FTC has power to police cyber security: appeals court
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court said the Federal Trade Commission has authority to regulate corporate cyber security, and may pursue a lawsuit accusing hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide Corp of failing to properly safeguard consumers’ information.
Son of Oklahoma labor commissioner held in father’s fatal stabbing
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – The son of Oklahoma’s state labor commissioner is being held on suspicion of fatally stabbing his father at a fast-food restaurant in Oklahoma City, police said on Monday.
Bus slams into NYC building, at least seven injured
NEW YORK (Reuters) – At least seven people were injured on Monday when a bus crashed into a building in the Queens area of New York City, a spokesman for the Fire Department of New York said.
DynCorp names three U.S. employees killed in Afghanistan blast
KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. company DynCorp International on Monday named three employees who were killed by a car bomb that hit their armored car in Kabul at the weekend, saying the men all worked on a program to train the Afghan army and police.
Two women climbing at Grand Teton National Park fall to their deaths
(Reuters) – Two women plunged 200 feet (60 meters) to their deaths over the weekend while mountain climbing in Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming, park officials said on Monday.
Chicago commuter trains will stop marking gender on monthly passes
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Many Chicago commuters are not even aware of the little rubber-stamp mark on their monthly train pass indicating ‘M’ for male or ‘F’ for female.
Drone with drugs, porn seized near Maryland prisons, two arrested
(Reuters) – Two men have been arrested for allegedly trying to fly drugs and pornography into Maryland prisons using a drone, authorities said on Monday, the second U.S. prison incident involving drones in a month.
New York’s Rikers health intern sues after inmate attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A former mental health intern at New York’s Rikers Island jail system is suing the city after an inmate fractured her face and broke her jaw in an attack, her attorney said on Monday.
Former New Hampshire Governor Sununu recovering from heart surgery
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu was recovering in Boston on Monday after undergoing heart surgery last week, the Republican’s office said in a statement.
Kansas town laments forced removal of Jesus picture from school
(Reuters) – Public school officials in the small Kansas town of Chanute are trying to find a new home for a portrait of Jesus Christ after a civil liberties group demanded its removal from the town’s middle school.
