Veteran Alaska musher, 38, first to reach Iditarod race midpoint
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – A 38-year-old veteran Alaska musher competing to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race became the first on Wednesday to reach the halfway point on a course whose early sections have been described as among the most grueling in…
U.S. author George Saunders wins Story Prize for short fiction
(Reuters) – American author George Saunders on Wednesday won the Story Prize for his best-selling short story collection “Tenth of December,” which has been lauded for its formal innovation and keen eye to people’s darker aspects.
Chesapeake, Encana face criminal antitrust charges in Michigan
(Reuters) – Oil and gas giants Chesapeake Energy and Encana Corp were charged on Wednesday with colluding to keep oil and gas lease prices artificially low in Michigan, state Attorney General Bill Schuette said.
Murder charge filed in case of missing Tennessee nursing student
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – A Tennessee man was charged on Wednesday with murder and aggravated kidnapping in the death of a nursing student who disappeared three years ago from the driveway of her rural home.
College-entrance SAT exam set for major overhaul in 2016
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – An obligatory essay, arcane vocabulary words and penalties for wrong answers will be gone from the widely used SAT exam as of 2016 as administrators try to make the standardized test more reflective of a student’s readiness fo…
Arizona legislation prompts state senator to reveal he is gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – An Arizona state senator revealed that he was gay on Wednesday, saying he felt compelled to make his sexual orientation public because of the recent battle over legislation in the state that would have allowed businesses to refuse s…
Florida congressman denies shoving his estranged wife
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – A lawyer for U.S. Representative Alan Grayson denied accusations on Wednesday that the congressman shoved his wife during a weekend domestic dispute and said a video recording of the incident supports his account.
Weather restrains U.S. private hiring, services sector growth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. private employers added fewer workers than expected in February and services sector growth hit a four-year low, the latest signs of the economic toll severe weather is taking.
Nine-month-old baby may have been cured of HIV, U.S. scientists say
BOSTON (Reuters) – A 9-month-old baby who was born in California with the HIV virus that leads to AIDS may have been cured as a result of treatments that doctors began just four hours after her birth, medical researchers said on Wednesday.
Chesapeake, Encana face criminal antitrust charges in Michigan
(Reuters) – Oil and gas giants Chesapeake Energy and Encana Corp. were charged on Wednesday with colluding to keep oil and gas lease prices artificially low in the state of Michigan, the state Attorney General Bill Schuette said.
