Sunday, June 24, 2012

Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal

Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal


Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Former Penn State assistant football coach Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte(Reuters) - Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky sought a mistrial before his conviction for child sex abuse on the grounds that prosecutors showed jurors an inaccurate version of a bombshell NBC News interview with the former football coach, and the mistake may now form part of the basis for an appeal. In response to a subpoena, NBC News turned over three versions of Bob Costas' NBC News interview with Sandusky, which aired last November on different NBC shows. ...


No evidence of White House cover-up in gun case: lawmaker

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:57 AM PDT

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, led by Chairman Darrell Issa, (R-CA) speaks at the committee at Capitol Hill in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressman heading an investigation into a botched gun-trafficking case said on Sunday he had no evidence the White House was involved in a cover-up about the operation or in providing misleading information to Congress. However, Republican Representative Darrell Issa said documents the White House was shielding under an executive privilege claim would shed more light on how much high-level officials knew about a misleading February 4, 2011 letter to Congress denying that guns had been allowed to "walk" into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. ...


Freight trains collide in Oklahoma, three crew missing

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided head-on and exploded into flames on Sunday in Oklahoma, sending billowing black smoke into the air and leaving three Union Pacific employees missing and possibly dead, authorities said. There was no explanation yet on why the two trains were traveling toward one another on the same track about a mile east of the panhandle town of Goodwell, in an unpopulated area near the Texas state line. ...

Gas prices drop 14 cents in two weeks: survey

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 01:37 PM PDT

(Reuters) - The average price for a gallon of regular gasoline in the country fell 14.6 cents to $3.478 in the last two weeks, due to sliding crude oil prices on fears about the European economy, the Lundberg Survey showed. Gasoline prices have fallen rapidly, dropping 48.9 cents from a high of $3.967 on April 6, survey editor Trilby Lundberg said on Sunday. "It's an extraordinary decline less than three months," Lundberg said. "American motorists are benefiting from a lot of economic pain in Europe. ...

Small fire injures three at LaGuardia airport

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three police officers were treated for minor injuries after a small fire broke out at LaGuardia airport on Sunday, prompting a terminal to be briefly evacuated. An electrical fire broke out around 5 p.m. under the conveyor belt of a Transportation Security Administration screening machine at the security checkpoint in Terminal 1, which houses Delta Airlines, according to Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman. "Because of the smoke that was created from the screening machine, passengers were evacuated," Coleman said. ...

Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:07 PM PDT

Buttons reading 'Repeal Obamacare' at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand. Fifty-six percent of people are against the healthcare overhaul and 44 percent favor it, according to the online poll conducted from Tuesday through Saturday. ...


Tropical Storm Debby heads for Florida coast

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:43 PM PDT

Handout satellite image of the low pressure area System 96L in the Gulf of MexicoHOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby meandered slowly to the Florida coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and waves that forced the closure of about a quarter of offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico and spawning tornadoes that killed one person. Debby, the first named storm of 2012 to enter the Gulf of Mexico, was centered about 115 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida and was nearly stationary, the National Hurricane Center said in its 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT) update. ...


Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:13 PM PDT

Buttons reading 'Repeal Obamacare' at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, a Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand. Fifty-six percent of people are against the healthcare overhaul and 44 percent favor it, according to the online poll conducted from Tuesday through Saturday. ...


One casualty possible in roof collapse at Canadian mall

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:24 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Canadian authorities said on Sunday at least one person may have been killed at a northern Ontario shopping mall when a roof-top parking lot partially collapsed onto retail shops, while a second person may still be trapped inside. At least 22 people were injured in the collapse Saturday at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, about 335 miles northwest of Toronto, city officials said. ...

Colorado fire near Pikes Peak forces 11,000 from homes

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:45 PM PDT

The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado is seen in the path of the Waldo Canyon wildfire burning in the mountains west of the cityDENVER (Reuters) - A fast-growing wildfire that blew up overnight in Colorado has forced 11,000 people from their homes and was threatening popular summer camping grounds beneath Pikes Peak, billed as the most visited mountain in North America. Live summit video from the 14,115-foot (4,302-metre) peak on Sunday showed plumes of dark smoke billowing in the air, and a cog railway that ferries tourists up the side of the famous mountain was shut down because of the wildfires. ...


Most Americans oppose health law but like provisions

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 06:07 PM PDT

Buttons reading 'Repeal Obamacare' at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans oppose President Barack Obama's healthcare reform even though they strongly support most of its provisions, Reuters/Ipsos poll showed on Sunday, with the Supreme Court set to rule within days on whether the law should stand. Fifty-six percent of people are against the healthcare overhaul and 44 percent favor it, according to the online poll conducted from Tuesday through Saturday. ...


Tropical Storm Debby heads for Florida coast

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:43 PM PDT

Handout satellite image of the low pressure area System 96L in the Gulf of MexicoHOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby meandered slowly to the Florida coast on Sunday, bringing strong winds and waves that forced the closure of about a quarter of offshore oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico and spawning tornadoes that killed one person. Debby, the first named storm of 2012 to enter the Gulf of Mexico, was centered about 115 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida and was nearly stationary, the National Hurricane Center said in its 7 p.m. CDT (0000 GMT) update. ...


Small fire injures three at LaGuardia airport

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:52 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Three police officers were treated for minor injuries after a small fire broke out at LaGuardia airport on Sunday, prompting a terminal to be briefly evacuated. An electrical fire broke out around 5 p.m. under the conveyor belt of a Transportation Security Administration screening machine at the security checkpoint in Terminal 1, which houses Delta Airlines, according to Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman. "Because of the smoke that was created from the screening machine, passengers were evacuated," Coleman said. ...

One casualty possible in roof collapse at Canadian mall

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 04:24 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Canadian authorities said on Sunday at least one person may have been killed at a northern Ontario shopping mall when a roof-top parking lot partially collapsed onto retail shops, while a second person may still be trapped inside. At least 22 people were injured in the collapse Saturday at the Algo Centre Mall in Elliot Lake, about 335 miles northwest of Toronto, city officials said. ...

Storm Debby shifts east, may miss U.S. Gulf oil patch

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:34 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Debby appeared headed away from the U.S. offshore oil patch on Sunday, according to U.S. forecasters, after threatening to cut a swath through the main oil and natural gas production areas. The storm's threat alone had led oil and gas producers to shut nearly a quarter of production from the region that accounts for about 20 percent of the nation's oil production and about 6 percent of natural gas output. "There has been a significant change in the forecast track" of Debby, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said late on Sunday. ...

Sandusky lawyers may use NBC tape error in appeal

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 03:28 PM PDT

Former Penn State assistant football coach Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte(Reuters) - Lawyers for Jerry Sandusky sought a mistrial before his conviction for child sex abuse on the grounds that prosecutors showed jurors an inaccurate version of a bombshell NBC News interview with the former football coach, and the mistake may now form part of the basis for an appeal. In response to a subpoena, NBC News turned over three versions of Bob Costas' NBC News interview with Sandusky, which aired last November on different NBC shows. ...


Freight trains collide in Oklahoma, three crew missing

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 02:47 PM PDT

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Two freight trains collided head-on and exploded into flames on Sunday in Oklahoma, sending billowing black smoke into the air and leaving three Union Pacific employees missing and possibly dead, authorities said. There was no explanation yet on why the two trains were traveling toward one another on the same track about a mile east of the panhandle town of Goodwell, in an unpopulated area near the Texas state line. ...

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