Connecticut pension report to advise trimming return outlook
(Reuters) – A report expected next week on reforming Connecticut’s state employee public pension system will recommend cutting the annual expected rate of return by 1 percentage point to 7 percent, a lead researcher told Reuters on Friday.
U.S. can still close Guantanamo before Obama leaves: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration still has time to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison before the president leaves office, the White House said on Friday, adding that it is continuing to work on transferring detainees from the cente…
Ex-NFL star Donovan McNabb gets 18 days in jail for Arizona DUI
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Former National Football League star quarterback Donovan McNabb was sentenced to 18 days in jail on Friday after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drunken driving in Arizona, a court official said.
Ex-deputies sentenced in Georgia inmate jail death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Two former sheriff’s deputies were sentenced on Friday in connection with the death of a Nigerian college student who died in a Savannah, Georgia jail cell last New Years Day, court officials said.
Train accident in Alabama rattles college football fans: reports
(Reuters) – A dump truck collided with an Amtrak train carrying college football fans in Alabama on Friday, killing the truck’s driver but causing no injuries to the train’s passengers, according to authorities and local media reports.
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline in win for greens
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday rejected the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada in a victory for environmentalists who campaigned against the project for more than seven years.
Sexting at Colorado high school results in criminal probe, suspensions
DENVER (Reuters) – Widespread circulation of hundreds of sexually explicit photos among students at a Colorado high school via text messages has triggered a criminal investigation, multiple suspensions and the forfeiture of a football game, officials s…
Texan gets life for killing four with car at music festival
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A man charged with killing four people by plowing his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival last year was found guilty of capital murder by a Texas jury on Friday and sentenced to life in prison without th…
Governor-elect to remove clerk names from Kentucky marriage licenses
LOUISVILLE (Reuters) – Kentucky Governor-elect Matt Bevin said on Friday that when he takes office in December he will order changes to the state marriage license form to appease clerks who have objected to issuing licenses to same-sex couples.
Pennsylvania judge hands setback to Sandusky in bid for new trial
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) – A lawyer for Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State coach convicted of child sex abuse, said on Friday he is considering his next step after a judge rejected his request for an investigation that he hoped would lead to a new …
