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- Top court upholds healthcare law in Obama triumph
- Colorado Springs fire ranks as state's most destructive on record
- Obama hears health law overturned; moments later, thumbs-up
- Romney to campaign as only hope against "Obamacare"
- Extreme heat spreads across U.S., breaks records
- North Carolina governor vetoes death row bias rollback
- Soldier shot dead at Fort Bragg Army base, two wounded
- South Carolina governor faces state House ethics probe
- Condoms in Los Angeles get the catch phrase "suit up"
- Sex scandal widens at Air Force base in Texas
- Parents of Rutgers hate crime victim say being gay no sin
- U.S. Coast Guard empty-handed in stowaway search
- Virginia woman sues over alleged sexual abuse during exorcism
- New York girl electrocuted at Florida mini-golf course
- Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld
- 7-year-old girl named Heaven latest Chicago murder victim
- Nissan to produce Sentra at Canton; add jobs
- Supreme Court strikes down military medal lying law
- Extreme heat spreads across U.S., could break records
- U.S. search of cargo ship ends with no stowaways found
- Drought brings back memories of 1988 crop losses
- Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says
- Texas man gets 40 years after 'stand-your-ground' defense fails
- AT&T says AMC's new rates too steep
- NZ court finds Megaupload search warrants illegal
- Two former Chicago politicians charged with corruption
- Colorado Springs wildfire destroys 346 homes: mayor
- Colorado Springs fire ranks as state's most destructive on record
- North Carolina governor vetoes death row bias rollback
- Soldier shot dead at Fort Bragg Army base, two wounded
- South Carolina governor faces state House ethics probe
- Obama hears health law overturned; moments later, thumbs-up
- Condoms in Los Angeles get the catch phrase "suit up"
- Extreme heat spreads across U.S., breaks records
- Supreme Court ruling casts tax shadow over U.S. healthcare law
| Top court upholds healthcare law in Obama triumph Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:35 PM PDT
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| Colorado Springs fire ranks as state's most destructive on record Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:22 PM PDT
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| Obama hears health law overturned; moments later, thumbs-up Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:21 PM PDT
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| Romney to campaign as only hope against "Obamacare" Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT
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| Extreme heat spreads across U.S., breaks records Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:09 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Temperatures soared across the Midwest on Thursday, reaching a blistering 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) in St. Louis, and possibly causing two deaths in Kansas City, Missouri, as a massive heat wave pressed eastward from the Rockies. In Kansas City, where the temperature rose to 105 (40 C), the city health department said two deaths were being investigated to determine if they were heat-related. A massive high-pressure system over the Midwest caused triple-digit temperatures in Chicago and several other cities. ... |
| North Carolina governor vetoes death row bias rollback Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:00 PM PDT RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue on Thursday vetoed legislation passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature to roll back a landmark law allowing death row inmates to use evidence of racial bias to challenge their sentences. The state's Racial Justice Act, passed in 2009, directs judges to cut a death sentence to life in prison if race is found to be a factor in jury composition or sentencing. Perdue, a Democrat, said it was a long overdue step to make sure racism did not infect the way the death penalty was carried out. ... |
| Soldier shot dead at Fort Bragg Army base, two wounded Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier killed a member of his unit during a safety briefing at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Thursday, then shot and injured himself, the Army base said in a statement. The injured gunman is in custody, and Fort Bragg military police secured the scene within minutes, a spokesman for the base said. A third soldier was slightly injured by the gunfire. None of the soldiers was immediately identified. ... |
| South Carolina governor faces state House ethics probe Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:31 PM PDT CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's Republican governor, Nikki Haley, faced an ethics investigation on Thursday by state lawmakers who accused her of illegally lobbying on behalf of her employers while a member of the legislature. The Republican-led House of Representatives' Ethics Committee held the hearing in response to allegations stemming from Haley's prior work as a business development consultant for an engineering firm and a fundraiser for a hospital foundation. ... |
| Condoms in Los Angeles get the catch phrase "suit up" Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT
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| Sex scandal widens at Air Force base in Texas Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:14 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - In a widening sex scandal at an Air Force facility in Texas, a drill sergeant will face a court martial next month on charges he had inappropriate relationships with a female recruit, joining five other instructors accused of similar crimes. The six military instructors - the latest two of whom were charged on Tuesday - have been referred to court martial for having sexual relations or engaging in inappropriate relationships with trainees at Lackland Air Force Base, according to Air Force officials. ... |
| Parents of Rutgers hate crime victim say being gay no sin Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The parents of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after learning his roommate spied on his gay tryst said his death has caused them to rethink their views on homosexuality, which they no longer believe is a sin. Tyler Clementi's parents, in an interview to be aired on NBC on Thursday, spoke publicly for the first time since the roommate, Dharun Ravi, was sentenced for using a webcam to observe Clementi kiss another man and for encouraging others to watch too. ... |
| U.S. Coast Guard empty-handed in stowaway search Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:49 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's been anything but smooth sailing for the U.S. Coast Guard this month. For the second time in June, the Coast Guard has fruitlessly pursued a time-consuming, high-profile search, drawing away resources from an agency that protects the country's maritime interests. The agency responds to 64 search and rescue cases and saves an average of 12 lives a day, according to its website. In the latest instance, the Coast Guard called off a search for what it believed were stowaways on a trans-Atlantic cargo ship after no one was found, officials said. ... |
| Virginia woman sues over alleged sexual abuse during exorcism Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:12 PM PDT (Note: graphic language in 7th paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Virginia woman who claims a priest sexually abused her while performing an exorcism is suing a Catholic diocese and an anti-abortion group for $5.3 million in damages. The woman claims the Rev. Thomas Euteneuer abused her between April 2008 and September 2010, according to the suit filed in Virginia's Arlington County Circuit Court. The suit names as defendants the Catholic Diocese of Arlington and its bishop, Paul Loverde, as well as the anti-abortion group Human Life International and HLI Endowment Inc. ... |
| New York girl electrocuted at Florida mini-golf course Posted: 28 Jun 2012 02:43 PM PDT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - An 11-year-old girl who waded into a small pond and died while playing miniature golf at a central Florida resort was electrocuted, the medical examiner ruled on Thursday. Ashton Jojo, visiting with her family from Latham, New York, was trying to retrieve a ball from a pond on the miniature golf course at the Orange Lake Resort in Kissimmee on Wednesday, according to the Orange County Sheriff's press release. Another tourist, Christopher Burges, heard Jojo scream and tried to help her, but was injured himself, the sheriff reported. ... |
| Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outspoken New York criminal defense attorney Lynne Stewart, now disbarred and incarcerated, lost a bid to reverse her 10-year prison sentence for helping a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison. In a written opinion on Thursday, three judges at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York expressed little sympathy for 72-year-old Stewart, who has struggled with breast cancer and whose supporters had argued the prison term amounted to a death sentence. ... |
| 7-year-old girl named Heaven latest Chicago murder victim Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:30 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Seven-year-old Heaven Sutton was selling cold drinks and candy at a street stand with her mother when she was shot to death, becoming the 253rd victim this year of Chicago's surging murder rate, police said on Thursday. Sutton and her mother, Ashake Banks, were about to close up their stand on Wednesday night when two men approached and began shooting. Heaven was shot in the chest, and a 19-year-old man standing nearby was wounded in the leg, police said. "This is not about crime. This is about values. ... |
| Nissan to produce Sentra at Canton; add jobs Posted: 28 Jun 2012 01:59 PM PDT
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| Supreme Court strikes down military medal lying law Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:23 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a federal law that makes it a crime to lie about receiving a military medal, ruling it violated constitutional free-speech rights. By a 6-3 vote, in a case about how far the government may go to prosecute false claims about military honors, the high court handed a setback to the Obama administration over the "Stolen Valor Act" that Congress adopted in 2006. ... |
| Extreme heat spreads across U.S., could break records Posted: 28 Jun 2012 10:39 AM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The Midwest cities of Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City could approach or break heat records on Thursday, as a massive high pressure system sent temperatures higher throughout most of the country. Drought conditions have contributed to the early and sustained heat, according to Alex Sosnowski, expert senior meteorologist at AccuWeather.com. He said both St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri could hit 107 degrees Thursday. The high temperatures will move into the northeast Friday. ... |
| U.S. search of cargo ship ends with no stowaways found Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:51 AM PDT
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| Drought brings back memories of 1988 crop losses Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:15 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Just one year ago Jeff Scates saw the worst flooding on his southern Illinois farmland since 1937. Today, Scates is watching his corn fields shrivel from the driest season in 24 years. "We've gone from one extreme to the other, from being flooded on three-quarters of the farm now to a drought," said Scates, 42, who with his family members farms 15,000 acres of corn, soybeans and other crops along the Kentucky-Indiana border where the Ohio and Wabash Rivers meet. ... |
| Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT
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| Texas man gets 40 years after 'stand-your-ground' defense fails Posted: 27 Jun 2012 07:04 PM PDT HOUSTON, Texas (Reuters) - A retired Texas firefighter convicted in the fatal shooting of an unarmed neighbor was sentenced on Wednesday to 40 years in prison, after his "stand-your-ground" legal defense failed. Raul Rodriguez, 47, was convicted earlier this month of the 2010 murder of his neighbor, 36-year-old teacher Kelly Danaher, following a dispute about the noise level at a birthday party at Danaher's house. ... |
| AT&T says AMC's new rates too steep Posted: 27 Jun 2012 09:45 PM PDT
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| NZ court finds Megaupload search warrants illegal Posted: 28 Jun 2012 11:36 AM PDT
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| Two former Chicago politicians charged with corruption Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:32 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors on Thursday charged two former Chicago area politicians with accepting kickbacks in return for making sure a public hospital bought bandages from a favored company, the latest corruption case in a city known for its unscrupulous politicians. Former Chicago city councilman, or alderman, Ambrosio Medrano, 58, who had been convicted of bribery in the 1990s and served two years in prison, and former Cook County Commissioner Joseph Mario Moreno, 59, were charged along with three local businessmen. ... |
| Colorado Springs wildfire destroys 346 homes: mayor Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:22 PM PDT COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) - A fierce wildfire that has raged for six days at the edge of Colorado's second-most populous city, forcing the evacuation of some 35,000 people, has destroyed 346 homes, Mayor Steve Bach said on Thursday, citing preliminary damage assessments. If those figures hold up, the tally of lost homes in and around Colorado Springs would make the so-called Waldo Canyon Fire the state's most destructive on record, surpassing the 257 homes consumed in recent weeks by a much larger blaze north of Denver near Fort Collins. ... |
| Colorado Springs fire ranks as state's most destructive on record Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:22 PM PDT
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| North Carolina governor vetoes death row bias rollback Posted: 28 Jun 2012 06:00 PM PDT RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue on Thursday vetoed legislation passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature to roll back a landmark law allowing death row inmates to use evidence of racial bias to challenge their sentences. The state's Racial Justice Act, passed in 2009, directs judges to cut a death sentence to life in prison if race is found to be a factor in jury composition or sentencing. Perdue, a Democrat, said it was a long overdue step to make sure racism did not infect the way the death penalty was carried out. ... |
| Soldier shot dead at Fort Bragg Army base, two wounded Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:56 PM PDT (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier killed a member of his unit during a safety briefing at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Thursday, then shot and injured himself, the Army base said in a statement. The injured gunman is in custody, and Fort Bragg military police secured the scene within minutes, a spokesman for the base said. A third soldier was slightly injured by the gunfire. None of the soldiers was immediately identified. ... |
| South Carolina governor faces state House ethics probe Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:31 PM PDT CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - South Carolina's Republican governor, Nikki Haley, faced an ethics investigation on Thursday by state lawmakers who accused her of illegally lobbying on behalf of her employers while a member of the legislature. The Republican-led House of Representatives' Ethics Committee held the hearing in response to allegations stemming from Haley's prior work as a business development consultant for an engineering firm and a fundraiser for a hospital foundation. ... |
| Obama hears health law overturned; moments later, thumbs-up Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:21 PM PDT
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| Condoms in Los Angeles get the catch phrase "suit up" Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:19 PM PDT
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| Extreme heat spreads across U.S., breaks records Posted: 28 Jun 2012 04:09 PM PDT KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - Temperatures soared across the Midwest on Thursday, reaching a blistering 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 Celsius) in St. Louis, and possibly causing two deaths in Kansas City, Missouri, as a massive heat wave pressed eastward from the Rockies. In Kansas City, where the temperature rose to 105 (40 C), the city health department said two deaths were being investigated to determine if they were heat-related. A massive high-pressure system over the Midwest caused triple-digit temperatures in Chicago and several other cities. ... |
| Supreme Court ruling casts tax shadow over U.S. healthcare law Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans seized on a momentous U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Thursday to accuse President Barack Obama of hiding a tax increase in his healthcare law, an argument likely to intensify a congressional tax policy war already underway. The court ruled the 2010 law was valid because Congress has the power to impose taxes. The Obama administration played down the tax factor, but Republican opponents pounced on the decision, seeking to elicit political points from a legal issue. ... |
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