U.S. defense officials report slow progress in sex assault battle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military’s system for handling sexual assault cases is so inadequate that an Army private had to turn to the Internet to decide what to do after she was raped, the victim testified at an emotional Senate hearing on Wedne…
Central Illinois county allows gay marriage, follows Chicago ruling
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Same-sex couples in the central Illinois county that includes the state’s largest university can get a marriage license immediately and won’t have to wait to tie the knot until a state law legalizing gay marriage takes effect in Jun…
Google ordered to remove anti-Islamic film from YouTube
(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday ordered Google Inc to remove from its YouTube video-sharing website an anti-Islamic film that had sparked protests across the Muslim world.
US consumer bureau sues college chain ITT over student loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. consumer watchdog said on Wednesday it has sued ITT Educational Services Inc for what the agency says are predatory student lending practices that could lead borrowers to default on their loans.
U.S. attorney subpoenaed Mt Gox, other bitcoin businesses: source
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. Gox, other bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wed…
Confused Japanese tourists led Utah police on high-speed chase
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A Japanese couple on vacation in Utah was pulled from a rental car at gunpoint near the Arizona border over the weekend after leading police on an accidental high-speed chase because they didn’t understand U.S. traffic laws.
Top prosecutor in benchmark-rigging probes to leave Justice Department
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mythili Raman, the top criminal prosecutor at the Department of Justice, is planning to leave the agency next month, wrapping up a year overseeing high-profile investigations into global market manipulation.
Florida man to be executed for trooper’s 1992 pipe-bomb death
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A South Florida drug dealer, who was convicted in the pipe-bomb killing of a state highway patrolman during a traffic stop 22 years ago, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday.
Sony to shutter 20 retail stores in the U.S.
(Reuters) – Sony Corp’s electronic unit said on Wednesday it is closing 20 retail stores in the United States and cutting 1,000 jobs, as the TV and game console maker tries to stem losses and regain market share.
Syrup spill sticks Oklahoma commuters in thick traffic jam
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Traffic slowed to a trickle on a major Oklahoma City highway on Wednesday morning after a tractor trailer hauling syrup sprang a leak and left a 5-mile trail of the sticky substance on the roadway.
