U.S. internal watchdog finds NSA workers spied on significant others
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At least a dozen U.S. National Security Agency employees have abused secret surveillance programs in the past decade, most often to spy on their significant others, according to the latest findings of the agency’s internal watchd…
Fed’s Rosengren slams SEC’s plan for U.S. money markets
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top Federal Reserve official on Friday took a swipe at a fellow U.S. regulator’s proposal to rein in money market mutual funds, saying a key part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s plan is a step backward and should be d…
Amanda Knox murder retrial set to open in Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Italy will put Amanda Knox back on trial on Monday for the murder of her British roommate in 2007, but the American will not return to attend court in the country that jailed her – she says wrongly – for four years.
Miami’s high-end cigar rollers create niche industry for top smokes
MIAMI (Reuters) – Inside a Little Havana cigar rolling business in the heart of Cuban Miami, Maria Sierra’s gnarled fingers perform the same dance they did for more than three decades for Havana’s famed El Laguito cigar factory.
Working poor hit hard by Colorado flooding
EVANS, Colo. (Reuters) – Victoria Varela shook her head in disbelief as she surveyed the wreckage of the trailer she had fled minutes before flood waters rushed through her mobile home park in the hardscrabble town of Evans, Colorado destroying everyth…
White House to help bankrupt Detroit demolish buildings, hire firefighters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will send a group of top officials to Detroit on Friday to offer millions in assistance for knocking down empty buildings, hiring firefighters and adding buses to the city fleet, as the city struggles after filing…
Seven cars, crossovers win top marks for vehicle crash avoidance
DETROIT (Reuters) – Cadillac, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and Subaru earned the highest marks in a new front crash avoidance test program developed for the U.S. insurance industry.
California man arrested in stabbing death of Dodgers fan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A 21-year-old California man was arrested on Thursday in the stabbing death of a Los Angeles Dodgers fan just blocks from the San Francisco Giants baseball stadium in a fight between fans of the rival franchises.
California solar policy costing all utility customers: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s non-solar homeowners are paying a growing share of maintaining the power grid under a controversial state policy, while ratepayers with solar rooftops are paying less, a report commissioned by the state’s utility re…
Elvis impersonator wrongly arrested for sending ricin to Obama sues accuser
JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) – An Elvis impersonator from Mississippi falsely accused of sending ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and other officials filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the man authorities now believe is the real perp…
