Judge slashes damages for billionaire Koch in fake wine case
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge has thrown out a $12 million punitive damages award to billionaire William Koch in his lawsuit accusing a fellow oenophile of selling him 24 bottles of fake Bordeaux, and reduced the award to just $711,622.
Boston exhibit to showcase relics of Marathon bombing aftermath
BOSTON (Reuters) – Archivists in Boston used to handling documents ranging from budget records to minutes of city council meetings, along with an occasional file dating to the city’s 17th-century founding, have spent the last year processing thousands …
Two Colorado avalanche mitigation workers injured in blast
DENVER (Reuters) – Two workers helping mitigate the risk of avalanches on a Colorado mountain pass were injured on Monday when a mortar shell used to trigger controlled snow slides to prevent larger ones exploded prematurely, officials said.
Explosion risk remains near Washington LNG facility: emergency responders
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Officials are responding to a liquefied natural gas leak from a tank at the Williams Cos Ins LNG facility in Plymouth, Washington, where an explosion occurred earlier on Monday and another is still a possibility, a local emergency …
U.S. to require new cars to have rearview cameras by 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday it will require new cars and light trucks sold in the United States to have rearview cameras by May 2018, a regulation intended to prevent drivers from backing into pedestrians.
U.S. top court wary of major change to software patent law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices stepped gingerly into a raging debate over computer software on Monday, voicing concerns about vaguely defined patents but signaling they would avoid any radical change to existing law.
Woman on trial in Houston for murdering boyfriend with stiletto heel
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A woman charged with beating her boyfriend to death with a stiletto high heel after a night of drinking faced a Texas jury on Monday as opening arguments began in a trial expected to take about a week.
Virginia voters back gay marriage as court hearing nears: poll
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – A majority of Virginia voters support gay marriage, according to a poll released on Monday, which comes as a lawsuit to strike down the state’s ban on same-sex unions is headed to federal appeals court.
Miami officials seek to end annual Ultra music fest, cite ‘chaos’
MIAMI (Reuters) – Miami politicians are calling for the end of the annual Ultra electronic dance music festival after a security guard was trampled and rushed to the hospital with brain injuries when gate-crashers broke through a security fence during …
Two suburban New York schools get all-clear after bomb threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two suburban New York high schools were evacuated on Monday after receiving anonymous bomb threats but were given the all-clear soon afterwards, allowing students to resume lessons, the school district said.
