OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Riot police fought running skirmishes with anti-Wall Street protesters on Saturday, firing tear gas and bean bag projectiles and arresting more than 200 people in clashes that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. Three police officers and one protester were injured during the clashes, the city said, without...
OAKLAND (Reuters) – Riot police fought running clashes with anti-Wall street protesters in Oakland on Saturday, firing tear gas and arresting more than 200 people in scuffles that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. The confrontations erupted in the mid-afternoon as Occupy activists sought to take over a shuttered convention center, trying...
(Reuters) – Authorities have found blood at the Waterville, Maine, home where a missing 20-month-old girl vanished six weeks ago and have serious doubts she was abducted, police said on Saturday. Toddler Ayla Reynolds of Waterville was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed on December 16, according … ... read...
OAKLAND (Reuters) – Riot police fought running clashes with anti-Wall street protesters in Oakland on Saturday, firing tear gas and arresting 120 people in scuffles that injured three officers and at least one demonstrator. The confrontations erupted in the mid-afternoon as Occupy protesters sought to take over a shuttered convention center, trying to regain...
OAKLAND (Reuters) – Riot police arrested more than 100 anti-Wall Street protesters during a series of clashes in the streets of Oakland on Saturday that saw officers in riot gear firing tear gas at activists who tried to take over a shuttered convention center. Three officers were injured during the running confrontations, which police...
OAKLAND (Reuters) – Police fired tear gas at hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters who tried to take over a shuttered convention center on Saturday, arresting 19 people in the latest clash between anti-Wall Street activists and authorities in the Bay Area city. Three officers were injured during the confrontation, which police said erupted when...
(Reuters) – Authorities have found blood at the Waterville, Maine, home where a missing 20-month-old girl vanished six weeks ago and have serious doubts she was abducted, police said on Saturday. Toddler Ayla Reynolds of Waterville was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed on December 16, according … ... read...
(Reuters) – Authorities have found blood at the Waterville, Maine, home where a missing 20-month-old girl vanished six weeks ago and have serious doubts she was abducted, police said on Saturday. Toddler Ayla Reynolds of Waterville was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed on December 16, according … ... read...
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – Thousands of people lined the streets of downtown St. Louis on Saturday cheering on marchers in a parade honoring veterans of America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the nation’s first major welcome to soldiers since the end of the Iraq War. Crowds of parade-goers stretched a mile through the center...
(Reuters) – Authorities have found blood at the Waterville, Maine, home where a missing 20-month-old girl vanished six weeks ago and have serious doubts she was abducted, police said on Saturday. Toddler Ayla Reynolds of Waterville was last seen when her father, Justin DiPietro, put her to bed on December 16, according to police...
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – Bird enthusiasts are reporting rising numbers of snowy owls from the Arctic winging into the lower 48 states this winter in a mass southern migration that a leading owl researcher called “unbelievable.” Thousands of the snow-white birds, which stand 2 feet tall with 5-foot wingspans, have been spotted from coast...
HARRISBURG, Pa (Reuters) – Former Penn State University football coach Jerry Sandusky, who is under house arrest on charges of child sexual abuse, has asked a Pennsylvania court to allow supervised visits with his grandchildren that are now prohibited. Sandusky, 67, faces 52 criminal charges that he molested 10 boys over a 15 year...
(Reuters) – Former Boston Mayor Kevin White, who led the city for 16 years and shepherded it through a period of racial tension and court-ordered school desegregation, died on Friday at age 82. White, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2003, died at his Boston home, family spokesman George Regan told local media....
PALM HARBOR, Florida (Reuters) – There’s one small-government idea that Republican presidential candidates are reluctant to discuss in this retiree-heavy state: their plans to rein in health care costs for the elderly. Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, front-runners for the Republican nomination to face Democratic President Barack Obama on November 6, both support reforms...
KANSAS CITY, Kansas (Reuters) – While some avid travelers seek exotic ports or ancient cities, Larry Hornbaker‘s ambition is to drive 25 miles of dirt roads in every county in the U.S. state of Kansas. He has company on the back roads. Some 1,500 members of the Kansas Explorers Club long to see every...
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge ordered the deportation on Friday of a high-ranking official from Taiwan who pleaded guilty last year to human trafficking charges for abusing her two Filipina maids, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Hsien-Hsien Liu, the 64-year-old director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Kansas City, Missouri,...
SANTA FE, New Mexico (Reuters) – When Santa Fe‘s minimum wage rises to $10.29 an hour on March 1, the New Mexico capital will have the highest local wage requirement in the country, according to the National Employment Law Project. Santa Fe, a high desert oasis where the well-heeled buy second homes and tourists...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Five accused mobsters from two of New York City‘s organized crime families were arrested on Friday on multiple charges including racketeering and extortion, federal law enforcement officials said. Vincent Badalamenti, known as Vinny TV and described as a member of the Bonanno crime family‘s “administration,” was the highest-ranking mafia member...
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding. A new 300,000 square foot building will consolidate into one … ... read more at source
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding. A new 300,000 square foot building will consolidate into one … ... read more at source
DENVER (Reuters) – A daring jailbreak planned by one of three Florida siblings accused in a multistate crime spree was thwarted when officers at a Colorado lockup where the trio are being held uncovered the plot, authorities said on Friday. Dylan Stanley Dougherty was accused of having stashed a homemade knife in his cell...
ROY, Utah (Reuters) – One of two Utah teenagers accused of plotting to set off a bomb at a school assembly was inspired by the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado and visited the high school there to interview its principal, authorities said in court papers released on Friday. The revelations surfaced as the older...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A former tugboat worker will stand trial in October on charges of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon in the largest mass slaying in Orange County history, a judge ruled on Friday. Orange County Superior Court Judge Thomas Goethals scheduled the trial of Scott Evans...
(Reuters) – Supporters of legalizing marijuana for recreational use have submitted enough signatures to put the matter to voters in Washington state in a bold move that, if successful, could put Olympia on a collision course with the federal government. The group New Approach Washington submitted nearly 278,000 valid signatures for the measure, more...
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory said it will expand beyond its 200-acre Berkeley, California, campus with a 90-acre site in neighboring Richmond, California, hoping to ride gains in U.S. government energy research funding. A new 300,000 square foot building will consolidate into one site the satellite offices employing some 800...
PHOENIX (Reuters) – A woman barred from seeking elected office in an Arizona border town by a judge who ruled she did not have a sufficient grasp of English has decided to fight the controversial ruling, and filed an appeal on Friday, her lawyer said. A Yuma County judge disqualified Alejandrina Cabrera, a U.S....
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Governor Rick Perry has gotten a rocky welcome home to Texas, facing low poll numbers and criticism over state expenses related to his failed campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Travel for Perry’s security team cost the state nearly $800,000 between September and November, according to a new report from...
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of workers represented by a union dipped slightly in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as organized labor came under attack in states once considered union strongholds, including Wisconsin and Ohio. In 2011, 11.8 percent of U.S. workers were represented by a union, the … ... read...
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The percentage of workers represented by a union dipped slightly in 2011, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Friday, as organized labor came under attack in states once considered union strongholds, including Wisconsin and Ohio. In 2011, 11.8 percent of U.S. workers were represented by a union, the BLS said,...
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) – At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation’s first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said. Since the last troops left...
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A serial burglar nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway. The federal judge also ordered that Colton Harris-Moore, 20, serve his federal sentence simultaneously...
Paul Plishka thought back to Sept. 21, 1967, when he made his Metropolitan Opera debut as the Monk in Ponchielli’s “La Gioconda” alongside Renata Tebaldi, Sherrill Milnes and Rosalind Elias. ... read more at source
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is pushing for Greece to relinquish control over its budget policy to European institutions as part of discussions over a second rescue package, a European source told Reuters on Friday. “There are internal discussions within the Euro group and proposals, one of which comes from Germany, on how … ... read...
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A serial burglar nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway. The federal judge also ordered that Colton Harris-Moore, 20, serve his federal sentence simultaneously...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of “unimaginable horror.” Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone … ......
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Friday ordered a special general election to be held on June 12 to fill a congressional seat vacated by Tucson Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who resigned to focus on recovering from a gunshot wound to the head. The Republican governor also set an April 17 primary to...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Army‘s top general on Friday endorsed plans to reduce the size of his force by 80,000 soldiers over the next six years, pledging a steady drawdown that would take care of troops and their families rather than “running our nation’s Army off a cliff.” General Ray Odierno, the Army chief...
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A serial thief nicknamed the “Barefoot Bandit” was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal charges stemming from a sensational, two-year crime spree as a sometimes-shoeless teenage runaway. The federal judge also ordered that Colton Harris-Moore, 20, who read a statement in...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration on Friday expanded its main foreclosure prevention program and pushed to open it up to loans backed by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a move that could meet resistance from their regulator. In a joint announcement, the Treasury and Housing and Urban Development departments proposed using...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of “unimaginable horror.” Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone was...
PHOENIX (Reuters) – The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the origins of a photo on an Arizona police officer‘s Facebook page that shows a group of armed youths posing in the desert with what appears to be a bullet-ridden image of President Barack Obama on a T-shirt. Max Milien, a Secret Service spokesman, said...
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of “unimaginable horror.” Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone … ......
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) – A judge ordered Joshua Komisarjevsky to be executed this summer for the 2007 murders of a mother and her two daughters during a brutal home invasion in Connecticut, saying on Friday that he committed a crime of “unimaginable horror.” Judge Jon Blue told Komisarjevsky, 31, that he alone was...
(Reuters) – A partial collapse at a Horseshoe casino construction site in Cincinnati injured at least 13 people on Friday, none of them critically, and all were accounted for, officials said. The cause of the collapse was undetermined, said Jennifer Spieser, a spokeswoman for the Cincinnati Fire Department. Most of the … ... read more...
(Reuters) – A partial collapse at a Horseshoe casino construction site in Cincinnati injured at least 13 people on Friday, none of them critically, and all were accounted for, officials said. The cause of the collapse was undetermined, said Jennifer Spieser, a spokeswoman for the Cincinnati Fire Department. Most of the … ... read more...
ANN ARBOR, Michigan (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, appearing before thousands of cheering students at the University of Michigan, touted his plan on Friday to reward colleges that keep their tuition under control with more federal aid as he makes school affordability a top election-year priority. Obama, seeking to reform federal aid for students...
(Reuters) – A partial collapse at a casino construction site in Cincinnati injured at least nine people on Friday, none of them critically, officials said. The nine injured were taken to hospitals, said Mike Snowden, director of the Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency. (Reporting by Lauren Keiper; Editing by Daniel … ... read more at...
(Reuters) – A partial collapse at a casino construction site in Cincinnati injured at least nine people on Friday, none of them critically, officials said. The nine injured were taken to hospitals, said Mike Snowden, director of the Hamilton County Emergency Management Agency. (Reporting by Lauren Keiper; Editing by Daniel … ... read more at...
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania woman who faked her own kidnapping while actually at Disney World was sentenced on Thursday to 100 months in prison for swindling her employer and family members out of more than $600,000. At the sentencing in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Bonnie Sweeten, 40, was ordered to prison for just...
(Reuters) – Bucking criticism about their financial performance, state retirement systems’ assets grew in 2010, with investment earnings rising for the first time since 2007, the U.S. Census reported on Thursday. The pension funds‘ cash and investments totaled $2.2 trillion in 2010, up 10.7 percent, or $213.9 billion, from 2009, when their cash and...