Sufi faithful raise a stink over sultry perfume ads
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A sultry ad for a perfume created by Roberto Cavalli has touched a raw nerve with followers of Islamic Sufism, who claim the Italian design house has inappropriately used a symbol sacred to practitioners of their mystical fait…
Food truck in San Francisco is going to the dogs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Dogs and their owners in San Francisco have a moveable feast to chase, in the form of a food truck catering exclusively to customers of the four-legged variety.
Pennsylvania school stabbing suspect seeks transfer to mental facility
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) – Lawyers for a teenager charged with wounding 21 people in a stabbing spree at his Pittsburgh-area high school in April have asked that he be moved from a juvenile detention hall to a mental health facility at the county’s expense…
Scientists unable to recreate chemical reaction suspected in New Mexico radiation leak
(Reuters) – Government scientists have not been able to replicate a chemical reaction suspected of causing a radiation leak at a U.S. nuclear waste dump in New Mexico, complicating efforts to understand what went wrong, a U.S. Energy Department officia…
Trial ends, judge to rule on lawsuit against NCAA over athlete pay
Oakland Calif. (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday examined potential remedies to resolve the case between athletes and the National Collegiate Athletic Association that seeks to reshape traditional notions of amateur sports in the United States.
Protesters fly blimp over NSA data center in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Three activist groups flew a blimp emblazoned with the words “Illegal Spying Below” over the National Security Agency’s data center in Utah on Friday in protest against the federal government’s mass surveillance programs.
U.S. court puts ruling overturning Indiana’s gay marriage ban on hold
(Reuters) – A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday put on hold a judge’s two-day-old ruling striking down Indiana’s ban on gay marriage, pending an appeal of the case.
U.S. soul singer Bobby Womack dies at age 70: publicist
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. soul singer and songwriter Bobby Womack has died, his publicist said on Friday. He was 70.
U.S. auctions some 30,000 bitcoins from Silk Road raid
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday auctioned off about 30,000 bitcoins seized during a raid on Silk Road, an Internet black-market bazaar where authorities say illegal drugs and other goods could be bought.
California Border Patrol sends agents to Texas to help with immigrant influx
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – U.S. Border Patrol officials in Southern California are sending agents and other resources to Texas to help stretched colleagues in the Rio Grande deal with a surge of immigrants illegally crossing the frontier, two Border Patrol …
