Connecticut gun show goes on despite Newtown tragedy

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• Connecticut gun show goes on despite Newtown tragedy
• Four dead in townhouse shooting in Aurora, Colorado
• Lance Armstrong may admit he used banned drugs: NY Times
• Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy leads campaign against legal pot
• Earthquake measuring 7.5 strikes off southeastern Alaska
• South Carolina woman ranked as oldest American dies at age 114
• No deal on Illinois pension fix, talks to continue
• Ohio sheriff confronts protesters in football rape case
• AT&T, Microsoft among donors to Obama's second inauguration
• Quake measuring 7.5 strikes off Alaska
• California official urges law to stop rape by impersonators
• Genetically modified food labeling measure to qualify for Washington state ballot
• Six charged in theft of artworks from home of U.S. financier Gundlach

Connecticut gun show goes on despite Newtown tragedy Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:10 PM PST STAMFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - An antique gun show went ahead as planned on Saturday 40 miles from the site of the December 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, even as other gun shows gave in to pressure to cancel after the tragedy. The two-day East Coast Fine Arms show at a Stamford hotel, the first in Connecticut since a gunman killed 20 children and six adults at the school, drew several hundred people, some of whom were disappointed that more modern weaponry was not available. ...

Four dead in townhouse shooting in Aurora, Colorado Posted: 05 Jan 2013 02:01 PM PST AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman who barricaded himself inside a townhouse after killing three people in the home was shot to death by police on Saturday in Aurora, Colorado, the same Denver suburb where 12 people were slain in a movie house massacre last July, police said. The gunman and his three victims, as well as a woman who fled safely from the home at the outset of the violence and alerted authorities, were all believed to be related to one another, police spokeswoman Cassidee Carlson said. But the motive for the killings was not immediately understood. ...

Lance Armstrong may admit he used banned drugs: NY Times Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:11 PM PST (Reuters) - Lance Armstrong, the American cyclist at the center of the biggest doping scandal in the sport's history, may admit he used performance-enhancing drugs during his career, the New York Times reported in Saturday's editions, citing unidentified sources. Such an admission would be a stunning reversal for Armstrong, who has vehemently denied doping for years. ...

Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy leads campaign against legal pot Posted: 05 Jan 2013 12:08 PM PST (Reuters) - Retired Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is taking aim at what he sees as knee-jerk support for marijuana legalization among his fellow liberals, in a project that carries special meaning for the self-confessed former Oxycontin addict. Kennedy, 45, a Democrat and younger son of the late "Lion of the Senate" Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, is leading a group called Project SAM (Smart Approaches to Marijuana) that opposes legalization and seeks to rise above America's culture war over pot with its images of long-haired hippies battling law-and-order conservatives. ...

Earthquake measuring 7.5 strikes off southeastern Alaska Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:29 PM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 magnitude struck a remote corner of the Pacific Coast off Alaska's panhandle, triggering a tsunami warning that prompted evacuations early Saturday in the seaside borough of Sitka, but no severe damage or injuries were reported. The quake was centered about 60 miles southwest of Port Alexander, a town near the southern tip of Baranof Island, at a depth of 6 miles, and occurred just before midnight local time, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. ...

South Carolina woman ranked as oldest American dies at age 114 Posted: 05 Jan 2013 04:41 PM PST (Reuters) - A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was born when William McKinley was president of the United States and had ranked as the oldest known living American for just over two weeks, has died, her daughter said on Saturday. Mamie Rearden died on Wednesday at a hospital in Augusta, Georgia, about 20 miles south of her South Carolina home, her youngest daughter, Sara Rearden, told Reuters. She had recently broken her hip and was having difficulty breathing earlier in the week, her daughter said, adding, "I was looking right at her when she took her last breath. ...

No deal on Illinois pension fix, talks to continue Posted: 05 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - A fix for Illinois' public pension crisis remained elusive on Saturday after a meeting between Democratic Governor Pat Quinn and legislative leaders failed to produce a deal. State House of Representatives Speaker Michael Madigan, a Democrat, said that it was still possible to reach a deal in time to be voted on early next week by the Legislature. "There's no resolution today. ...

Ohio sheriff confronts protesters in football rape case Posted: 05 Jan 2013 01:59 PM PST STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - A county sheriff under fire for how he has handled a high school rape investigation faced down a raucous crowd of protesters on Saturday and said no further suspects would be charged in a case that has rattled Ohio football country. Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays, both 16 and members of the Steubenville High School football team, are charged with raping a 16-year-old fellow student at a party last August, according to statements from their attorneys. ...

AT&T, Microsoft among donors to Obama's second inauguration Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:36 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 400 donors, including AT&T Inc and Microsoft, have contributed money to help pay for the festivities to mark President Barack Obama's inauguration to a second term, organizers said on Friday. The committee of Obama supporters organizing the parade and other gala events did not say how much money has been raised so far, disclosing only the list of "benefactors," most of whom are individuals. ...

Quake measuring 7.5 strikes off Alaska Posted: 05 Jan 2013 03:38 AM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - An earthquake of 7.5 magnitude struck in the Pacific Ocean off southeastern Alaska on Saturday. The quake occurred about 60 miles southwest of Port Alexander at a depth of about 6 miles at 0858 GMT, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, which downgraded the magnitude from an initial 7.7. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska, issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas of southeast Alaska and Canada's British Columbia, but this was later cancelled. ...

California official urges law to stop rape by impersonators Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:40 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California's attorney general on Friday called on lawmakers to update the state's definition of sexual assault after appellate judges overturned a rape conviction on grounds that an obscure, 19th-century law fails to protect unmarried women when a rapist impersonates a lover. The 1872 statute makes it a crime for a man to have sex with a woman while posing as her husband. But it does not address the case of an impostor who poses as a woman's boyfriend, which was key to the overturned conviction because the woman in that case was unmarried. ...

Genetically modified food labeling measure to qualify for Washington state ballot Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:07 PM PST OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A measure to require special labeling of genetically modified foods appeared virtually certain to qualify for the ballot in Washington state on Friday, two months after voters in California rejected a similar initiative. Sponsors of the measure turned in petitions signed by an estimated 350,000 registered voters - at least 100,000 more signatures than required - on Thursday, a day ahead of deadline, said David Ammons, a spokesman for the Washington secretary of state. ...

Six charged in theft of artworks from home of U.S. financier Gundlach Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:55 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Prosecutors announced on Friday a major break in the investigation of an art heist from the Southern California home of financier Jeffrey Gundlach, charging six people with burglary and other offenses stemming from the caper. The six, including two arrested in September when the 13 stolen artworks were recovered, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to charges of burglary, conspiracy, receiving stolen property and being an accessory after the fact. ...

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