FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting

FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting
Black farmers' quest for justice draws to a close
Connecticut Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Salmonella linked to dog food, sickens at least 14 people
North Carolina may hand setback to gay marriage push
More Penn State child sex abuse accusers: defense
I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby
Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight
Idaho infant dies from whooping cough amid regional outbreak
I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby
FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting
I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby
Black farmers' quest for justice draws to a close
Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past
More Penn State child sex abuse accusers: defense
North Carolina may hand setback to gay marriage push
Salmonella linked to dog food, sickens at least 14 people
Connecticut Senate passes medical marijuana bill
Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - The neo-Nazi founder of an anti-immigrant border militia was already the subject of an FBI domestic terrorism probe before he went on a shooting rampage and killed four people, officials and news reports said on Saturday. The Arizona Republic newspaper said federal agents seized numerous computers and munitions from the Phoenix valley home where white supremacist Jason Todd "J.T." Ready is believed to have killed his girlfriend and three others on Wednesday following a domestic dispute, before shooting himself. ...

Black farmers' quest for justice draws to a close

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - After decades of discrimination and years of legal wrangling, black American farmers are rushing to beat a May 11 deadline to file racial discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its lending practices. Many of them missed an earlier deadline to file claims for part of what has become a $1.25 billion settlement resulting from a 2008 federal farm bill and subsequent congressional action. ...

Connecticut Senate passes medical marijuana bill

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HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - The Connecticut Senate passed a bill on Saturday legalizing marijuana use for medical purposes with tight restrictions aimed at avoiding problems that have plagued some of the 16 other states where pot is now legal. After nearly 10 hours of debate, the Senate voted 21-13 in favor of the measure, which already cleared the House. Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy was expected to sign the bill. Once he does, Connecticut will join 16 other states and the District of Columbia in allowing use of marijuana to treat sick patients. ...

Salmonella linked to dog food, sickens at least 14 people

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of a rare strain of salmonella poisoning linked to dog food has infected at least 14 people in nine states, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention said. Diamond Pet Foods produced the dry dog food at a South Carolina plant. The company voluntarily recalled three dry dog food products last month, the CDC said in a statement on Thursday. Infections were reported from October 8, 2011, to April 22, and five people were hospitalized. ...

North Carolina may hand setback to gay marriage push

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RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Efforts to legalize gay marriage have met success in several U.S. states this year but could experience a setback on Tuesday if North Carolina voters decide to amend the state constitution to ban same-sex marriages and civil unions. Same-sex marriage is illegal in North Carolina. But the state has stood out as the only one in the Southeast that has not passed a constitutional amendment solidifying such a ban. ...

More Penn State child sex abuse accusers: defense

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(Reuters) - There may be more accusers than originally thought in the Penn State University scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, who has been charged with sexually abusing 10 boys, according to court filings. Sandusky attorney Joseph Amendola, in legal papers filed on Thursday in Common Pleas Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, made a reference to "accusers 11 through 17 as well as 18 through an unknown number." Sandusky, 68, is charged with 52 counts of sexual abuse involving 10 boys, identified only as Victims 1-10. ...

I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - I'll Have Another won the 138th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs before a record crowd of more than 165,000 on Saturday.

Arizona bans funding to Planned Parenthood in abortion fight

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PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement. The Republican-backed Whole Woman's Health Funding Priority Act cuts off funding for family planning and health services delivered by Planned Parenthood clinics and other organizations offering abortions. "By signing this measure into law I stand with the majority of Americans who oppose the use of taxpayer funds for abortion," Brewer said in a statement. ...

Idaho infant dies from whooping cough amid regional outbreak

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SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Whooping cough took the life of a 9-week-old girl from Idaho this week, the first death from an outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory disease that has hit Idaho, Washington state and Montana, health officials said on Friday. Few details were available about the infant, who was treated for whooping cough at a hospital in Pocatello, Idaho, before being flown on Wednesday to a medical center in Salt Lake City, where she later died, hospital and state health officials said. ...

I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - I'll Have Another, ridden by Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez, won the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on Saturday. Bodemeister, who started as the 4-1 favorite, finished second after leading for most of the mile and a quarter race while Dullahan came third in the 20-horse field. (Reporting by Julian Linden; Editing by Dave Thompson)

FBI investigating Arizona Neo-Nazi before shooting

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I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby

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Black farmers' quest for justice draws to a close

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Obama ramps up campaign, knocks Romney's CEO past

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama used his first rallies of the 2012 campaign on Saturday to attack Republican Mitt Romney for learning the "wrong lessons" as a business executive, and promised to move the economy forward if he wins a second term. Obama formally launched his Chicago-based re-election effort last year, but the Democratic president's own campaigning has been confined to fundraisers while the Republican Party whittled down possible nominees to run against him. That changed this weekend. ...