Lawyers start mining the Medicare data for clues to fraud
(Reuters) – Within hours of the U.S. government’s unprecedented release last week of a trove of Medicare billing data, a small fraternity of lawyers who specialize in representing whistleblowers in healthcare fraud cases began to mobilize.
Utah woman arrested after police find seven dead infants at home
(Reuters) – A Utah woman was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder on Sunday after police found the decomposing bodies of seven infants stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in her former home, authorities said.
Rancher’s son says force was necessary to stop cattle seizure
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – A show of force was necessary to stop the government seizure and sale of embattled cattle rancher Cliven Bundy’s cows, his son said on Sunday, a day after an armed standoff between federal agents and hundreds of Bundy’s …
NFL player Aldon Smith arrested at Los Angeles airport
(Reuters) – Police at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday arrested a National Football League player from the San Francisco 49ers for making a false bomb threat to screeners, officials said.
‘No evidence’ of pre-collision fire in deadly California crash: NTSB
(Reuters) – An investigation into the northern California crash between a FedEx truck and bus that killed 10 people last week has turned up “no evidence” of a pre-collision fire, contrary to a witness report, authorities said on Sunday.
Three people killed in shootings at Jewish centers in Kansas
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) – Three people were killed Sunday afternoon at two different Jewish community facilities in a Kansas City-area suburb, and a man was in custody as authorities investigated whether or not the shootings were anti-Semitic, …
Utah woman arrested after police find 7 dead infants at home
(Reuters) – A Utah woman was arrested and booked on suspicion of murder on Sunday after police found the decomposing bodies of seven infants stuffed in separate cardboard boxes in her former home, authorities said.
Nevada ranching family claims victory as government releases cattle
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) – U.S. officials ended a stand-off with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert on Saturday, calling off the government’s roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 anim…
Two runners die in North Carolina half-marathon
(Reuters) – Two runners competing in a half-marathon in Raleigh, North Carolina, collapsed and died on Sunday, officials said.
Obama’s new health secretary nominee draws early Republican fire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s new nominee for health secretary drew some early political fire from Republicans on Sunday in what could foreshadow a stormy election-year confirmation debate in the U.S. Senate over the future of the law…
