Former Washington state governor ejects man from car
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Former Washington state Governor Chris Gregoire used fast thinking and driving to stop a stranger from climbing into her car in a store parking lot, Olympia police said on Thursday.
Thousands of U.S. Midwest dogs infected with Asian flu variety
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A new strain of dog flu from Asia that started infecting pets in Chicago this January has spread to thousands of dogs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana and killed six, animal health officials said.
Fort Hood attack Purple Heart recipients to get added benefits
(Reuters) – The U.S. Army said on Thursday it will provide additional benefits to the dozens of soldiers awarded Purple Heart medals stemming from a 2009 shooting rampage by an Army psychiatrist at the Fort Hood Army base in central Texas.
U.S. judges raise doubts about early challenge to EPA carbon rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the first legal test of the Obama administration’s plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, two of three federal judges hearing a challenge to the regulations on Thursday expressed skepticism about weighing in…
Ex-AIG chief Greenberg’s bid to toss N.Y. case rejected
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York state appeals court rejected former American International Group Inc Chairman Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of orchestrating an accounting fraud at the insurer he ran for nearly four de…
Accused Facebook fraud fugitive still missing, U.S. appeals court hears
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A lawyer for a New York man who disappeared ahead of his criminal trial over charges he tried to defraud Facebook Inc founder Mark Zuckerberg told a U.S. appeals court his client was like the fugitive protagonist of “Les Misérables.”
Washington school shooter’s father pleads not guilty to illegal gun possession
SEATTLE (Reuters) – The father of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates then killed himself at a Washington state high school last year pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges he illegally bought the handgun used in the rampage.
Oklahoma reserve deputy records falsified: newspaper
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office supervisors were ordered to falsify training records for a white reserve deputy who fatally shot a black suspect, an Oklahoma newspaper reported on Thursday.
U.S. House passes estate tax repeal despite veto threat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday ignored a White House veto threat and passed legislation to repeal the estate tax that hits inherited assets worth $5.4 million or more.
Obama carbon rules to cut coal-related jobs: conservative group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. rules to cut carbon emissions could close more than 90 coal plants and eliminate jobs that support mining and power stations that the federal government has not fully considered, a report by the conservative American Action …
