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.
Pepsi to launch naturally sweetened soda on Amazon, bypassing stores
NEW YORK (Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc for the first time is introducing a product exclusively through Amazon.com Inc as the snack and soft drink maker aims to expand its footprint in e-commerce.
U.S. courts deny trafficking victims lost wages: study
WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Most victims of sex and labour trafficking in the United States fail to get any back pay, despite a U.S. law requiring courts to order convicted traffickers to pay their lost wages, a new study has found.
Mayor of Los Angeles suburb of Bell Gardens shot dead
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The mayor of a small Los Angeles suburb was shot dead by his wife on Tuesday but the woman was released without charge after being detained, the county sheriff’s department said.
Pennsylvania trooper shot dead during gun training
(Reuters) – The Pennsylvania State Police said a trooper was accidentally shot dead late on Tuesday during a training exercise at a facility outside Philadelphia.
Two drivers hit 10-year-old girl in Seattle, speed away
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle police said on Tuesday they were searching for two drivers who gravely injured a 10-year-old girl in back-to-back collisions and then “sped away” with her “still on the ground”.
