U.S. court OKs ban on political ads on public TV, radio
(Reuters) – A divided U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a federal ban on political advertising on public television and radio stations, rejecting an argument that it unconstitutionally violated the First Amendment.
Newtown to release 911 recordings from Sandy Hook shooting
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The 911 recordings from the shooting that killed 20 children last December at Sandy Hook Elementary School will be released to the public on Wednesday afternoon, lawyers representing the Connecticut town of Newtown said.
Trial opens for California policemen charged in homeless man’s death
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) – The trial of two former California policemen charged in the beating and stun gun death of a mentally ill transient began on Monday with opening statements about the deadly confrontation that touched off protests and po…
Man removed from flight in Phoenix over infectious disease alert
PHOENIX (Reuters) – Officials removed a man with an unspecified infectious disease – possibly tuberculosis – from a US Airways Express flight with 70 passengers on board shortly after it landed in Phoenix over the weekend, authorities said on Monday.
Dragon Con co-founder pleads guilty to child molestation
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A founder of the nationally known Dragon Con science fiction and fantasy convention pleaded guilty in Georgia on Monday to molesting three boys and will serve time under house arrest in a case that began with his arrest 13 years ago…
‘Cyber Monday’ sales set to hit record: analysts
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. online sales are expected to hit $2 billion on “Cyber Monday,” for the first time since the data firm comScore has been tracking such information.
Police subdue Ohio student armed with pellet gun
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) – A Toledo, Ohio student, armed with a pellet gun and holed up by himself at a high school was taken into custody on Monday after police used a non-lethal “bean bag” projectile to end a standoff, authorities said.
U.N. rights chief condemns North Korean arrest of U.S. war veteran
GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay on Monday condemned North Korea’s detention of an 85-year-old American and said she was checking a report of recent mass executions in the country.
Cost of “Twelve Days of Christmas” gifts leaps in 2013
(Reuters) – Buying a set of the gifts named in the classic holiday carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas” will cost a true love $27,393 this year, up 7.7 percent from the 2012 price tag, according to an annual tongue-in-cheek analysis released on Monday….
Serial killer serving life sentence dies in South Dakota
(Reuters) – A serial killer died on Sunday after serving less than three years of a life sentence for strangling seven women, according to South Dakota prison officials.
