U.S. fines company $3 million over bogus Ab Glider weight loss claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Icon Health and Fitness will pay $3 million to settle charges that it violated an earlier consent order from the Federal Trade commission by saying that using its “Ab Glider” for three minutes a day would result in significant we…
Google, Mercedes, Audi get California permits for self-driving cars
(Reuters) – California issued its first 29 permits this week to three companies to test self-driving cars on public roads, state officials said on Thursday.
U.S. attorney general announces grant to study police racial profiling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday announced the award of a $4.75 million three-year grant to a group of educational and research organizations to study arrest data in five U.S. cities and implement changes to combat a…
U.S. wasted $6.5 million on Afghan broadcast towers: inquiry
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Six communications towers built in Afghanistan were never used and were a waste of more than $6.5 million in U.S. taxpayer funds, an inquiry into U.S. State Department spending on Afghan reconstruction said on Thur…
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.
