California declares emergency as wildfire advances on town |
- California declares emergency as wildfire advances on town
- U.S. says surprised by Navy SEAL's book on bin Laden raid
- Man indicted in shooting at conservative group's office in Washington
- California town settles dispute that prompted bankruptcy
- Man accused of threatening Obama appears in Seattle court
- Ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report on child sex abuse
- Cousins get 2 days in jail for starting Arizona's largest fire
- Top court halts Texas execution of convicted triple murderer
- House committee seeks IRS documents on healthcare law
- Georgia men accused in attack plot get 5 years in prison
- White House says hiring push for vets, military families tops target
- Indiana inmates accused of running meth ring from prison
- California governor declares state of emergency as wildfires rage
- Marines to start F-35 training at Florida air base
- Orange juice prices jump as Isaac may become hurricane
- Conoco natgas plant flash fire burns four in Wyoming
- Lawyer for ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report
- BMO Financial offers drought relief to U.S., Canadian farmers
- U.S. West Nile cases, deaths jump in latest week
- Prosecutors say accused Army gunman must be compelled to shave
- Storm Isaac threatens Caribbean, U.S. Republican Convention
- BP says 200 U.S. retail outlets received off-specification fuel
- Federal judge: Poker's no crapshoot. No crime, either
- U.S. auto efficiency rules coming soon: DOT
- New Jersey woman decapitates son, then kills self
- Minnesota lawmakers set to vote on disaster aid following flood
- Middle class set back over last decade: report
- Powerball winner contacts Michigan Lottery, agency says
- Warmer temperatures eyed in devastation of Massachusetts butterflies
- New York's MTA payroll tax unconstitutional: judge
- Man accused of threatening Obama appears in Seattle court
- Ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report on child sex abuse
- California town settles dispute that prompted bankruptcy
- California declares emergency as wildfire advances on town
- Cousins get 2 days in jail for starting Arizona's largest fire
- Georgia men accused in attack plot get 5 years in prison
- House committee seeks IRS documents on healthcare law
- Top court halts Texas execution of convicted triple murderer
- Indiana inmates accused of running meth ring from prison
| California declares emergency as wildfire advances on town Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT
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| U.S. says surprised by Navy SEAL's book on bin Laden raid Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government was surprised by the news that a Navy SEAL who participated in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan has written a book about the operation in which the al Qaeda leader was killed, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. "No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama Bin Laden" was written by a Navy SEAL under the pseudonym Mark Owen with co-author Kevin Maurer and is to be released next month on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks. It was not vetted by government agencies to ensure that no secrets were revealed. ... |
| Man indicted in shooting at conservative group's office in Washington Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Virginia man was indicted on federal and local charges for last week's shooting of an unarmed security guard at a Christian lobbying group in Washington, federal authorities said on Wednesday. A grand jury in U.S. District Court returned an indictment against Floyd Lee Corkins II, 28, of Herndon, Virginia, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen Jr. said in a statement with James McJunkin, assistant director of the FBI's Washington field office, and Washington police chief Cathy Lanier. ... |
| California town settles dispute that prompted bankruptcy Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mammoth Lakes, one of three communities in California to recently declare bankruptcy, said on Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement to settle the legal dispute that threatened to swamp the town's finances. The resort town of about 8,000 residents in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains said on its website that it settled a $43 million court judgment awarded to a developer over a property dispute. The terms of the agreement will remain confidential until fully documented and executed, according to the town's statement. ... |
| Man accused of threatening Obama appears in Seattle court Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:42 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle-area man appeared in federal court on Wednesday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama in a taunting email to the FBI and assaulting a federal agent sent to arrest him. Caluori, 31, was arrested at his apartment south of Seattle on Tuesday after the FBI notified the Secret Service about the alleged threat. He had five guns, including two assault rifles, when arrested, according to the criminal complaint against him. "I will kill the president!" Caluori wrote in a profanity-laden email, according to the complaint. "Come get me. ... |
| Ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report on child sex abuse Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT
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| Cousins get 2 days in jail for starting Arizona's largest fire Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:24 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two cousins who admitted to accidentally starting the largest wildfire in Arizona history by leaving a still-smoldering campfire unattended were each sentenced to 48 hours in jail on Wednesday and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. Caleb Malboeuf, 27, and David Malboeuf, 25, were also placed on five years' probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Aspey in Flagstaff, Arizona, for the raging wildfire that torched 840 square miles (2,178 square km) in eastern Arizona and New Mexico last summer, according to assistant U.S. attorney Patrick Schneider. ... |
| Top court halts Texas execution of convicted triple murderer Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally shooting three sleeping teenagers in 1998 won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, less than an hour before he was due to be put to death in Texas. It was the third time that John Balentine, 43, has been granted a stay of execution. Justice Antonin Scalia reviewed Balentine's emergency appeal and referred the case to the full court for consideration. Balentine, 43, also got a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court last year on the day he was scheduled for lethal injection, and from the U.S. ... |
| House committee seeks IRS documents on healthcare law Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a House of Representatives investigatory panel sought documents on Wednesday from the Internal Revenue Service in a battle with the White House over the Democrats' controversial healthcare law. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa demanded all documents and communications between the IRS and President Barack Obama's White House after the healthcare overhaul law was signed into law in March 2010, in a letter released on Wednesday. ... |
| Georgia men accused in attack plot get 5 years in prison Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Two Georgia men accused of being part of a domestic militia were sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for conspiring to obtain equipment and explosives for attacks on government buildings and federal employees. Frederick Thomas, a 73-year-old man described by federal authorities as the group's leader, and Dan Roberts, 68, both pleaded guilty in April in federal court to conspiracy charges in the case. ... |
| White House says hiring push for vets, military families tops target Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Obama administration program to encourage businesses to hire and train U.S. military veterans and their spouses has exceeded its target and helped secure work for 125,000 people, the White House said on Wednesday. The jobs initiative, called "Joining Forces," which was unveiled more than a year ago, has already topped its original goal of providing employment aid for 100,000 by the end of 2013, first lady Michelle Obama said in a speech announcing new participation by U.S. companies. ... |
| Indiana inmates accused of running meth ring from prison Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The FBI said on Wednesday it broke up a methamphetamine dealing ring coordinated by two Indiana prison inmates helped by corrections officers that brought illegal drugs from California to Indiana using postal and courier deliveries. A federal indictment charged 40 people with a drug conspiracy. All but two of them had been arrested by late on Wednesday, according to FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne. The 26-count indictment said the drug ring also dealt in heroin, LSD and the synthetic drug PCP. ... |
| California governor declares state of emergency as wildfires rage Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:53 PM PDT
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| Marines to start F-35 training at Florida air base Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Marine Corps pilots will soon begin training flights on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at a Florida air base, underscoring the service's confidence in the new radar-evading fighter jet, two people familiar with the plans said. Lockheed Martin Corp has delivered 10 F-35B model jets -- which can take off from shorter runways and land like a helicopter -- to Eglin Air Force Base in the Florida panhandle. ... |
| Orange juice prices jump as Isaac may become hurricane Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York orange juice futures jumped almost 6 percent on Wednesday after U.S. forecasters warned Tropical Storm Isaac would strengthen into a hurricane and could hit the south coast of citrus-rich Florida by Monday. The National Hurricane Center said Isaac was strengthening in the Caribbean. Fears of damage to the country's top citrus-growing region pushed benchmark November frozen concentrated orange juice on ICE Futures U.S. up 5.9 percent to settle at a six-week high of $1.222 per lb. ... |
| Conoco natgas plant flash fire burns four in Wyoming Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:19 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four workers were burned in a flash fire on Wednesday morning at ConocoPhillips' Lost Cabin natural gas processing plant in central Wyoming, according to a company statement. "A flash fire that extinguished itself immediately occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. MDT today during a planned maintenance operation. We know of four contract employees working on the site who were injured and have been transported to receive medical attention," ConocoPhillips said in a statement. The statement said all personnel have been accounted for. ... |
| Lawyer for ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:29 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A lawyer for Penn State's ex-president assailed a report on the university sex abuse scandal on Wednesday as a myth filled with unsupported and outrageous conclusions against former university leader Graham Spanier. Timothy K. Lewis, a former federal judge and prosecutor who represents Spanier, criticized the author of that report, Louis Freeh, also a former judge and a former FBI chief, who was hired by the university to investigate the scandal that rocked U.S. college football and Pennsylvania's biggest university. ... |
| BMO Financial offers drought relief to U.S., Canadian farmers Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:28 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - BMO Financial Group said on Wednesday it was offering its U.S. and Canadian farmer customers financial drought relief to help them get through one of the worst droughts to hit North America in more than 50 years. The Toronto-based bank said it is providing drought-hit farmers more access to capital, fee concessions, working lines of credit and in some cases loan deferrals. "It comes down to a case-by-case issue and how the drought affected a particular customer," said Patrick O'Herlihy, a spokesman for BMO Harris Bank, the U.S. ... |
| U.S. West Nile cases, deaths jump in latest week Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT
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| Prosecutors say accused Army gunman must be compelled to shave Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:44 PM PDT
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| Storm Isaac threatens Caribbean, U.S. Republican Convention Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:08 PM PDT
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| BP says 200 U.S. retail outlets received off-specification fuel Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:11 PM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Wednesday that about 200 retail outlets in the northwest Indiana and Chicago areas received off-specification gasoline from company terminals in the past week that has caused mechanical problems in vehicles. BP was recalling the 50,000-barrel batch of regular-grade gasoline blended last week because it contains too much polymeric residue, which can cause problems with vehicles, including difficulty starting. Retail outlets obtained the fuel from storage terminals in Whiting, Indiana, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... |
| Federal judge: Poker's no crapshoot. No crime, either Posted: 22 Aug 2012 02:01 PM PDT
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| U.S. auto efficiency rules coming soon: DOT Posted: 22 Aug 2012 01:05 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Wednesday it plans to complete rules "soon" that significantly boost automobile efficiency, despite calls from some Republicans for further evaluation of the regulations. The Obama administration had planned to finalize standards last week that would require companies to reach an average fuel efficiency across their U.S. fleets of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, but the release of the regulations was delayed. While declining to provide a specific timeline, the Transportation Department stressed the rules are moving forward. ... |
| New Jersey woman decapitates son, then kills self Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:31 PM PDT (Reuters) - A New Jersey woman decapitated her 2-year-old son with a kitchen knife, placed his head in the freezer and then stabbed herself to death on Wednesday, officials said. A woman identified as Chevonne Thomas, 33, called the 911 emergency line shortly after midnight to report she had stabbed her child after briefly blaming it on her boyfriend, said Jason Laughlin, a spokesman for the Camden County prosecutor. When Camden police arrived they found the body of the boy, Zahree Thomas, on the floor and his head in the freezer, Laughlin said. ... |
| Minnesota lawmakers set to vote on disaster aid following flood Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12:41 PM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Minnesota legislators are set to vote on a $167.5 million disaster aid agreement following devastating flood and wind damage to Duluth and other northeastern Minnesota communities in June, Governor Mark Dayton said on Wednesday. Dayton and legislative leaders from both parties signed off on the aid package lawmakers will be asked to vote on with no amendments in a one-day special session planned to start Friday afternoon, the governor's office said. ... |
| Middle class set back over last decade: report Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:32 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The middle class has shrunk drastically over the last 10 years as Americans' net worth has plunged, wages declined and standards of living slipped away, according to a report released on Wednesday. Middle-income earners, long seen as the solid center of the country, are pessimistic and place the blame squarely on U.S. lawmakers, banks and big business, the findings by the Pew Research Center showed. "America's middle class has endured its worst decade in modern history," researchers wrote. ... |
| Powerball winner contacts Michigan Lottery, agency says Posted: 22 Aug 2012 11:22 AM PDT (Reuters) - The Michigan Lottery said on Wednesday that the winner of last week's $337 million Powerball jackpot had contacted the agency, but officials were still keeping the winner's identity under wraps. In a brief statement, the agency said, "details about the prize-winner will not be released until the prize, the third largest in Powerball history, is claimed." The winner has one year from the August 15 drawing to claim the prize, the agency said. The single winning ticket was purchased at a Sunoco gas station and convenience store in Lapeer, Michigan, about 60 miles north of Detroit. ... |
| Warmer temperatures eyed in devastation of Massachusetts butterflies Posted: 22 Aug 2012 08:55 AM PDT (Reuters) - The devastation of native cold weather butterfly species in Massachusetts and the arrival of southern subtropical species is likely tied to climate warming and signals a massive shift in the butterfly population of the U.S. East Coast, a new study shows. The research, published in the current issue of the journal Nature Climate Change, shows 17 of 21 species of butterflies whose habitat is centered north of Boston have declined since 1992 - some by as much as 90 percent. ... |
| New York's MTA payroll tax unconstitutional: judge Posted: 22 Aug 2012 07:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority could lose $1.5 billion of revenue a year after a state court ruled on Wednesday that a payroll tax was unconstitutional, partly because it applies to only 12 counties in the state. The tax is paid by employers located within the downstate area served by the MTA, which runs New York City's buses, subways, commuter railroads and some major bridges and tunnels. ... |
| Man accused of threatening Obama appears in Seattle court Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:42 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Seattle-area man appeared in federal court on Wednesday on charges of threatening to assassinate President Barack Obama in a taunting email to the FBI and assaulting a federal agent sent to arrest him. Caluori, 31, was arrested at his apartment south of Seattle on Tuesday after the FBI notified the Secret Service about the alleged threat. He had five guns, including two assault rifles, when arrested, according to the criminal complaint against him. "I will kill the president!" Caluori wrote in a profanity-laden email, according to the complaint. "Come get me. ... |
| Ex-Penn State president blasts Freeh report on child sex abuse Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:05 PM PDT
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| California town settles dispute that prompted bankruptcy Posted: 22 Aug 2012 06:03 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Mammoth Lakes, one of three communities in California to recently declare bankruptcy, said on Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement to settle the legal dispute that threatened to swamp the town's finances. The resort town of about 8,000 residents in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains said on its website that it settled a $43 million court judgment awarded to a developer over a property dispute. The terms of the agreement will remain confidential until fully documented and executed, according to the town's statement. ... |
| California declares emergency as wildfire advances on town Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:50 PM PDT
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| Cousins get 2 days in jail for starting Arizona's largest fire Posted: 22 Aug 2012 05:24 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two cousins who admitted to accidentally starting the largest wildfire in Arizona history by leaving a still-smoldering campfire unattended were each sentenced to 48 hours in jail on Wednesday and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service. Caleb Malboeuf, 27, and David Malboeuf, 25, were also placed on five years' probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Aspey in Flagstaff, Arizona, for the raging wildfire that torched 840 square miles (2,178 square km) in eastern Arizona and New Mexico last summer, according to assistant U.S. attorney Patrick Schneider. ... |
| Georgia men accused in attack plot get 5 years in prison Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:39 PM PDT ATLANTA (Reuters) - Two Georgia men accused of being part of a domestic militia were sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison for conspiring to obtain equipment and explosives for attacks on government buildings and federal employees. Frederick Thomas, a 73-year-old man described by federal authorities as the group's leader, and Dan Roberts, 68, both pleaded guilty in April in federal court to conspiracy charges in the case. ... |
| House committee seeks IRS documents on healthcare law Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican chairman of a House of Representatives investigatory panel sought documents on Wednesday from the Internal Revenue Service in a battle with the White House over the Democrats' controversial healthcare law. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa demanded all documents and communications between the IRS and President Barack Obama's White House after the healthcare overhaul law was signed into law in March 2010, in a letter released on Wednesday. ... |
| Top court halts Texas execution of convicted triple murderer Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:32 PM PDT AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A man convicted of fatally shooting three sleeping teenagers in 1998 won a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, less than an hour before he was due to be put to death in Texas. It was the third time that John Balentine, 43, has been granted a stay of execution. Justice Antonin Scalia reviewed Balentine's emergency appeal and referred the case to the full court for consideration. Balentine, 43, also got a reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court last year on the day he was scheduled for lethal injection, and from the U.S. ... |
| Indiana inmates accused of running meth ring from prison Posted: 22 Aug 2012 04:22 PM PDT INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The FBI said on Wednesday it broke up a methamphetamine dealing ring coordinated by two Indiana prison inmates helped by corrections officers that brought illegal drugs from California to Indiana using postal and courier deliveries. A federal indictment charged 40 people with a drug conspiracy. All but two of them had been arrested by late on Wednesday, according to FBI spokeswoman Wendy Osborne. The 26-count indictment said the drug ring also dealt in heroin, LSD and the synthetic drug PCP. ... |
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