Up to $600,000 taken from Houston’s Lakewood megachurch safe
HOUSTON (Reuters) – About $200,000 in cash and twice that amount in checks and written credit card information were taken from a safe at the Lakewood Church led by televangelist Pastor Joel Osteen, police said Tuesday.
U.S. president sweats over sweaters during NY shopping stop
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Barack Obama took on a daunting task on Tuesday: shopping for clothes for his wife and daughters during a brief stop at a Gap store in New York.
NY brothers admit guilt in violent Jewish divorce scheme
(Reuters) – Two Brooklyn brothers have admitted participating in a violent ring with rabbis that threatened Jewish husbands to agree to grant their wives a religious divorce, and they face possible lengthy prison terms, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
U.S. Air Force sticks to $550 million target for new bomber
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Air Force is “holding tight” to a target of $550 million for each new long-range bomber in a fleet of up to 100 aircraft, excluding research and development costs, an Air Force official said on Tuesday.
Anti-fracking activist barred from 40 percent of Pennsylvania county
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A court injunction obtained by Texas-based Cabot Oil & Gas is preventing Pennsylvania resident Vera Scroggins from going to her local grocery store, her friends’ homes, schools, or even the hospital.
Tesla, New Jersey clash over direct sales to customers
(Reuters) – Elon Musk wants to keep selling electric cars directly to the public in New Jersey, but on Tuesday the state said no, insisting instead that Tesla Motors Inc offer its cars through an auto franchise rather than its own stores.
Judge in Colorado theater massacre case appoints new sanity evaluator
DENVER (Reuters) – A judge overseeing the Colorado movie theater massacre case appointed an evaluator on Tuesday to conduct a second sanity examination of accused gunman James Holmes after earlier ruling a first evaluation to be “incomplete and inadequ…
Carnival passengers sue for damages over disrupted 2013 cruise
(The headline and 1st paragraph of this March 10 story have been corrected to show passengers are not seeking $5,000 per month for life and corrects 11th paragraph quote to two hours from five hours)
Ex-Christie aides’ lawyers offer N.J. traffic scandal arguments
TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) – Former top aides to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie have not cooperated with a state probe into a traffic scandal that threatens the Republican governor’s political future out of fear they will incriminate themselves,…
U.S. Labor Department wants to mandate guide to 401(k) fee disclosures
(Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday proposed a rule requiring pension plan service providers to offer a guide to help employers navigate disclosures about fees and potential conflicts of interest.
