Not carved in stone, views of U.S. statues change with the times
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wearing only a strategically carved cluster of leaves, the chiseled male figure towering over two female forms in the 1922 marble sculpture “The Triumph of Civic Virtue” now watches over a lonely cemetery in Brooklyn.
Houston waterways shut for third day after collision
TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) – Major Texas shipping channels that deliver crude oil for more than one-tenth of the nation’s refining capacity were shut for a third day on Monday, as the cleanup from a spill threatened to last through the week.
Plane carrying five crashes into Colorado reservoir
(Reuters) – Searchers on Sunday marked the site of a small plane that crashed into a Colorado lake but had not recovered the bodies of any of the five people aboard, a county spokeswoman said.
Jimmy Carter sticks to ‘snail mail’ in missives to world leaders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Saying his emails are likely monitored by intelligence agencies, former President Jimmy Carter is using an old-fashioned method of communication with world leaders these days – the post office.
Treasury’s Lew to undergo treatment for enlarged prostate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Jack Lew will have an outpatient surgical procedure in New York on Tuesday for treatment of a benign enlarged prostate, the Treasury Department said on Sunday.
Oil spill cleanup efforts continue off Texas Gulf shore
TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) – Four skimming boats surrounded a partially submerged barge on Sunday at the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel, working to clean up fuel spilled from the vessel into Galveston Bay after a Saturday collision with a cargo …
Landslide kills three, injures others in Washington state
OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) – Eighteen people remain unaccounted for in a landslide that killed three and injured at least eight more in northwestern Washington state, officials said on Sunday.
Plane carrying five crashes into Colorado reservoir
(Reuters) – A small plane carrying five people crashed into a reservoir in southwestern Colorado on Saturday afternoon, according to local authorities, who said none of the people aboard were thought to have survived.
Three elephants escape Missouri circus, damage two vehicles
(Reuters) – Three elephants escaped from a circus in suburban St. Louis on Saturday, damaging two vehicles but causing no injuries before they were captured, a circus spokesman said.
Obama tweets his congratulations to underdog Dayton basketball team
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, a big basketball fan, tweeted his congratulations to the University of Dayton for its “huge upset win” over Syracuse University in the second round of the NCAA men’s basketball college championship on Satu…
