U.S. to seize $100 million of Iraqi Kurdish oil in tanker off Texas
HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities were set on Tuesday to seize a cargo of crude worth more than $100 million from Iraqi Kurdistan anchored off the Texas coast after a judge approved a request from Baghdad, raising the stakes in an oil sales d…
U.S. appeals court upholds federal meat labeling regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday rejected a food industry challenge to a federal rule concerning labeling requirements for meat, marking a potential setback for other businesses fighting federal regulations on free-speech grounds….
More than a third of U.S. adults pursued by collection agencies
CHICAGO (Reuters) – More than a third of U.S. adults have bad debt that has been handed over to a collection agency and their average debt in collections is $5,178, according to a study published on Tuesday by the Urban Institute.
Fire injures four, shuts CVR Refining’s Kansas refinery
(Reuters) – Four employees were hurt in a fire at CVR Refining’s 115,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas, after a fire broke out at an isomerization unit early on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.
Alabama woman dies after being doused in gasoline, set ablaze
(Reuters) – An Alabama woman whose former boyfriend doused her in gasoline and set her on fire died early on Tuesday after two days in the hospital, authorities said.
Mother of slain Mexican teen sues U.S. Border Patrol agents
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Lawyers for the mother of a Mexican teenager fatally shot by U.S. border police filed a U.S. federal civil rights lawsuit on Tuesday, calling the killing “brazen and lawless” and the latest example of agents using excessive force.
U.S. House Speaker Boehner dismisses talk of impeaching Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans have no plans to begin impeachment proceedings against President Barack Obama, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner declared on Tuesday, putting the blame on Democrats for stirring up pre-midterm election ten…
U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiator ‘concerned’ about detention of journalists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. negotiator in nuclear talks with Iran said on Tuesday the United States is concerned about the recent detention of four journalists, three of them Americans, and called on Tehran to free them.
Temple University scraps SAT requirement for new students
(Reuters) – Philadelphia’s Temple University said on Tuesday it will no longer require prospective students to submit a standardized test score when they apply, joining a small but growing group of schools that believe there are other ways to gauge tal…
NCAA agrees to settle head injury suit for $70 million
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The NCAA has agreed to settle a head injury lawsuit by providing $70 million for concussion testing and diagnosis of current and former student athletes in a move expected to change the way such injuries are handled at colleges nati…
