Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo faces trespass charge |
- Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo faces trespass charge
- Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme
- Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies
- Ex-Guatemalan Army commander accused in massacre faces charges in U.S
- Opponents of legalizing marijuana focus on risk to teens
- Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown
- Freed American recalls Nicaragua prison ordeal
- New York's Suffolk County looks to expand sewer system
- Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo
- Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies
- Ex-Guatemalan Army commander accused in massacre faces charges in U.S
- Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme
- Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo faces trespass charge
- Opponents of legalizing marijuana focus on risk to teens
- Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown
- Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo
- New York's Suffolk County looks to expand sewer system
- Freed American recalls Nicaragua prison ordeal
| Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo faces trespass charge Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - A man who was mauled by a Siberian tiger after jumping into the animal's den at New York's Bronx Zoo will be charged with criminal trespassing, New York City police said on Saturday. David Villalobos, 25, was riding the zoo's elevated monorail Friday afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo. Villalobos was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, which was upgraded to stable later in the day, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said. ... |
| Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers. The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight. ... |
| Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT (Reuters) - Former CIA operative Edwin P. Wilson, who was found guilty in 1983 of selling arms to Libya but released from prison in 2004 after a judge threw out the conviction, has died at age 84, a funeral home director said on Saturday. When Wilson was sent to prison, his was the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history. Wilson died on September 10 of complications from heart valve replacement surgery, said Craig Emmick, director at Columbia Funeral Home and Crematory in Seattle. ... |
| Ex-Guatemalan Army commander accused in massacre faces charges in U.S Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:06 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Guatemalan army commander accused of taking part in the massacre of more than 200 people during that country's civil war has been returned to the United States to face charges he lied about his past to gain U.S. citizenship, authorities said on Saturday. Jorge Sosa, 54, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport accompanied by U.S. Marshals on Friday evening following his extradition from Calgary, Canada, where he was arrested in January, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lori Haley said. U.S. ... |
| Opponents of legalizing marijuana focus on risk to teens Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:32 AM PDT DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Opponents of legalizing marijuana in three western states are targeting mothers in a fight over ballot measures that for the first time could make recreational pot use legal in parts of the United States. "If people tell you it's not a gateway drug - it's baloney," Colorado state Representative Kathleen Conti, a Republican, told two dozen parents and local residents at a recent meeting in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village. ... |
| Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an October 1 government shutdown. The 62-30 vote on the funding bill, which now moves to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law, was delayed by days of partisan bickering over votes on unrelated measures aimed at boosting both Democrats' and Republicans' political fortunes. ... |
| Freed American recalls Nicaragua prison ordeal Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) - An American recently freed from a Nicaragua jail after being wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking said on Friday he plans to put his ordeal in prison behind him and go to graduate school. Jason Puracal, 35, said he might establish a non-profit organization focused on sustainable development, such as bringing potable water to the prison where he was housed for nearly two years. "I'm not the type of guy who is going to sit around and cry about what happened," Puracal told a homecoming gathering in his native Washington state. Puracal, a U.S. ... |
| New York's Suffolk County looks to expand sewer system Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT (Reuters) - New York's Suffolk County will look at ways to expand its sewer system to boost development, including a possible sale or some kind of deal with the county's water authority. County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, included this initiative in the $2.77 billion budget plan he presented on Friday for the fiscal year that starts on January 1. Suffolk's more than 20 sewer districts could be taken over by the Suffolk County Water Authority. ... |
| Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:09 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Siberian tiger critically injured a man who jumped into the big cat's den at New York's Bronx Zoo on Friday, retreating only after emergency workers scared it off with a fire extinguisher. The man, 25, was riding the zoo's elevated monorail in the afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said. ... |
| Ex-CIA man Edwin Wilson, jailed for selling arms to Libya, dies Posted: 22 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT (Reuters) - Former CIA operative Edwin P. Wilson, who was found guilty in 1983 of selling arms to Libya but released from prison in 2004 after a judge threw out the conviction, has died at age 84, a funeral home director said on Saturday. When Wilson was sent to prison, his was the biggest arms-dealing case in U.S. history. Wilson died on September 10 of complications from heart valve replacement surgery, said Craig Emmick, director at Columbia Funeral Home and Crematory in Seattle. ... |
| Ex-Guatemalan Army commander accused in massacre faces charges in U.S Posted: 22 Sep 2012 05:06 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Guatemalan army commander accused of taking part in the massacre of more than 200 people during that country's civil war has been returned to the United States to face charges he lied about his past to gain U.S. citizenship, authorities said on Saturday. Jorge Sosa, 54, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport accompanied by U.S. Marshals on Friday evening following his extradition from Calgary, Canada, where he was arrested in January, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lori Haley said. U.S. ... |
| Senate votes to shield U.S. airlines from EU's carbon scheme Posted: 22 Sep 2012 01:27 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate unanimously passed a bill on Saturday that would shield U.S. airlines from paying for their carbon emissions on European flights, pressuring the European Union to back down from applying its emissions law to foreign carriers. The European Commission has been enforcing its law since January to make all airlines take part in its Emissions Trading Scheme to combat global warming, prompting threats of a trade fight. ... |
| Man mauled by tiger at New York zoo faces trespass charge Posted: 22 Sep 2012 12:07 PM PDT (Reuters) - A man who was mauled by a Siberian tiger after jumping into the animal's den at New York's Bronx Zoo will be charged with criminal trespassing, New York City police said on Saturday. David Villalobos, 25, was riding the zoo's elevated monorail Friday afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo. Villalobos was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, which was upgraded to stable later in the day, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said. ... |
| Opponents of legalizing marijuana focus on risk to teens Posted: 22 Sep 2012 08:32 AM PDT DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Opponents of legalizing marijuana in three western states are targeting mothers in a fight over ballot measures that for the first time could make recreational pot use legal in parts of the United States. "If people tell you it's not a gateway drug - it's baloney," Colorado state Representative Kathleen Conti, a Republican, told two dozen parents and local residents at a recent meeting in the Denver suburb of Greenwood Village. ... |
| Senate passes funding bill to avoid October 1 government shutdown Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:41 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November's elections early on Saturday as the U.S. Senate passed a stopgap measure to fund federal programs and avoid an October 1 government shutdown. The 62-30 vote on the funding bill, which now moves to President Barack Obama's desk to be signed into law, was delayed by days of partisan bickering over votes on unrelated measures aimed at boosting both Democrats' and Republicans' political fortunes. ... |
| Man mauled after jumping into tiger pit at New York's Bronx Zoo Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:09 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Siberian tiger critically injured a man who jumped into the big cat's den at New York's Bronx Zoo on Friday, retreating only after emergency workers scared it off with a fire extinguisher. The man, 25, was riding the zoo's elevated monorail in the afternoon and leapt from a car, clearing a fence around the tiger enclosure, according to a statement from the zoo. He was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. His condition was later upgraded to stable, a spokeswoman for the Jacobi Medical Center said. ... |
| New York's Suffolk County looks to expand sewer system Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT (Reuters) - New York's Suffolk County will look at ways to expand its sewer system to boost development, including a possible sale or some kind of deal with the county's water authority. County Executive Steve Bellone, a Democrat, included this initiative in the $2.77 billion budget plan he presented on Friday for the fiscal year that starts on January 1. Suffolk's more than 20 sewer districts could be taken over by the Suffolk County Water Authority. ... |
| Freed American recalls Nicaragua prison ordeal Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT SEATTLE, Washington (Reuters) - An American recently freed from a Nicaragua jail after being wrongfully convicted of drug trafficking said on Friday he plans to put his ordeal in prison behind him and go to graduate school. Jason Puracal, 35, said he might establish a non-profit organization focused on sustainable development, such as bringing potable water to the prison where he was housed for nearly two years. "I'm not the type of guy who is going to sit around and cry about what happened," Puracal told a homecoming gathering in his native Washington state. Puracal, a U.S. ... |
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