Famous skateboarding dog Tillman dies at age 10 in California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Tillman, the English bulldog who in 2009 set a Guinness World Record as the fastest skateboarding canine and starred in videos that demonstrated his four-wheeled prowess, has died in Southern California at age 10, his owner said…
Allen Stanford loses appeal of Ponzi scheme conviction
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday rejected Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford’s bid to overturn his conviction and 110-year prison sentence for running what federal prosecutors called a $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme.
Police say Missouri man dies from self-inflicted wound after confrontation
NORMANDY, Mo. (Reuters) – An 18-year-old black man died on Thursday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his face after a confrontation with police in the St. Louis suburb of Normandy, police said.
Ex-New England prep school student sentenced to one year in prison
CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) – A New Hampshire judge on Thursday sentenced a former student at an elite prep school to serve one year in prison for luring an underage fellow student into a sexual encounter in the final weeks of the school year.
Sandusky move for new trial puts Pennsylvania AG Kane in spotlight
BELLEFONTE, Pa. (Reuters) – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was ordered Thursday to turn over evidence that she says proves that a judge had leaked secret information to a reporter about a grand jury investigating Jerry Sandusky for child s…
Ohio judge detains until trial fraud suspect captured in Peru
(Reuters) – An Ohio judge on Thursday ordered a fraud suspect who was on the run for a decade after a federal indictment to be detained until trial.
Lockheed promotes Babione to head F-35 fighter jet program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said Jeff Babione would head the company’s F-35 fighter jet program, the Pentagon’s single largest arms project, effective Jan. 1.
Guantanamo judge rules lawyer for 9/11 suspect should stay on
FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – A Yemeni Sept. 11 suspect must keep his court-appointed U.S. lawyer since he has failed to show why the attorney should be replaced, a Guantanamo Bay military judge ruled on Thursday.
Hormel Foods issues limited U.S. recall of Skippy peanut butter
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Hormel Foods Corp said on Thursday that it was voluntarily recalling a limited number of jars of its Skippy peanut butter in seven U.S. states because they might contain small pieces of metal shavings.
Ex-football players’ retrial set for April in Vanderbilt rape case
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) – Two former Vanderbilt University football players will be retried in April on charges that they raped an unconscious female student two years ago after a mistrial was declared in June due to juror misconduct, a judge said o…
