After North Carolina spill, coal ash ponds face extinction
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Power producers’ coal ash disposal ponds like the one that leaked toxic sludge into a North Carolina river in February may soon become a thing of the past.
Tennessee bill would legalize wishing students ‘Merry Christmas’
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Tennessee lawmakers on Thursday passed a measure that allows teachers to wish their students “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” and display scenes and symbols of winter celebrations without fear of legal action.
Eight dead after New York City blast, building collapse
(Reuters) – Search and rescue workers on Friday combed still-smoldering rubble for survivors of a New York City gas explosion that caused two apartment buildings to collapse this week, killing eight people and injuring dozens.
Tire blows out on passenger jet taking off from Philadelphia airport
(Reuters) – A tire blew out on a U.S. Airways plane with 154 passengers and crew on board as it was speeding down the runway at Philadelphia International Airport on Thursday, prompting the pilot to abort the takeoff, officials said.
Accused killer in Florida theater phone-use tiff sent text to son beforehand
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) – A retired police captain charged with shooting dead a fellow moviegoer in a dispute over cellphone use in a Florida theater in January messaged his son from his seat minutes before opening fire, court documents show.
‘Into the Wild’ hunter fatally shot by police in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) – An Alaskan moose hunter, whose discovery of the corpse of a wanderer two decades ago helped lead to the 2007 movie “Into the Wild,” has been shot and killed by police following a weekend chase through the city of Wasilla, Ala…
Son of former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine commits suicide
(Reuters) – Former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s 31-year-old son, Jeffrey, committed suicide at a Mexico City hotel this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Immigrant protesters cross San Diego border from Mexico, seek asylum
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Dozens of young, undocumented adults raised in the United States but sent back to Mexico marched over the border on Thursday as part of an ongoing protest of the plight of college-age immigrants in a sometimes violent country wher…
Obama aims to tighten rules on for-profit career colleges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will issue rules on Friday aimed at cracking down on low-performing for-profit career training colleges the administration says bury students under mountains of debt and fail to prepare them for a well-payi…
U.S. contractor pleads guilty to giving Chinese woman secrets
(Reuters) – A U.S. defense contractor in Hawaii pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges he passed national defense secrets, including classified information on joint training and planning exercises with South Korea, to a Chinese woman with whom he was ro…
