Canadian plane escorted by U.S. F-16s after passenger threat
TORONTO (Reuters) – A Canadian charter plane bound for Panama was escorted by U.S. fighter jets back to Toronto, where a passenger was removed by police after allegedly threatening the safety of the flight, police said on Friday.
Market Basket mulls ex-CEO’s buyout offer as employees rally
TEWKSBURY Mass. (Reuters) – Family-owned New England supermarket chain Market Basket said on Friday it will “seriously consider” a buyout offer from its ousted CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, as thousands of people rallied near the company’s headquarters for t…
Troubled U.S. executions raise questions about doctors in death chamber
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Troubled lethal injections in Oklahoma and Arizona have raised questions whether medical personnel are skilled enough to humanely put an inmate to death, and if things go wrong, expert enough to revive one if an order is given.
Car plows into Maryland restaurant, seven hurt: police
(Reuters) – A car plowed into a lunchtime crowd outside a Baltimore barbecue restaurant on Friday, injuring seven people, police said.
Dallas politician charged by FBI with taking bribes
AUSTIN Texas (Reuters) – Dallas County Commissioner and outspoken minority rights community leader John Wiley Price was arrested on Friday by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on graft charges that included taking bribes.
Former Bear Stearns chairman Greenberg dead at 86
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alan “Ace” Greenberg, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Bear Stearns Cos Inc, died on Friday at the age of 86 after a bout with cancer.
Exclusive: Exxon eyes expanding Texas refinery into biggest in U.S. – sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp is considering a multibillion-dollar plan to expand its Beaumont, Texas, refinery into the country’s largest, the first major refining investment of the U.S. shale oil boom, people with knowledge of the deliberation…
Frenchman gets two years in U.S. prison for role in Guinea mine scandal
(Reuters) – A former adviser to mining giant BSG Resources was sentenced in New York federal court on Friday to two years in prison for obstructing a criminal probe in connection with a bribery investigation in Guinea.
Task force to investigate Ohio State band’s ‘sexualized culture’
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – An independent task force will look into culture and sex discrimination in the running of Ohio State University’s famous marching band after its director was fired for failing to address alleged sexual harassment of its members, t…
Kansas man arrested after baby girl dies in hot car
(Reuters) – A foster parent for a 10-month-old Kansas girl who died after being left in a car in sweltering heat for more than two hours has been arrested on suspicion of aggravated child endangerment, police said on Friday.
