Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots |
- Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots
- Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic after treatment
- Families seek exoneration in Florida rape after 63 years
- Teed-off Nevada man shoots golfer who broke his window: police
- Top Arizona court rules tattooing is protected speech
- U.S. court rules severance pay not subject to employment tax
- Ohio Amish hate crime trial jury hears recording, trial goes on
- Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead
- Storm Leslie downgraded on path toward Bermuda
- Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation
- Montana judge strikes down state execution method
- Former DEA heads urge Holder to speak out against pot ballots
- Colorado school district bans Peyton Manning's No. 18 jersey
- Cyber attacks grow increasingly "reckless", official says
- GM to open first in-house IT center in Texas
- Florida asks top court to overturn pension ruling
- Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation
- NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition
- Facebook pix spat sparks Philadelphia plane bomb hoax
- NFL: Bounty scandal suspensions overturned by panel
- U.S. debt relief plan for Egypt could go to Congress soon
- Porcelain, jade, ceramics highlight NY Asian art sales
- Phillips 66 Bayway refinery workers to vote on contract Friday
- Judge orders accused Texas base gunman to shave or be shaved
- Grassley raises questions about SEC security contract
- New Orleans eyes more levees after passing Isaac's test
- Shepard Fairey spared prison in Obama poster image fraud
- Arizona mother arrested in death of missing daughter
- Teed-off Nevada man shoots golfer who broke his window: police
- U.S. court rules severance pay not subject to employment tax
- Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots
- Top Arizona court rules tattooing is protected speech
- Ohio Amish hate crime trial jury hears recording, trial goes on
- Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead
- Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation
- Montana judge strikes down state execution method
- Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic after treatment
- Families seek exoneration in Florida rape after 63 years
| Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday to take a stand against possible legalization of recreational marijuana in three western states, saying silence would convey acceptance. The former officials said in a letter sent on Friday that legalization would pose a direct conflict with federal law, indicating there would be a clash between the states and the federal government on the issue. ... |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic after treatment Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from the Mayo Clinic, where he was treated at least six weeks for bipolar disorder, an aide said on Friday. "He is convalescing with his wife and children at home in Washington," said Jackson's chief of staff, Rick Bryant. Bryant said he was "hopeful" that Jackson, the son of civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, would be back at work at the House of Representatives on Monday. He could not comment on Jackson's condition. ... |
| Families seek exoneration in Florida rape after 63 years Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT LADY LAKE, Florida (Reuters) - The families of the four young black men accused in the questionable 1949 rape claim of a white woman in the then-segregated American South, are asking Florida Governor Rick Scott to re-examine the evidence and clear the mens' names. "I just want the record to reflect that Charles Greenlee was not involved, if anything in fact even happened," said Greenlee's 62-year-old daughter Carol Crawley who was born four months after her father's arrest for the rape. "It's to clear my father's name because he's innocent. ... |
| Teed-off Nevada man shoots golfer who broke his window: police Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:21 PM PDT RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - An angry homeowner apparently had better aim than a Nevada golfer whose errant ball broke the window of a home that overlooks the course. Jeff Fleming, 53, of Reno is accused of opening fire with a shotgun on a golfing twosome, hitting one man who was treated at a hospital and released, police said on Friday. Fleming was taken into custody at a local attorney's office where he fled following the shooting, Reno police said in a statement. ... |
| Top Arizona court rules tattooing is protected speech Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:38 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court, stepping into a zoning dispute over a tattoo parlor, ruled on Friday that tattooing was a constitutionally protected form of free speech, the first such decision by any state high court in the country, lawyers said. The ruling stemmed from a dispute between tattoo artists Ryan and Laetitia Coleman and the Phoenix valley city of Mesa, which denied the pair a business permit three years ago to set up shop in a local strip mall. ... |
| U.S. court rules severance pay not subject to employment tax Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a tax decision that could have wide business implications, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that employment taxes should not have been imposed on severance pay in an involuntary layoff. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said Quality Stores Inc, a retailer, and employees who participated in the suit, could claim a refund for employment tax imposed on the severance pay. The taxes at issue were Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or FICA, taxes that help pay for the U.S. Social Security retirement pension program and the Medicare health program. ... |
| Ohio Amish hate crime trial jury hears recording, trial goes on Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:22 PM PDT CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Amish sect leader facing federal hate crime charges laughed during a telephone call with his nephew about plans for more beard-cutting attacks on other Amish people, jurors in the Ohio trial heard in a recording played in court on Friday. As they listened to calls between Samuel Mullet Sr. and his nephew Lester Miller, the jury read an English translation because the pair had spoken in Pennsylvania Dutch, the primary language of the Amish. The jury was told the calls had originated from the Holmes County jail in Ohio. ... |
| Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:20 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Times look set to get tougher for the unemployed in Florida and the grim outlook has nothing to do with Friday's bleak U.S. jobs report. It's because Florida is doubling down on revised procedures, introduced last year under Republican Governor Rick Scott, that workers' rights groups say have made it more difficult for Floridians to access unemployment benefits. The state, already saddled with what critics describe as an increasingly frayed social safety net, ranks among the stingiest in the country when it comes to providing jobless benefits for the unemployed. ... |
| Storm Leslie downgraded on path toward Bermuda Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:08 PM PDT HAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Hurricane Leslie was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday as it swirled over the Atlantic on a track toward Bermuda but is expected to regain hurricane strength before passing by the island on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported. A wealthy British overseas territory and global reinsurance center, Bermuda is not expected to take a direct hit from Leslie, which could re-strengthen by Sunday to a Category 1 hurricane, the lowest on the Saffir-Simpson scale of intensity. ... |
| Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:02 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bitter dispute between unionized public school teachers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has residents of the third-largest U.S. city bracing for a possible teachers' strike on Monday in a showdown over education reform that has national implications. Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Monday if an impasse in contract talks is not broken. It would be the first teachers' strike in Chicago in 25 years. ... |
| Montana judge strikes down state execution method Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - A judge has struck down Montana's lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution because it lacked necessary safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled that a three-drug program adopted by the Montana Department of Corrections differed from the two-drug protocol spelled out in law, which he said "increases the likelihood of confusion and error in the process. ... |
| Former DEA heads urge Holder to speak out against pot ballots Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:07 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nine former heads of the Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday to take a stand against possible legalization of recreational marijuana in three western states, saying silence would convey acceptance. The nine former officials, illustrating a likely clash between the states and the federal government if marijuana use was allowed for fun, said in a letter dated Friday that legalization would pose a direct conflict with federal law. ... |
| Colorado school district bans Peyton Manning's No. 18 jersey Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT DENVER (Reuters) - Students at a Colorado school district may be excited about the upcoming debut of Peyton Manning as the Denver Broncos' new quarterback, but they are banned from wearing the NFL star's number 18 jersey to class. A dress code imposed by school officials in Greeley, Colorado prohibits students and staff members from wearing clothing that may be associated with gang activity - including the number 18, which could refer to the Los-Angeles-based 18th Street gang. ... |
| Cyber attacks grow increasingly "reckless", official says Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:39 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Other nations are increasingly employing cyber attacks without "any sense of restraint," a top U.S. cybersecurity official said on Friday, citing "reckless" behaviors that neither the United States nor the Soviet Union would have dared at the height of Cold War tensions. Debora Plunkett, of the secretive National Security Agency, whose responsibilities include protecting U.S. government computer networks, predicted that Congress would pass long-stalled cybersecurity legislation within the next year. ... |
| GM to open first in-house IT center in Texas Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:18 AM PDT DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co plans to add up to 500 new jobs at a new information technology center in Texas, the first step in the automaker's push to bring the majority of its IT work in house over the next three years. The No. 1 U.S. automaker will hire software developers, database experts and other IT experts to staff the center in Austin, Texas. The center would be the first of several based in the United States, "We want IT to keep up with the imagination of our GM business partners," GM Chief Information Officer Randy Mott said. ... |
| Florida asks top court to overturn pension ruling Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:18 PM PDT TALLAHASSEE (Reuters) - Florida's top court heard an appeal on Friday by state officials seeking to overturn a lower-court ruling that voided their plan to make government employees pay 3 percent of their wages toward pensions. The battle pits the state's largest unions against the Republican-run Florida Legislature, which last year changed the Florida Retirement System by requiring employee contributions, limiting inflation increases and lengthening vesting periods. ... |
| Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:53 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bitter dispute between unionized public school teachers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has residents of the third-largest U.S. city bracing for a possible teachers' strike on Monday in a showdown over education reform that has national implications. Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Monday if an impasse in contract talks with the city is not broken. ... |
| NYC WTC developer brushes off concerns about competition Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT (Reuters) - Silverstein Properties still expects to land tenants for its three delayed downtown World Trade Center skyscrapers despite competition from established and planned midtown competitors, Janno Lieber, Silverstein's president, said on Friday. Officials from Silverstein Properties, named after developer Larry Silverstein, were demonstrating the progress that has been achieved in redeveloping ground zero before next Thursday's 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ... |
| Facebook pix spat sparks Philadelphia plane bomb hoax Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:11 PM PDT PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A man avenging his girlfriend over a questionable Facebook photograph was charged on Friday with falsely reporting explosives aboard a plane that was ordered to return to Philadelphia Airport, authorities said. Kenneth Smith Jr., 26, was charged with using a telephone to convey false information about the woman's former boyfriend, who was a passenger aboard the US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Dallas on Thursday. ... |
| NFL: Bounty scandal suspensions overturned by panel Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:01 PM PDT (Reuters) - Four players who were suspended for their connection to the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal have had their bans overturned by an arbitration panel, the National Football League (NFL) said on Friday. Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma was initially suspended for the entire 2012 regular season, free agent Anthony Hargrove for eight games, Saints defensive end Will Smith for four games and Cleveland Browns linebacker Scott Fujita three games. ... |
| U.S. debt relief plan for Egypt could go to Congress soon Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration hopes to go to Congress soon with a plan for using $1 billion in debt relief to help Egypt stabilize its economy and expand its private sector, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Friday. "My hope would be is that we would go to the Congress very shortly with a framework of how we recommend that this money be allocated," U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Thomas Nides told reporters during a conference call to discuss goals for a U.S. business delegation headed to Egypt this weekend. ... |
| Porcelain, jade, ceramics highlight NY Asian art sales Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:06 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ming flasks, precious jade, rare porcelain and contemporary works of art are among thousands of objects going up for auction in the semi-annual Asian art sales starting Monday in New York. With five days of auctions offering items from Chinese ceramics to 15th-century scrolls, and combined estimated sales totals of more than $60 million, the stakes are high for Christie's and Sotheby's as they gauge the Asian sector of the art market. ... |
| Phillips 66 Bayway refinery workers to vote on contract Friday Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:20 AM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Teamsters Union at Phillips 66's 238,000 barrel-per-day Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, will vote Friday on whether to ratify their latest labor contract, as recommended by the union's executive board. Several quality of life issues including work rules, overtime pay, and scheduling changes could lead some union members to vote against the contract, according to a source familiar with the situation. If the contract is voted down there will not be an immediate strike but rather a return to negotiations. ... |
| Judge orders accused Texas base gunman to shave or be shaved Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:10 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A U.S. military judge on Thursday ordered the Fort Hood massacre suspect, Army Major Nidal Hasan, to shave or be forcibly shaved, ruling that his beard is not covered by federal laws protecting religious freedom. Colonel Gregory Gross ruled following a hearing that Hasan's attorneys failed to prove he has grown the beard, which he has worn since June, for religious reasons. Hasan, 41, has said he grew the beard in line with the beliefs of his Islamic faith, and that it is part of his free exercise of religion. ... |
| Grassley raises questions about SEC security contract Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:51 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Charles Grassley is raising new questions about a security contract awarded by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as part of his investigation into the agency's watchdog. In a letter dated September 6, Grassley said he had uncovered evidence that a company the SEC had contracted with to conduct a threat assessment may be improperly using "small business" status to win government contracts. ... |
| New Orleans eyes more levees after passing Isaac's test Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:08 PM PDT NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Thanks to $14.6 billion spent on new flood defenses, roughly $17,400 per resident, Clara Carey and her husband could afford to sit tight in their home when Hurricane Isaac pushed toward New Orleans last week. "We're senior citizens, and we always said if another Katrina came, we wouldn't come back," said Carey, who lost nearly everything in the flooding that followed the 2005 hurricane and took two years to restore her home in the Gentilly neighborhood. ... |
| Shepard Fairey spared prison in Obama poster image fraud Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The artist who created the "Hope" portrait of Barack Obama that became emblematic of the president's triumphant 2008 campaign was sentenced to community service on Friday after admitting he had lied about which image he used. Los Angeles-based street artist Shepard Fairey, 42, became a celebrity for creating the red, white and blue image of Obama silhouetted above the word "Hope" on a poster. ... |
| Arizona mother arrested in death of missing daughter Posted: 06 Sep 2012 10:21 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona mother was re-arrested on Thursday in connection with the year-long disappearance of her 5-year-old daughter and was jailed on first-degree murder and child abuse charges, authorities said. Jerice Hunter, 38, was taken into custody without incident in her suburban Phoenix home after being indicted by a state grand jury on charges stemming from the presumed slaying of her child, Jhessye Shockley, police said. ... |
| Teed-off Nevada man shoots golfer who broke his window: police Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:21 PM PDT RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - An angry homeowner apparently had better aim than a Nevada golfer whose errant ball broke the window of a home that overlooks the course. Jeff Fleming, 53, of Reno is accused of opening fire with a shotgun on a golfing twosome, hitting one man who was treated at a hospital and released, police said on Friday. Fleming was taken into custody at a local attorney's office where he fled following the shooting, Reno police said in a statement. ... |
| U.S. court rules severance pay not subject to employment tax Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:15 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a tax decision that could have wide business implications, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that employment taxes should not have been imposed on severance pay in an involuntary layoff. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals said Quality Stores Inc, a retailer, and employees who participated in the suit, could claim a refund for employment tax imposed on the severance pay. The taxes at issue were Federal Insurance Contributions Act, or FICA, taxes that help pay for the U.S. Social Security retirement pension program and the Medicare health program. ... |
| Ex-DEA heads urge Holder oppose marijuana ballots Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nine former heads of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration urged Attorney General Eric Holder on Friday to take a stand against possible legalization of recreational marijuana in three western states, saying silence would convey acceptance. The former officials said in a letter sent on Friday that legalization would pose a direct conflict with federal law, indicating there would be a clash between the states and the federal government on the issue. ... |
| Top Arizona court rules tattooing is protected speech Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:38 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court, stepping into a zoning dispute over a tattoo parlor, ruled on Friday that tattooing was a constitutionally protected form of free speech, the first such decision by any state high court in the country, lawyers said. The ruling stemmed from a dispute between tattoo artists Ryan and Laetitia Coleman and the Phoenix valley city of Mesa, which denied the pair a business permit three years ago to set up shop in a local strip mall. ... |
| Ohio Amish hate crime trial jury hears recording, trial goes on Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:22 PM PDT CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Amish sect leader facing federal hate crime charges laughed during a telephone call with his nephew about plans for more beard-cutting attacks on other Amish people, jurors in the Ohio trial heard in a recording played in court on Friday. As they listened to calls between Samuel Mullet Sr. and his nephew Lester Miller, the jury read an English translation because the pair had spoken in Pennsylvania Dutch, the primary language of the Amish. The jury was told the calls had originated from the Holmes County jail in Ohio. ... |
| Florida's unemployed face tough times ahead Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:20 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - Times look set to get tougher for the unemployed in Florida and the grim outlook has nothing to do with Friday's bleak U.S. jobs report. It's because Florida is doubling down on revised procedures, introduced last year under Republican Governor Rick Scott, that workers' rights groups say have made it more difficult for Floridians to access unemployment benefits. The state, already saddled with what critics describe as an increasingly frayed social safety net, ranks among the stingiest in the country when it comes to providing jobless benefits for the unemployed. ... |
| Chicago braces for first teacher strike in a generation Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:02 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - A bitter dispute between unionized public school teachers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has residents of the third-largest U.S. city bracing for a possible teachers' strike on Monday in a showdown over education reform that has national implications. Nearly 30,000 public school teachers and support staff represented by the Chicago Teachers Union have vowed to walk off the job starting at 12:01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Monday if an impasse in contract talks is not broken. It would be the first teachers' strike in Chicago in 25 years. ... |
| Montana judge strikes down state execution method Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - A judge has struck down Montana's lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution because it lacked necessary safeguards against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock ruled that a three-drug program adopted by the Montana Department of Corrections differed from the two-drug protocol spelled out in law, which he said "increases the likelihood of confusion and error in the process. ... |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. leaves Mayo Clinic after treatment Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:43 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. has been released from the Mayo Clinic, where he was treated at least six weeks for bipolar disorder, an aide said on Friday. "He is convalescing with his wife and children at home in Washington," said Jackson's chief of staff, Rick Bryant. Bryant said he was "hopeful" that Jackson, the son of civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, would be back at work at the House of Representatives on Monday. He could not comment on Jackson's condition. ... |
| Families seek exoneration in Florida rape after 63 years Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:24 PM PDT LADY LAKE, Florida (Reuters) - The families of the four young black men accused in the questionable 1949 rape claim of a white woman in the then-segregated American South, are asking Florida Governor Rick Scott to re-examine the evidence and clear the mens' names. "I just want the record to reflect that Charles Greenlee was not involved, if anything in fact even happened," said Greenlee's 62-year-old daughter Carol Crawley who was born four months after her father's arrest for the rape. "It's to clear my father's name because he's innocent. ... |
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