Texas couple arrested for suspected $400,000 sorority pin heist
DALLAS (Reuters) – A North Texas woman and her husband have been arrested and charged with stealing thousands of gold, jeweled sorority pins worth an estimated $400,000 from the Delta Delta Delta national headquarters in Arlington, Texas, police said o…
Tufts University offers financial aid for students’ year off
BOSTON (Reuters) – Tufts University will launch a program next autumn to help cash-strapped students take a year off to travel and perform public service before starting their undergraduate classes.
Gay couples challenge Indiana same-sex marriage ban
(Reuters) – Thirteen people filed a lawsuit on Friday urging a federal judge to overturn an Indiana law that bans gay marriage or recognition of same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, arguing that it violates their rights under the U.S. Constitution.
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.
