearly 200 students who are not eligible for federal grants, government-backed loans or work-study positions, the school said. The Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a private family foundation, provided the scholarship grant. It is the largest scholarship for undocumented immigrants ever given to a U.S. university, the foundation said. ... |
| California man accused of plotting to aid al Qaeda denied bail Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:28 PM PST RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A California man arrested in Afghanistan on charges he plotted to help al Qaeda and Taliban militants was denied bail on Tuesday despite claims by his lawyers that injuries he suffered during capture diminished any threat he posed if freed on bond. The Afghan-born defendant, Sohiel Omar Kabir, 35, is accused with three younger men arrested last month outside Los Angeles of planning to unleash a campaign of "violent jihad" against U.S. military forces and other Americans overseas. The FBI says Kabir served in the U.S. ... |
| For U.S. judge, Strauss-Kahn case just another negotiation Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:16 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - For Bronx Supreme Court Justice Douglas McKeon, the meeting on November 28 with lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the hotel maid who accused the former IMF chief of sexual assault was the culmination of months of shuttle diplomacy. Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was considered a leading candidate for president of France until his career came crashing down with the accusation. Now the maid's civil lawsuit was all that remained of the scandal in the United States, and McKeon was looking for a resolution. ... |
| Cash-poor Detroit to get $10 million, review from state Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:36 PM PST DETROIT (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Detroit will get $10 million from Michigan after the city council dropped its opposition to a key measure on Tuesday, but the state has started a review of the city's finances that could lead it to file the biggest municipal bankruptcy ever in the United States. Terry Stanton, a spokesman for Michigan's Treasury Department, said the council's action met conditions agreed to by the state and Mayor Dave Bing for the release of $10 million raised through a bond sale earlier this year. ... |
| Suspected Guatemalan trafficker extradited to U.S Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:17 PM PST (Reuters) - A Guatemalan accused of being a top drug trafficker in Central America aligned with Mexico's deadly Zetas gang appeared in a U.S. court Tuesday after being extradited to the United States, authorities said. Horst Overdick, 45, was arrested in Guatemala in April on charges that he conspired to import cocaine into the United States. Overdick, nicknamed "The Tiger," was extradited Monday and arraigned Tuesday before U.S. District Judge Robert Patterson in New York, U.S. authorities said. Overdick pleaded not guilty, said Bill Clay, his U.S. lawyer. ... |
| Alabama men arrested on terrorism charges, accused of violent plot Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:18 PM PST MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - Federal authorities arrested two Alabama men on terrorism charges on Tuesday, accusing them of plotting to wage violent jihad overseas after meeting online in 2010. Mohammad Abdul Rahman Abukhdair and Randy Wilson, also known as Rasheed Wilson, were arrested in separate locations in the state of Georgia, according to the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Alabama. Authorities said Wilson was a friend and former roommate of Omar Shafik Hammami, an American who was added to the FBI's Most Wanted list of terrorism suspects last month. ... |
| Michigan weakens union rights in home of auto industry Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:28 PM PST
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| U.S. top court taps Harvard professor to argue in gay marriage case Posted: 11 Dec 2012 04:12 PM PST (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appointed a Harvard Law School professor on Tuesday to argue whether the court can rule on the validity of a federal law that defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The high court named law professor Vicki Jackson to address issues that affect the court's ability to rule on the case, not the validity of the law under the U.S. Constitution. The nine justices have an interest in hearing the argument on this issue, although it is a position neither side in the case will defend. ... |
| Nisource gas pipeline explodes near Charleston, West Virginia Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:41 PM PST
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| U.S. attorney general says voter registration should be automatic Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:20 PM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday that U.S. election officials should register eligible voters automatically and take steps to reduce the long lines Americans encountered in national elections on November 6. In a speech being given in Boston, Holder became the highest-ranking official to call for voting changes since President Barack Obama expressed exasperation with the hours-long lines during his re-election victory speech last night. ... |
| Hypnosis ordered for U.S. soldier charged with killing comrades Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:05 PM PST SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. Army sergeant accused of killing five fellow servicemen at a military counseling center in Iraq in 2009 and deemed to have been psychotic at the time has been ordered to undergo forensic hypnosis in a bid to unlock buried memories. An Army judge ordered the hypnosis for Sergeant John Russell, 48, in granting three defense motions seeking to learn more about Russell's mental state during a shooting frenzy the military has said might have been triggered by combat stress. ... |
| Appeals court strikes down Illinois ban on handguns in public Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:59 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down an Illinois law banning most people in the state from carrying handguns in public, calling the restriction "arbitrary" and "unconstitutional." But the court stayed its ruling for 180 days to give Illinois lawmakers the opportunity to amend the measure and create a less sweeping ban on guns outside the home. ... |
| U.S. delays final fracking rules for federal lands Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has delayed finalizing rules that expand its oversight of natural gas drilling on public lands because officials must evaluate a torrent of public comment on the proposals, the Obama administration said on Tuesday. The administration hopes U.S. states will eventually use the rules governing fracking on federal lands as a template for their own oversight. ... |
| Most contractors opt out of Air Force chopper bids Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five big defense contractors on Tuesday withdrew from the U.S. Air Force's latest attempt to replace its aging fleet of HH-60 Pave Hawk rescue helicopters, leaving just Sikorsky Aircraft in line for a deal whose valued is capped at $6.84 billion. Northrop Grumman Corp, which was teamed with Italy's Finmeccanica SpA; Boeing Co; Textron's Bell Helicopter unit; and the U.S. unit of Europe's EADS all said they would not compete to build 112 new helicopters for the Air Force, raising questions about whether the contest can proceed as planned. ... |
| Hop-on, hop-off tour buses sued in New York for monopoly Posted: 11 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two companies are driving up prices for tourists in New York City by running an illegal monopoly in the $100 million market for hop-on, hop-off bus tours, state and federal antitrust authorities said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday. Twin America LLC, a joint venture of former rivals Coach USA Inc and City Sights LLC, violates competition laws and should be dissolved, according to the suit filed in Manhattan federal court. Twin America vowed to contest the suit, saying the government ignored improved service to customers since the 2009 joint venture. ... |
| California man accused of plotting al Qaeda support denied bail Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:26 PM PST RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A California man arrested in Afghanistan on charges he plotted to help al Qaeda militants was denied bail on Tuesday despite claims by his lawyers that injuries he suffered during capture diminished any public threat he posed. The defendant, U.S. Army veteran Sohiel Omar Kabir, 35, suffered a fractured facial bone, lacerations to his face and head, and an eye injury from a severe beating he suffered when apprehended last month in Kabul, his attorneys said in court. ... |
| Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signs laws restricting unions Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:56 PM PST LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - Michigan's Republican Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday signed into law a pair of measures banning mandatory membership of labor unions in a state that is home to the auto industry and birthplace of the United Auto Workers union. His signature makes Michigan the nation's 24th "right-to-work" state and only the second in the industrial Midwest. "I have signed these bills into law," Snyder said at a press conference. ... |
| Cash-poor Detroit to get some money, review from state Posted: 11 Dec 2012 02:53 PM PST DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan will release $10 million in funds to Detroit after its city council took action on Tuesday on key measures tied to financial reforms. But the state also launched a review that could result in an emergency manager for the cash-strapped city, a spokesman for Michigan's Treasury Department said. Terry Stanton, the spokesman, said the council's action met conditions agreed to by the state and Mayor Dave Bing for the release of $10 million raised through a bond sale earlier this year. ... |
| New York state's top court rules gang activity is not terrorism Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:06 PM PST ALBANY, New York (Reuters) - A New York state anti-terrorism law enacted in the wake of the September 11 attacks cannot be used to prosecute a street gang member convicted of shooting a 10-year-old girl and paralyzing a rival gang member, the state's Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday. The court ordered a new trial for Edgar Morales, 30, a member of the Bronx-based St. James Boys gang who was sentenced to up to life imprisonment for his role in the 2002 shooting. Prosecutors had accused Morales and his gang of terrorizing the Mexican-American community in their neighborhood. ... |
| Justice Department orders reforms at New Orleans prison Posted: 11 Dec 2012 01:05 PM PST (Reuters) - The Justice Department will order extensive reforms of a problem-plagued New Orleans prison where reports of prisoner abuse have been rampant in recent years, federal and local officials announced Tuesday. Agreed upon reforms at Orleans Parish Prison call for improving prisoner safety from physical and sexual assaults, suicide prevention measures, health care services and language services for non-English-speakers. ... |
| Massachusetts slaps utilities with record fines for 2011 outages Posted: 11 Dec 2012 12:33 PM PST CONWAY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Massachusetts has fined three electric utilities an unprecedented $24.8 million for their slow response to widespread power outages caused by 2011's devastating Tropical Storm Irene and a pre-Halloween blizzard. National Grid, a London-listed utility with a market cap of $41.6 billion, faces the steepest penalty, at $18.725 million, the state's Department of Public Utilities (DPU) said on Tuesday. Boston area's NSTAR was fined $4.075 million and Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) was ordered to pay $2 million, the DPU said. ... |
| At least one dead, possibly more, in Oregon mall shooting: police Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:30 PM PST (Reuters) - At least one person has been killed in a shooting at a busy Oregon mall on Tuesday in the middle of the Christmas shopping season, and the gunman has been "neutralized," police said. "The shooter has been neutralized," Lieutenant James Rhodes of the Clackamas County Sheriff's office told reporters in remarks aired on CNN. "I believe there is at least one deceased, possibly more." (Reporting By Cynthia Johnston; Editing by Dan Whitcomb and Paul Thomasch) |
| Right to work law could put Michigan back on the business map Posted: 11 Dec 2012 05:12 PM PST DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan, a symbol of U.S. industrial rise and decline, is about to get a second look from corporate America. The heavily unionized state took a big step toward encouraging business investment on Tuesday with "right to work" legislation that prohibits union membership as a condition of employment. While Michigan must still address other problems such as its outdated infrastructure and high taxes, the legislation puts the Wolverine state in the company of 23 other states that have passed "right to work" laws to attract investment. ... |
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