Towboat sinks in Mississippi River, Coast Guard sets safety zone
(Reuters) – The U.S. Coast Guard said it has restricted traffic on the Mississippi River near Chester, Illinois, on Thursday after a tow boat sank in the major commercial shipping waterway overnight.
U.S. panel puts off decision on designs for troubled Eisenhower Memorial
(This Sept. 17 story corrects that Issa is on planning commission, not Eisenhower panel, in paragraph 11)
Missing Virginia student seen on videos, talked to man: police
(Reuters) – Police have found surveillance videos showing a missing University of Virginia student and a witness saw her talking to a man the morning she disappeared, authorities said on Thursday.
Chinese hacked U.S. military contractors: Senate panel
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hackers associated with the Chinese government have repeatedly infiltrated the computer systems of U.S. airlines, technology companies and other contractors involved in the movement of U.S. troops and military equipment, a U.S. S…
South Carolina father accused of killing kids feared them: report
CHARLESTON S.C. (Reuters) – The man accused of killing his five children in South Carolina and dumping their bodies in Alabama feared that they were going to chop him up and feed him to the dogs, a local television station reported, citing arrest recor…
Man charged in attempted fire bombing of Missouri congressman’s office
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) – A Kansas City man was charged on Wednesday with trying to fire-bomb the local office of Missouri U.S. Democratic Representative Emanuel Cleaver using two bottles filled with charcoal lighter fluid, prosecutors said.
U.S. contractor gets seven years for passing secrets to Chinese girlfriend
HONOLULU (Reuters) – A former U.S. military contractor in Hawaii was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison for passing national defense secrets to his Chinese girlfriend and illegally keeping numerous classified documents at his hom…
House votes to arm Syrian rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives approved President Barack Obama’s plan on Wednesday to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels, but questions remain over whether it will give them the advanced weapons they say they need to defeat …
U.S. senators call for federal judge to resign over wife beating
(Reuters) – Three U.S. senators on Wednesday called for the resignation of a federal judge accused of beating his wife in an Atlanta hotel room last month.
Texas executes woman convicted of starving nine-year-old
(Reuters) – A woman convicted of the 2004 starving death of a 9-year-old boy was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection at a Texas state prison, authorities said.
