Wal-Mart takes on Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ with online sale
(Reuters) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc will launch a three-month online sale on Wednesday to take on Amazon.com Inc’s “Prime Day”, a highly publicized shopping event for members of Amazon Prime shipping and digital content service the same day.
Obama commutes 46 prison sentences, still shy of estimates
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama reduced the prison sentences of 46 inmates on Monday, bringing the commutations he has granted to a total of 89, a number still far shy of the thousands his administration originally estimated it would make…
Man who chewed up insider trading tips settles with SEC
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Brooklyn, New York man, who passed stock trading tips on napkins and Post-it notes at meetings in Grand Central Terminal before swallowing the evidence, has reached a civil settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commi…
One toke over the line: Race on to develop ‘pot breathalyzer’
(Reuters) – As cannabis bans are relaxed in more U.S. states, the race is on to develop an instant roadside breathalyzer for police to test drivers who may be taking the “high” road.
Former NFL player missing after falling into Texas lake
DALLAS (Reuters) – Emergency crews are searching for former NFL receiver JaJuan Dawson, who went missing over the weekend after falling from a boat and into a lake in northern Texas, officials said on Monday.
NHC says 100 percent chance of cyclone east-northeast of North Carolina
(Reuters) – A low pressure system located about 450 miles east-northeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina has about a 100 percent chance of becoming a cyclone over the next couple of days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.
Crash kills Atlanta sculptor picked for Martin Luther King statue
ATLANTA (Reuters) – An Atlanta sculptor chosen to create a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Georgia Capitol grounds was killed this weekend when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck driven by a man charged with drunken driving, authorities …
Orphaned black bear cub rescued by rafter in eastern Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) – An orphaned black bear cub was rescued along an eastern Tennessee river after it climbed aboard a guide’s raft and was taken to a veterinarian for care, a bear rescue group said on Monday.
Serial offenders may not cause most campus rapes
(Reuters Health) – Most rapes on college campuses are not committed by a few serial offenders, suggests a new study.
Sage grouse flies into U.S. species protection crossfire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A wildlife protection fight over a quirky ground-dwelling bird highlights how two U.S. environmental groups have increasingly dominated the process of species protection, sparking a backlash from pro-business Republicans.
