Insight: U.S. farm kids lavish shampoos and drugs on their prize cattle
DALLAS (Reuters) – For more than a century, ranchers and their kids have paraded cattle around the dusty show ring at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas, in a rite of passage that is part farm economics, part rural theater.
Cirque du Soleil acrobat in hospital after fall at Las Vegas show
(Reuters) – A Cirque du Soleil acrobat was hospitalized after suffering injuries in a fall during a performance in Las Vegas on Friday night, just days after the Montreal-based company was fined in connection with a fatal accident in June.
Union workers approve deal with San Francisco commuter rail agency
(Reuters) – San Francisco-area unionized transit workers voted to ratify a labor agreement that ended a four-day strike last month at the fifth largest U.S. commuter rail system, officials with the agency said on Saturday.
Georgia couple charged with murder after girl’s body found in trash
(Reuters) – The father and stepmother of a 10-year-old girl were charged with murder after the burned body of the girl was found in a trash can outside an apartment complex near Atlanta, police said.
Accused Los Angeles airport shooter could face death penalty: prosecutor
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The man accused of opening fire at the Los Angeles International Airport faces charges of murder of a federal officer and committing violence at an international airport, U.S. Attorney Andre Birotte told reporters on Saturday.
New York City 1980s ‘Subway Vigilante’ arrested in marijuana bust
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernhard Goetz, who became known as New York City’s “Subway Vigilante” in the 1980s after he shot and wounded four black teenagers he considered threatening on a subway, was arrested on Friday after he attempted to sell marijuana t…
Man awaiting execution for Tennessee fast-food murders dies in hospital
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – Death row inmate Paul Dennis Reid, who killed seven young people in a series of attacks at Tennessee fast-food restaurants in 1997, died on Friday in a Nashville hospital, a prison official said.
Congregation celebrates assembly – without religion
CHICAGO (Reuters) – British comedian Sanderson Jones left a Christmas concert six years ago feeling uncomfortable – he no longer believed in God, but he sure liked singing carols.
Los Angeles airport terminal re-opens as shooting probed
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Los Angeles International Airport terminal where a gunman opened fire on Friday morning, killing an unarmed federal airport security officer and wounding others, re-opened to travelers the day after the shooting as authoriti…
Town dependent on fame of Harper Lee book stung by museum lawsuit
MONROEVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) – Harper Lee was once universally revered by her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, but a legal battle over the shrine it built to honor her literary legacy is dividing the small southern city.
