Regret, relief draw former inmates to Pennsylvania prison reunion
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – William Harrison knows the Eastern State Penitentiary all too well, having spent years locked up in the imposing fortress that today is a popular tourist attraction in Philadelphia.
Ford recalls about 4,000 Super Duty F-Series trucks for transmission issue
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is recalling almost 4,000 commercial versions of its F-Series full-size pickup truck, mostly in the United States, because they could slip into reverse and increase the risk of a crash, according to documents filed wit…
Briton arrested in Las Vegas in carbon trading probe
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – U.S. officials have arrested a 56-year-old Briton in Las Vegas in connection with suspected tax fraud worth 136 million euros ($189 million), deepening a European carbon trading probe that has also drawn in Deutsche Bank.
Six hurt when US Airways flight from Philadelphia hits turbulence
(Reuters) – Four passengers and two crew members were injured on Sunday when a US Airways jet hit severe turbulence after leaving Philadelphia International airport, the airline said.
Oklahoma wildfire kills one, forces residents to flee
(Reuters) – A wildfire stoked by high winds and temperatures near 100 Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) killed at least one man, destroyed several houses and forced people to flee near the Oklahoma town of Guthrie on Sunday, officials and local media said.
Former Congressman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota dies at age 79
(Reuters) – Jim Oberstar, who represented northeastern Minnesota for 36 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and rose to a key position for transportation and infrastructure, died on Saturday at age 79, his family said.
Death toll lowered to 17 in road accident in southwest Haiti
MIAMI (Reuters) – Authorities in southwest Haiti have revised the death toll from a road accident on Saturday saying that 17 people were killed and another 17 were injured.
Plane crash at California air show kills pilot
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – An airplane crashed during an air show at Travis Air Force Base in California on Sunday, killing its 77-year-old pilot and forcing a shutdown of the show, a spokesman for the base said.
George H.W. Bush honored for courage with 1990 tax hikes
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush showed courage in breaking his “read my lips: no new taxes” campaign pledge to broker a 1990 budget compromise that may have cost him re-election two years later, the John F. Kennedy Library Fou…
Plane crash prompts shutdown of California air show
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – An airplane crashed during an air show at Travis Air Force Base in California on Sunday, forcing a shutdown of the show, a spokesman for the base said.
