Detroit uses stick and carrot to sell bankruptcy plan
(Reuters) – In his effort to keep Detroit on a fast track to end its historic bankruptcy, the city’s emergency manager has cobbled together a plan to cajole or even threaten key creditors to accept cuts he laid out in federal court filings last week, o…
Small plane crashes in Hawaii, killing three; three others hurt
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and three others injured when a small plane carrying local government employees crashed in Hawaii about a mile from Lanai Airport, officials said on Thursday.
Obama launches effort to help propel black, Hispanic young men
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will launch a program on Thursday to help improve opportunities for boys from minority groups through programs that provide mentoring, better education, and violence prevention, the White House said.
Boston Marathon heightens security measures after bombing attack
(Reuters) – Boston Marathon organizers have banned runners from bringing bags and imposed other measures to tighten security for the April race after a twin bomb attack near the finish line last year killed three people and wounded 264.
Recreational marijuana proposal certified for Alaska ballot
(Reuters) – Alaska voters will decide this summer whether America’s Last Frontier will become the third U.S. state to legalize the sale and recreational use of marijuana for adults under a proposal that officially qualified on Wednesday for a statewide…
Arizona governor vetoes bill widely criticized as anti-gay
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Arizona Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a bill on Wednesday derided by critics as a license to discriminate against gays in the name of religion, citing opposition from big business and warning that the measure could “create more problem…
Hundreds of foods in U.S. contain ‘ADA’ plastics chemical: report
(Reuters) – Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States, including many foods labeled as “healthy,” contain a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and ad…
Detroit mayor promises more jobs, less blight for bankrupt city
DETROIT (Reuters) – Nearly two months into his tenure as Detroit mayor, Mike Duggan outlined a plan for adding jobs and removing abandoned buildings in the bankrupt city during his first state of the city address Wednesday night.
Singer Loretta Lynn puts out small house fire, prepares for tour
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Country singer Loretta Lynn suffered minor burns on her hands putting out a small fire at her ranch near Nashville, but the incident will not keep the coal miner’s daughter from performing in Texas on Friday, a represen…
Zimmerman lawyer seeks change in Florida trials on ‘stand your ground’ law
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The lawyer for acquitted killer George Zimmerman said the rules for Florida murder trials should be changed so jurors are only instructed to consider the lenient standards of the state’s “stand your ground” self-defense law…
