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.
Supreme Court rules against protester at air force base
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that an anti-nuclear weapons protester could not avoid prosecution simply because he demonstrated on a public road that runs through a U.S. military installation in California.
Ex-NFL star Hernandez involved in jail house scuffle: official
BOSTON (Reuters) – Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, charged with shooting a friend to death last year, was involved in a Massachusetts jailhouse scuffle with another inmate that left neither man seriously injured, law enforcement o…
Mexican drug kingpin Guzman dodges U.S. extradition for now
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman won a temporary injunction to block his extradition to the United States where he faces narcotics and arms trafficking charges, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
