Tuesday, January 1, 2013

One of 9 deceased victims of Oregon bus crash identified so far

One of 9 deceased victims of Oregon bus crash identified so far

One of 9 deceased victims of Oregon bus crash identified so far

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 03:15 PM PST

Twisted guard rail caused by wrecked tour bus in OregonPORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Oregon authorities said on Tuesday they have managed to positively identify one of nine people killed Sunday morning after a charter bus skidded off an icy mountain highway and crashed down an embankment. Identification of the victims has been complicated because some were foreign nationals, said Eugene Gray, forensic administrator for the Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office. The Korean Consulate in Seattle, Wash. sent a team to work with investigators, since many of the 47 people on the bus were of Korean origin and citizens of Korea. ...

Connecticut attorney general says Newtown legal claim misguided

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 08:51 AM PST

A U.S. flag hangs over stockings left as a memorial for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, along a fence surrounding the Sandy Hook Cemetery in Newtown(Reuters) - A $100 million claim filed against the state of Connecticut in the wake of a school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead two weeks ago is misguided, Connecticut's attorney general said in a statement on Monday. Last week, a New Haven-based attorney filed an intention to sue the state on behalf of a 6-year-old survivor of the December 14 attack - the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Under Connecticut law, any claim against the state must be approved by the state claims commissioner before it can move forward. ...

New York County denies request for names of gun permit holders

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 03:16 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities in a suburban county north of New York City said on Tuesday they will refuse to release names of local gun permit holders to a newspaper that has been publishing the identities of thousands of license-holding residents. Putnam County Clerk Dennis Sant said he would defy a request for information about pistol permit holders from the White Plains, New York-based Journal News, which has come under criticism for publishing thousands of such identities already. ...

Watch Night marks 150th anniversary of Lincoln's proclamation

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 07:06 AM PST

LaMonte Thomas of North Charleston, South Carolina, stands in the choir balcony just before the start of the Watch Night service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in CharlestonCHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Congregants at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church cried out in testimony, prayer and song at a New Year's Eve service recalling the vigils held by blacks 150 years ago as they awaited President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The document that helped end slavery in the United States resonated deeply in Charleston, where thousands of enslaved Africans arrived in America from the late 17th century to the early 19th century. The first shots of the Civil War also were fired in Charleston in 1861. ...

Analysis: U.S. arms sales to Asia set to boom on Pacific "pivot"

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 07:17 AM PST

F-35 Lightning II releases an inert 1,000 lb. GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) separation weapon over water in an Atlantic test range in Patuxent River MarylandWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. sales of warplanes, anti-missile systems and other costly weapons to China's and North Korea's neighbors appear set for significant growth amid regional security jitters. Strengthening treaty allies and other security partners is central to the White House's "pivot" toward a Pacific region jolted by maritime territorial disputes in China's case, and missile and nuclear programs, in North Korea's. ...

Drifting Shell drill ship grounds on rocks off Alaska

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 09:59 AM PST

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Jayhawk helicopter crew delivers personnel to the conical drilling unit Kulluk, southeast of KodiakANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A large drill ship belonging to oil major Shell ran aground off Alaska on Monday night after drifting in stormy weather, company and government officials said. The ship, the Kulluk, broke away from one of its tow lines on Monday afternoon and was driven to rocks just off Kodiak Island, where it grounded at about 9 p.m. Alaska time, officials said. The 18-member crew had been evacuated by the Coast Guard late Saturday because of risks from the storm. ...

Ten states raise minimum wage, rates up 10 to 35 cents/hour

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 02:13 PM PST

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Ten states kicked off the new year with a minimum wage rise of between 10 and 35 cents, modestly boosting the incomes of nearly 1 million low-paid workers. The rises went into effect on Tuesday in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. The increase will put an extra $190 to $510 per year into the pocket of the average minimum-wage worker, according to a study by the non-partisan National Employment Law Project, released last month. ...

Revelers gather in NY's frigid Times Square on New Year's Eve

Posted: 31 Dec 2012 09:42 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Throngs of revelers in and around New York's Times Square bid farewell to 2012 and extended a raucous greeting to 2013 early Tuesday. The crowd in midtown Manhattan, which police expected to approach 1 million, cheered and counted down the final seconds of 2012 as a large lighted crystal ball descended for the last minute of the old year - a tradition started in 1907. Thousands cheered as the new year officially began and a blizzard of colorful confetti fell on the famous square. ...

State Department made "grievous mistake" over Benghazi: Senate report

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 06:26 AM PST

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames during a protestWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The State Department made a "grievous mistake" in keeping the U.S. mission in Benghazi open despite inadequate security and increasingly alarming threat assessments in the weeks before a deadly attack by militants, a Senate committee said on Monday. A report from the Senate Homeland Security Committee on the September 11 attacks on the U.S. mission and a nearby CIA annex, in which the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans died, faulted intelligence agencies for not focusing tightly enough on Libyan extremists. ...

Pennsylvania governor to sue NCAA over Penn State sanctions

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 04:38 PM PST

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett makes remarks concerning Penn State University during a news conference near State College PennsylvaniaPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said on Tuesday he will file a federal lawsuit against the NCAA over sanctions it levied against Pennsylvania State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal. Corbett is scheduled to hold a news conference early on Wednesday at the Nittany Lion Inn on the Penn State campus to reveal the details of the lawsuit against the governing body of U.S. collegiate sports, his office said. ...
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