Ex-nun ordered to pay $1 million for milking Mississippi casino deal
(Reuters) – A nun-turned-developer was ordered to pay nearly $1 million for lavish spending and for hiring an ex-con known as Frankie the Fish while building a Mississippi casino, a court ruled on Wednesday.
FCC looks to crack down on robocalls, robotexts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. telecommunications regulator wants to make it harder for telemarketers and other businesses to place unwanted robocalls and text messages under changes to autodialing rules proposed on Wednesday.
U.S. safety agency urges pilots to avoid distracted flying
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. safety officials on Wednesday reminded pilots to look out for other planes and make their own aircraft known during flights, saying air collisions can occur if pilots are distracted by cell phones, tablets or other wireless …
Yahoo must face email spying class action: U.S. judge
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge ordered Yahoo Inc to face a nationwide class-action lawsuit accusing it of illegally intercepting the content of emails sent to Yahoo Mail subscribers from non-Yahoo Mail accounts, and using the information to boost advertising…
Dispute over Martin Luther King Jr.’s Bible, Nobel medal heads for mediation
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A judge in Georgia agreed on Wednesday to appoint a mediator to help settle a dispute between the late Martin Luther King Jr.’s children over whether to sell his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and the Bible he carried during the civil…
Many Americans have no retirement savings: Fed survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many Americans are not financially prepared for retirement, with almost a third of working adults without savings or a pension, according to a Federal Reserve survey published on Wednesday.
Police arrest Washington, D.C., man for transit terror threats
(Reuters) – Police in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday arrested a man they said had made multiple threats against subway stations, buses and trains around the nation’s capital.
Many Americans have no retirement savings: Fed survey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Many Americans are not financially prepared for retirement, with almost a third of working adults without savings or a pension, according to a Federal Reserve survey published on Wednesday.
Florida college ends use of students for vaginal probe training
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida community college under fire for allowing female sonography students to perform vaginal probes on one another as part of their class instruction said it will cease the practice for good.
Man dead after car crashes off Connecticut overpass
MILFORD, Conn. (Reuters) – One man was killed and a second person was in serious condition after their car plunged off a Connecticut interstate highway overpass early on Wednesday, state police said.
