Obama’s former campaign manager joins Crist team in Florida governor race
ORLANDO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s 2012 campaign chief, Jim Messina, has joined the Florida gubernatorial campaign of Charlie Crist in a sign that the Democratic party is gearing up for a big political battle to win the state in 2014.
Spare my son, begs father of Mexican facing U.S. execution
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The father of a Mexican due to be executed in Texas on Wednesday begged for his son to be spared, insisting he is innocent and saying his family is praying for a re-trial. The Mexican government has said the death sentence in th…
Exclusive: North Dakota governor: crude oil railcar safety rules needed now
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A month after a train carrying crude oil burst into flames on the North Dakota plains, Governor Jack Dalrymple said on Tuesday that new railcar safety standards were needed immediately, not next year, and he blamed federal official…
Engineer charged with trying to send Iran U.S. fighter jet secrets
(Reuters) – A former engineer for defense contractors has been indicted on charges that he tried to send Iran secret details on the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 joint strike fighter program, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut said on Tuesday.
Two Las Vegas casinos to accept virtual bitcoin currency
(Reuters) – Two Las Vegas casino hotels will become the first known U.S. commercial gambling houses to allow the use of the unregulated digital payment system, bitcoin, casino officials said on Tuesday.
Engineer charged with trying to leak details on U.S. F-35 program to Iran
(Reuters) – A former engineer for defense contractors has been indicted on charges that he tried to send Iran secret details on the U.S. Air Force’s F-35 joint strike fighter program, the office of the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut said on Tuesday.
Father of Mexican facing execution in U.S. prays for retrial
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The father of Mexican inmate Edgar Tamayo, scheduled for execution in Texas on Wednesday, insists his son is innocent, and that his family is praying for a re-trial after the Mexican government said the sentence violated interna…
‘Let us marry,’ same-sex couples say in Florida lawsuit
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) – Six same-sex couples sued the state of Florida on Tuesday to overturn its ban on gay marriage, joining dozens of lawsuits in other states that argue such prohibitions violate the U.S. Constitution.
New trial sought for South Carolina teen executed for 1944 murders
SUMTER, South Carolina (Reuters) – A 14-year-old black teenager who was executed in South Carolina in 1944 after a one-day trial for the murders of two white girls was innocent and deserves a new trial to clear his name, lawyers told a judge on Tuesday…
Indiana’s Purdue University shooting leaves one dead, man in custody
(Reuters) – A man was shot to death at Indiana’s Purdue University on Tuesday and a male suspect was taken into custody, police said, in an apparently targeted killing that follows a rash of shootings at U.S. schools this month.
