Thursday, November 22, 2012

Two dead, up to 100 hurt in massive pileup on foggy Texas highway

Two dead, up to 100 hurt in massive pileup on foggy Texas highway

Two dead, up to 100 hurt in massive pileup on foggy Texas highway

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:52 PM PST

Handout image of emergency personnel on the scene of a vehicle pileup near Beaumont(Reuters) - A high-speed pileup of up to 150 vehicles on a fog-bound Texas interstate highway killed at least two people on Thursday and injured up to 100, a sheriff's spokesman said. The chain reaction of collisions shut down Interstate 10 about 15 miles west of Beaumont for several hours, said Deputy Rod Carroll of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. "We have 18-wheelers on top of cars, we have cars on top of cars. It's just catastrophic," he said, adding that rescuers were still looking for victims. Two bodies were found underneath a tractor-trailer, he said. ...

Boehner comments show tough road ahead for "fiscal cliff" talks

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:22 PM PST

Speaker of the House John Boehner speaks to the press after a bipartisan meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White HouseWASHINGTON (Reuters) - New comments from top Republican lawmaker John Boehner slamming health care reforms illustrate how hard it will be for Washington to reach a deficit reduction deal when talks resume next week, analysts said on Thursday. President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will begin negotiating next week on a plan that could avert tax hikes and spending cuts set to begin in January that economists worry could push the U.S. economy over the "fiscal cliff" and into recession. ...

California man pleads not guilty to killing, cooking wife

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 04:05 PM PST

OCEANSIDE, California (Reuters) - A southern California man whose wife's flesh was found cooking in pots on the stove at their home in Oceanside has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges, authorities said. Oceanside police said they arrested Frederick Hengl, 68, last Friday after they were called to investigate a foul smell coming from the home he shared with his wife, Anna Faris, 73, a few blocks from Oceanside pier. Investigating officers found parts of Faris' body cooking in three pots on the stove top, according to Deputy District Attorney Katherine Flaherty. ...

Thanksgiving Day marked with parades, feasts in wake of Sandy

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 01:49 PM PST

People eat a Thanksgiving dinner cooked and served by volunteers in the Staten Island borough of New YorkNEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans celebrated the Thanksgiving holiday with parades and sumptuous feasts, some sharing the bounty at East Coast emergency shelters to express gratitude for what they still had after Superstorm Sandy caused widespread damage throughout the region. "We're trying to do it Pilgrim style," said Louis DeCarolis, 51, who was roasting a turkey in a fire pit marked by an American flag and dug into the front yard of his son's home in Rockaway Beach, Queens. The area lost power when it was flooded by the deadly storm, which hit the area last month. ...

Puerto Rican boxing champ Camacho brain dead after shooting

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 11:23 AM PST

Former Puerto Rican welterweight boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho poses in GuaynaboSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Three-time world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho is brain dead following a drive-by shooting in Puerto Rico, a doctor said on Thursday. Camacho, 50, whose speed and flamboyance made him a top attraction in the 1980s and 1990s, is in a coma and unresponsive, said Dr. Ernesto Torres, director of the Rio Piedras Medical Center. Camacho "is clinically brain dead," Torres told reporters. "The tests showed a flat line, without any type of activity." Doctors will meet with his mother, Maria Matias, and other relatives on Friday to discuss options, Torres said. ...

American killed in helicopter crash at Bahamas luxury resort

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 06:07 PM PST

NASSAU (Reuters) - One American was killed and as many as four people were injured after a helicopter crashed near an exclusive resort in the Bahamas on Thursday afternoon, according to local police. The helicopter went down at Baker's Bay Golf and Ocean Club on Great Guana Cay in the Abacos island chain, according to Superintendent Noel Curry at the Marsh Harbour police station. ...

Two dead, up to 120 injured in Texas highway pileup

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 11:38 AM PST

(Reuters) - A pileup of vehicles on foggy Interstate 10 in southeast Texas has killed at least two people and injured 80 to 120, eight to 10 of them seriously, said Deputy Rod Caroll of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. "We have 18-wheelers on top of cars, we have cars on top of cars. It's just catastrophic," he said. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Sandra Maler)

Reaction mixed to Jesse Jackson Jr.'s resignation

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 08:03 PM PST

CHICAGO (Reuters) - For much of his political career U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. was seen by many as an energetic sign of hope for Chicago's troubled South Side and as one of the region's up-and-coming lawmakers. But after he resigned from Congress on Wednesday after being treated for bipolar disorder and amid reports that he was under investigation for possible misuse of campaign funds, there were mixed feelings among constituents in Illinois' 2nd district, which Jackson represents. ...
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