Obama advisers to recommend veto of House Keystone bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s advisers will recommend he veto a House bill approving construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline if the legislation reaches his desk, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.
Gay marriage bans in three southern states on trial at U.S. appeals court
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court this week will hear arguments on whether to strike down, or keep in place, same-sex marriage bans in three conservative southern states including Texas, the most populous state that does not allow …
Cold front causes school closings, transit delays in Chicago
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of children in Chicago, the third-largest U.S. school district, stayed home on Wednesday as weather forecasters warned of dangerously low temperatures in a cold front across the Upper Midwest.
How a Texas public pension fund dealt with an ethics dilemma
(Reuters) – When Teacher Retirement System of Texas’ investment chief learned that his son got an entry-level job at Blackstone Group LP, he checked with his employer about whether he should stay away from the public pension fund’s investments in the world’s largest alternative asset manager.
New York City due to end ban on cellphones in schools: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City is expected to announce on Wednesday the end of its ban on students bringing their cellphones into the city’s public schools, newspapers reported.
Poland says received U.S. request for Polanski extradition
WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish prosecutors plan to question filmmaker Roman Polanski after they received a request for his extradition to the United States over a 1977 child sex crime conviction, the prosecutor-general’s office said on Wednesday.
Jury selection in Boston bombing trial moves into arduous phase
BOSTON (Reuters) – Jury selection for the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will move into a more difficult phase on Wednesday after the court wraps up its initial screening of 1,200 candidates summoned to appear this week.
Sober monitors must attend Univ. of Virginia frat parties after rape report
(Reuters) – Fraternities wanting to throw parties at the University of Virginia will have to get three members to stay “sober and lucid” to monitor behavior and bedrooms, under new rules imposed after a media report of a gang rape at one of the gatheri…
Los Angeles police recover stolen O.J. Simpson Heisman Trophy
(Reuters) – Los Angeles police have recovered a stolen Heisman Trophy honoring retired American football star O.J. Simpson that had been missing for over 20 years, officials said on Tuesday.
Texas seismologists investigate quakes near old Cowboys stadium
DALLAS (Reuters) – Seismologists installed a new earthquake-monitoring device in the Dallas suburb of Irving this week after a series of minor tremblors rocked an area near the site of the former Dallas Cowboys football stadium.
