Ford on track to sell 2.2 million cars in U.S. this year

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• Ford on track to sell 2.2 million cars in U.S. this year
• Same-sex couples marry in Maine for first time
• Woman charged with "murder as a hate crime" in fatal subway pushing
• Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore
• New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar
• U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care
• Woman in custody in death of man pushed onto NY City subway tracks
• Nevada murder conviction reversed over dismissal of black juror
• Woman accused of pushing man in N.Y. subway death charged with murder

Ford on track to sell 2.2 million cars in U.S. this year Posted: 29 Dec 2012 06:11 PM PST DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co is on track to sell 2.2 million cars under its main brand this year, up 7 percent from 2011, the automaker said on Saturday, but the company has acknowledged losing market share as it struggled to keep up with consumer demand. It marks the second straight year the No. 2 U.S. automaker has surpassed the 2 million threshold. The projected sales jump for the Ford brand falls short of the overall industry's gains, which many analysts expect to exceed 13 percent in 2012. ...

Same-sex couples marry in Maine for first time Posted: 29 Dec 2012 08:53 AM PST PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - The first gay and lesbian couples to wed under Maine's new same-sex marriage law exchanged vows early on Saturday in a series of spare but joyous civil ceremonies held shortly after midnight. "We finally feel equal and happy to be living in Maine," an exuberant Steven Bridges, 42, said shortly after he and his newly wedded husband, Michael Snell, 53, became the first couple at City Hall in Maine's largest town to tie the knot. ...

Woman charged with "murder as a hate crime" in fatal subway pushing Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:53 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman suspected of shoving a man to his death in front of an oncoming New York subway train was arrested on Saturday and charged with "second-degree murder as a hate crime" in the second such fatality this month for one of the world's busiest transit systems. The district attorney for the New York City borough of Queens said Erika Menendez, 31, who was seen pacing the subway platform and muttering to herself before the attack, had told investigators that she pushed the victim, Sunando Sen, 46, on Thursday because "I hate Hindus and Muslims. ...

Yale under fire for new campus in restrictive Singapore Posted: 29 Dec 2012 10:36 AM PST NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - For more than 300 years, Yale University has prided itself on training top students to question and analyze, to challenge and critique. Now, Yale is seeking to export those values by establishing the first foreign campus to bear its name, a liberal arts college in Singapore that is set to open this summer. The ambitious, multimillion-dollar project thrills many in the Yale community who say it will help the university maintain its prestige and build global influence. ...

New York newspaper to list more gun permit holders after uproar Posted: 29 Dec 2012 04:05 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A suburban New York newspaper that sparked an uproar among gun enthusiasts by publishing names and addresses of residents holding pistol permits is now planning to publish even more identities of permit-toting locals. Further names and addresses will be added as they become available to a map originally published on December 24 in the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, the newspaper said. The original map listed thousands of pistol permit holders in suburban Westchester and Rockland counties just north of New York City. ...

U.S. mentally ill and their families face barriers to care Posted: 29 Dec 2012 05:27 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lori, a 39-year-old mother in New Jersey, would like to save for the usual things: college, retirement, vacations. But those goals are far down her wish list. For now, she and her husband are putting aside money for a home alarm system. They're not worried about keeping burglars out. They need to keep their son in. Mike, 7, began seeing a psychiatrist in 2009, after one pre-school kicked him out for being "difficult" and teachers at the public school he later attended were worried about his obsessive thoughts and extreme anxiety. ...

Woman in custody in death of man pushed onto NY City subway tracks Posted: 29 Dec 2012 11:52 AM PST (Reuters) - A woman who made self-incriminating statements is in custody in the death of a man pushed in front of an oncoming New York City subway train, police said on Saturday, the second such fatality this month for one of the world's busiest subway systems. Detectives took a 31-year-old Hispanic woman into custody, a police spokesman told Reuters. Police said the woman, whom they did not name, made statements implicating herself. The investigation is continuing, and charges are pending, the spokesman said. ...

Nevada murder conviction reversed over dismissal of black juror Posted: 28 Dec 2012 08:34 PM PST (Reuters) - Nevada's top court has overturned the murder conviction of a Las Vegas man sentenced to life in prison in the shooting death of his brother-in-law, ruling that a black woman with "Democratic views" was improperly dismissed from the jury pool. As part of its ruling, the three-judge panel of the state Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trial for Jermaine Brass, 28, one of two brothers convicted in the slaying of their sister's husband, Ernest Mitchell, in 2009. ...

Woman accused of pushing man in N.Y. subway death charged with murder Posted: 29 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The woman arrested on suspicion of shoving a man to his death in front of an oncoming New York subway train was charged on Saturday with second-degree murder as a hate crime in the second such fatality this month for one of the world's busiest transit systems, prosecutors said. The district attorney for the New York City borough of Queens said the suspect, Erika Menendez, 31, who was seen muttering to herself before the attack, had admitted to investigators that she pushed the victim, Sunando Sen, 46, on Thursday because "I hate Hindus and Muslims. ...

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