Florida policeman suspended after tasering woman, 61, in the back
TALLAHASSEE Fla. (Reuters) – The Tallahassee Police Department suspended an officer on Wednesday pending an investigation of his use of a taser on a 61-year-old woman who was walking away from him during a confrontation caught on video in a black neigh…
Sagebrush recreation sites across U.S. West generate millions
CARSON CITY Nev. (Reuters) – Miles of sagebrush may be tedious to interstate travelers across the U.S. West, but the ecosystems supporting the scrubby plants are an economic generator, pumping millions into the local and national economies, according t…
Brookfield wins Revel Casino auction, but loser vows to fight
(Reuters) – An affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management won the auction for Atlantic City, New Jersey’s bankrupt Revel Casino Hotel with a $110 million bid, but within hours the losing bidder told Reuters he planned to fight the sale.
Hundreds of chickens killed by intruders at California farm: police
(Reuters) – Intruders beat to death more than 900 chickens, some of them with a golf club, during a break-in at a commercial poultry farm in central California, authorities said.
Bomb scare empties Sandy Hook school in Connecticut
(Reuters) – A bomb scare on Wednesday emptied Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School, the replacement for the school where 26 people were massacred in 2012, the school district said.
New Oklahoma procedures increase sedative fivefold in executions
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma set up new procedures on executions that include increasing by five times the dosage of a controversial sedative that was among the drugs used in a botched execution in April, which prompted the state to suspend letha…
Brookfield wins auction for bankrupt Revel Casino: sources
(Reuters) – Brookfield Asset Management BAMa.TO BAM.N won the auction for Atlantic City’s bankrupt Revel Casino Hotel with a $110 million bid, said two sources familiar with the situation.
Somali-American man faces sentencing in Oregon bomb plot
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – A Somali-American man convicted of trying to blow up a Christmas tree lighting celebration in Oregon four years ago will be sentenced on Wednesday with prosecutors urging that he be sent to federal prison for four decades.
Notorious Florida speed trap ended as city closes police department
ORLANDO Fla. (Reuters) – A 50-year-old nationally recognized speed trap in north central Florida came to an end as of midnight Wednesday after the city of Waldo voted to disband its police department.
Canada’s Club Coffee sues Keurig Green Mountain for $600 million
(Reuters) – Canada’s Club Coffee said it was suing K-cup coffee pod maker Keurig Green Mountain Inc for engaging in anti-competitive measures to maintain a near monopoly and keep single-serve coffee prices artificially high.
