Ohio man exonerated after 39 years in prison, to be released Friday
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – A Cleveland judge dropped all charges on Wednesday against a man who has spent 39 years in prison for murder, making him the longest-held U.S. prisoner to be exonerated, an attorney for the Ohio Innocence Project said. 
U.S. farmers set to get huge government payouts despite bumper harvest
WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farmers are about to reap a bumper harvest not just in corn and soybeans but also in new subsidies that could soar to $10 billion, blowing a hole in the government’s promise that its new five-year farm bill would sav…
Florida set to end ban on silencers for game hunters
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – Florida wildlife officials appear poised to lift on Thursday a 57-year-old ban prohibiting game hunters from using silencers, to mute the shots fired from their rifles and pistols, despite the concerns of national gun control a…
Naked outdoor protest over SeaWorld float in NY’s Thanksgiving parade
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Animal rights advocates outraged that a SeaWorld float is included in next week’s lineup for Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade unveiled plans on Wednesday for a naked protest outside the landmark store.
Suspects accused in Florida of billing Medicare for overseas patients
MIAMI (Reuters) – Several employees of a south Florida company were arrested on Wednesday and accused of billing more than $25 million to Medicare and Medicaid on behalf of U.S. citizens living in Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
California sees reserves growing more than $4 billion over two years
(Reuters) – California’s state budget will accumulate more than $4 billion of reserves in the next two years, the budget watchdog estimated on Wednesday, a sign of significant progress for the debt-ridden state.
Washington state museum pulls firearms from WWII exhibit over new gun law
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A museum in Washington state plans to remove about a dozen borrowed firearms from a World War Two exhibit and return them to their owners to comply with a new gun law that requires background checks for all gun transfers, the instit…
Biggest U.S. power grid PJM hits monthly record due to cold snap
(Reuters) – PJM Interconnection, the operator of the biggest power grid in the United States, said on Wednesday that demand for power hit a new record for the month of November due to the cold weather.
Secret Service chief says agency ‘severely damaged’ by lapses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The acting head of the U.S. Secret Service said on Wednesday that the agency charged with protecting the president had been “severely damaged” by harmful lapses, including allowing a knife-carrying man to jump a fence and run int…
Activist Sharpton denies New York Times report on unpaid taxes
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton on Wednesday dismissed as misleading a New York Times report that he owes millions of dollars in unpaid taxes and an organization he heads did not pay federal payroll taxes for its employe…
