Saturday, September 8, 2012

Ex-prosecutor claims O.J. Simpson attorney tampered with glove

Ex-prosecutor claims O.J. Simpson attorney tampered with glove


Ex-prosecutor claims O.J. Simpson attorney tampered with glove

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:36 AM PDT

O.J. Simpson talks to reporters as he arrives for the funeral of attorney Johnnie Cochran,Jr.(Reuters) - Nearly 17 years after O.J. Simpson walked away from his Los Angeles murder trial a free man, a prosecutor at the center of the case has alleged that the lead defense lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence. Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Christopher Darden on Thursday accused Simpson's defense lawyer, the late Johnnie Cochran, of "manipulating" one of the infamous gloves that the prosecution said linked Simpson to the grisly double murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. ...


Louisiana governor appeals ruling on black supreme court justice

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Louisiana Governor Jindal talks to the press after a meeting in WashingtonNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Lawyers for Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal have challenged a U.S. federal judge's ruling that would allow a black state supreme court justice to become the court's next chief justice. Jindal, who is Indian-American, on Friday asked an appeals court to review a lower-court decision to allow black justice Bernette Johnson's to succeed a white chief justice retiring next year. The dispute over whether Johnson should be the first black justice to head the Louisiana court has highlighted long-standing racial tensions in the state. ...


Chicago teachers resume negotiations to avoid major strike

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers rally before marching to the Board of Education's headquarters in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union resumed "intense" negotiations on Saturday with the nation's third-largest school district to avert what would be the biggest U.S. labor strike in a year over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. Some 29,000 teachers and support staff have threatened to strike on Monday, setting up an awkward confrontation between Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former top White House aide, and organized labor in the president's home city. ...


Tornadoes reported in New York, Virginia as storms loom

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare tornado struck New York City on Saturday, blowing out the windows of at least one building, and a separate twister hit the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., as a line of fierce thunderstorms swept the region, knocking out power to thousands of homes. There were no immediate reports of heavy damage or injuries from the storms, but the National Weather Service said a tornado watch remained in effect for parts of New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. ...

Bodies of two climbers recovered at Mount Rainier

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:58 PM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Park rangers have recovered the bodies of two more climbers believed to have been part of a group of four who perished in an avalanche on Mount Rainier in Washington state in January, National Park Service officials said on Saturday. The two bodies, of a woman and a man, were discovered this week within a few feet of each other at an elevation of about 8,200 feet, near where the body of a third mountaineer was located in August, officials said. Search efforts have resumed for the remains of a fourth missing climber. ...

California waters searched for yacht with snatched toddlers

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:47 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities searched the waters off California's northern coast on Friday for a man suspected of kidnapping his two young children and fleeing aboard a stolen yacht, the Coast Guard said. Christopher Maffei, 43, is accused of abducting his son and daughter on Tuesday afternoon from their mother's home in South San Francisco, according to a police report. Authorities believe he then drove his 3-year-old daughter Brooklynn and 2-year-old son Devin across the San Francisco Bay to a marina in Alameda, where he stole a 40-foot (12.2 metre) yacht and set sail. ...

Montana judge strikes down state execution method

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:46 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A judge has struck down Montana's lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution's protections against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock did not question the constitutionality of the death penalty in Montana, which has two inmates on death row and has executed three since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. ...

Tropical storm approaches Bermuda, likely missing direct hit

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Hurricane Leslie and Hurricane Michael are seen in this NOAA handout satellite imageHAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Leslie swirled over the Atlantic on a track likely to pass east of Bermuda on Sunday as the outer wind and rain bands approached the island, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Saturday. 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 late Sunday to a Category 1 hurricane, the lowest on the Saffir-Simpson scale of wind intensity. ...


Bodies of two climbers recovered at Mount Rainier

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 06:58 PM PDT

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Park rangers have recovered the bodies of two more climbers believed to have been part of a group of four who perished in an avalanche on Mount Rainier in Washington state in January, National Park Service officials said on Saturday. The two bodies, of a woman and a man, were discovered this week within a few feet of each other at an elevation of about 8,200 feet, near where the body of a third mountaineer was located in August, officials said. Search efforts have resumed for the remains of a fourth missing climber. ...

Tornadoes reported in New York, Virginia as storms loom

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 04:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A rare tornado struck New York City on Saturday, blowing out the windows of at least one building, and a separate twister hit the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., as a line of fierce thunderstorms swept the region, knocking out power to thousands of homes. There were no immediate reports of heavy damage or injuries from the storms, but the National Weather Service said a tornado watch remained in effect for parts of New York City, New Jersey and Connecticut. ...

Factbox: Chicago teachers dispute is over school reform, money

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:35 PM PDT

(Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers are threatening to strike on Monday for the first time since 1987 in a clash with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that has national implications because many states and cities are grappling with similar tight budgets and underperforming schools. Here are some of the key issues, and the stakes in the Chicago dispute. NATIONAL SCOPE: A walkout by Chicago teachers would be the largest private- or public-sector strike in the United States in a year. ...

Chicago teachers resume negotiations to avoid major strike

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 03:05 PM PDT

Thousands of Chicago Public School teachers rally before marching to the Board of Education's headquarters in ChicagoCHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Teachers Union resumed "intense" negotiations on Saturday with the nation's third-largest school district to avert what would be the biggest U.S. labor strike in a year over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's demand for sweeping school reforms. Some 29,000 teachers and support staff have threatened to strike on Monday, setting up an awkward confrontation between Emanuel, President Barack Obama's former top White House aide, and organized labor in the president's home city. ...


Tropical storm approaches Bermuda, likely missing direct hit

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:25 PM PDT

Hurricane Leslie and Hurricane Michael are seen in this NOAA handout satellite imageHAMILTON, Bermuda (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Leslie swirled over the Atlantic on a track likely to pass east of Bermuda on Sunday as the outer wind and rain bands approached the island, the U.S. National Hurricane Center reported on Saturday. 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 late Sunday to a Category 1 hurricane, the lowest on the Saffir-Simpson scale of wind intensity. ...


Louisiana governor appeals ruling on black supreme court justice

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Louisiana Governor Jindal talks to the press after a meeting in WashingtonNEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Lawyers for Republican Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal have challenged a U.S. federal judge's ruling that would allow a black state supreme court justice to become the court's next chief justice. Jindal, who is Indian-American, on Friday asked an appeals court to review a lower-court decision to allow black justice Bernette Johnson's to succeed a white chief justice retiring next year. The dispute over whether Johnson should be the first black justice to head the Louisiana court has highlighted long-standing racial tensions in the state. ...


Ex-prosecutor claims O.J. Simpson attorney tampered with glove

Posted: 08 Sep 2012 07:36 AM PDT

O.J. Simpson talks to reporters as he arrives for the funeral of attorney Johnnie Cochran,Jr.(Reuters) - Nearly 17 years after O.J. Simpson walked away from his Los Angeles murder trial a free man, a prosecutor at the center of the case has alleged that the lead defense lawyer tampered with a crucial piece of evidence. Former Los Angeles deputy district attorney Christopher Darden on Thursday accused Simpson's defense lawyer, the late Johnnie Cochran, of "manipulating" one of the infamous gloves that the prosecution said linked Simpson to the grisly double murder of his former wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. ...


Montana judge strikes down state execution method

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:46 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A judge has struck down Montana's lethal injection procedure as a violation of the state constitution's protections against cruel and unusual punishment, effectively suspending executions in the state, officials said on Friday. State District Court Judge Jeffrey Sherlock did not question the constitutionality of the death penalty in Montana, which has two inmates on death row and has executed three since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. ...

California waters searched for yacht with snatched toddlers

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:47 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. authorities searched the waters off California's northern coast on Friday for a man suspected of kidnapping his two young children and fleeing aboard a stolen yacht, the Coast Guard said. Christopher Maffei, 43, is accused of abducting his son and daughter on Tuesday afternoon from their mother's home in South San Francisco, according to a police report. Authorities believe he then drove his 3-year-old daughter Brooklynn and 2-year-old son Devin across the San Francisco Bay to a marina in Alameda, where he stole a 40-foot (12.2 metre) yacht and set sail. ...

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