Same old Groundhog Day; Phil predicts more winter
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – Punxsutawney Phil, a famed U.S. groundhog with an even more famous shadow, emerged from his burrow on Sunday and predicted six more weeks of winter, much to the chagrin of those hoping for an early spring.
New York, New Jersey ready for Super Bowl close-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Some 80,000 football fans from around the world are set to pack into New Jersey’s Met Life Stadium on Sunday for the first NFL Super Bowl championship played in the New York area, an event that has shone a fresh spotlight on the re…
Gay-marriage debate takes new twist in Oregon: religious exemption
(Reuters) – Oregon voters will likely face two questions about gay marriage when they go to the ballot this year: whether to become the 18th state to let same-sex couples wed, and whether the state should be the first to allow florists, cake makers and…
George Zimmerman says celebrity boxing match in his future, at least once
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of second-degree murder last year in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, plans to take up celebrity boxing and is on the lookout for an opponent, the website Radar Onli…
NJ Gov Christie, dogged by bridge closure, booed at Super Bowl event
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was greeted with audible boos and a few loud cheers during a Super Bowl-related appearance in New York City on Saturday, a day after a former appointee said the popular Republican knew about polit…
Florida reviews thousands of drug cases for possible evidence tampering
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – Florida’s state police agency on Saturday announced a massive evidence review in thousands of drug cases handled by one crime-laboratory chemist, saying its findings could lead to some criminal cases being quashed and d…
Two students shot in apartment near Michigan State University campus
(Reuters) – Two students were shot, and one was critically injured, on Friday evening inside their apartment complex near the campus of Michigan State University (MSU), police said.
Man with rifle, machete arrested for threatening ex-President Bush
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A New York man sitting in a car that had a loaded rifle, machete and a container of gasoline was charged on Friday with threatening to kill George W. Bush after professing a romantic interest in the former president’s oldest daught…
Lawyers to renew push for reporter’s sources in Colorado shooting case
DENVER (Reuters) – An attorney for accused Colorado movie theater gunman James Holmes said on Friday that the defense will petition the U.S. Supreme Court to force a reporter to divulge confidential sources she used for a story about the massacre.
Detroit files lawsuit seeking to void pension debt
(Reuters) – Detroit on Friday filed a lawsuit in U.S. bankruptcy court seeking to invalidate $1.44 billion of debt sold to fund public worker pensions – a move that also could void the ill-fated interest-rate swaps contracts that were a factor leading …
