U.S. meat, seafood prices rising on drought and disease: USDA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Overall U.S. food inflation will remain near the historic norm in 2014, even as prices for meat and seafood are pushed higher by disease and widespread drought, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday.
Dallas man exonerated for rape after being cleared by DNA tests
DALLAS (Reuters) – A 57-year-old Texas man who spent 12 years in prison for rape was exonerated on Friday, with legal experts saying his case marked the first time someone has been cleared of a crime by DNA testing that was not requested by the convict…
Ambac says has final deal with bankrupt Detroit over bonds
(Reuters) – Ambac Assurance Corp said on Friday its final settlement in Detroit’s bankruptcy case over the treatment of limited-tax general obligation bonds that it insured for the city would result in a 34 percent recovery, plus another possible 19 pe…
Colorado appeals court denies bid to block gay marriages in Boulder County
DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado appeals court on Thursday denied a motion by the state’s top lawyer seeking to block a county clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses until the long-running legal battle is resolved by higher courts.
Moderate quake strikes Alaska coast but little damage seen
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck on the coast of Alaska early on Friday, shaking people awake in the state capital city of Juneau but causing little, if any, damage, officials said.
Corinthian faces uphill struggle to sell Everest colleges
(Reuters) – It took a cryptic message on her college login page to alert Stephenie Wickiser to the plight of the company that owns her online university.
Groundwater levels drop in Southwestern U.S. in ongoing drought
(Reuters) – Underground stores of water in the southwestern United States have receded dramatically amid ongoing drought that has parched states from Oklahoma to the Pacific Coast and is costing California billions in lost crops and jobs, a new study s…
Federal inspector to examine Alaska tour train derailment site
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) – A federal inspector has been sent to examine the Alaska site where a tourism train derailed this week, leaving 19 people with minor injuries, a U.S. Transportation Department spokesman said on Thursday.
Navajo president calls slayings of two Native men a hate crime
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) – The president of the Navajo Nation condemned the beating deaths of two Native American homeless men in New Mexico as a hate crime, and called on Thursday for a federal investigation into slayings that police have blamed on …
Arizona killer was given two doses of drugs in drawn-out execution
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona executioners had to administer at least two full doses of a two-drug lethal injection cocktail to a convicted killer before he finally succumbed nearly two hours after his execution began, the state’s assistant attorney gene…
