State Department says U.S. citizen was suicide bomber in Syria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department on Friday confirmed that an American citizen had carried out a suicide bombing in Syria.
New Jersey man gets life in prison for deadly college party shooting
(Reuters) – A New Jersey man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday for fatally shooting a college student and wounding four others during a party near Seton Hall University in 2010.
San Francisco offers waterfront site to George Lucas for museum
(Reuters) – San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has offered George Lucas 2.3 acres of waterfront real estate in hopes that the director will locate a proposed arts and culture museum in the city, a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office said on Friday.
Visine in coffee sickens teacher; student may be charged
(Reuters) – A Michigan high school student accused of sickening a teacher by putting Visine eye solution in her coffee could face felony tampering charges, police said on Friday.
Florida continues to lead U.S. in identity, tax fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) – Despite efforts by federal officials to crack down on rampant identity theft linked to hundreds of millions of dollars of fraudulently claimed tax refunds, South Florida continues to lead the nation for these scams.
One dead after restaurant interior collapses in New Jersey
MAPLEWOOD New Jersey (Reuters) – Falling rubble killed one construction worker and another was seriously injured when the interior of a restaurant collapsed in Maplewood, New Jersey, on Friday, a fire department official said.
Arizona judge rejects bid to nix death penalty for Jodi Arias
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona judge has again turned down a bid by convicted murderer Jodi Arias to be spared the death penalty during her sentencing retrial for killing her ex-boyfriend in 2008, court documents showed on Friday.
Six rare monkeys die mysteriously at Oregon Zoo
PORTLAND Ore. (Reuters) – Six cotton-top tamarin monkeys died unexpectedly soon after their arrival at the Oregon Zoo, following the death of an orangutan that led to the firing of the zoo’s director, officials said on Friday.
Maryland man sentenced to five years for lengthy dine-and-dash binge
ANNAPOLIS Md. (Reuters) – A Baltimore man who police say routinely scammed restaurants by eating and then faking a seizure to get out of paying his bill was sentenced Friday to five years in prison.
Fourteen charged in Ohio college hazing after pledge injured
(Reuters) – Fourteen men have been charged with misdemeanors in a hazing incident that left a fraternity pledge at a small southwestern Ohio college seriously injured, prosecutors said on Friday.
