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.
Suburban NYC school briefly evacuated after phone threat
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A suburban New York high school with thousands of students was evacuated briefly on Monday after the school received a telephone threat, police said.
Chrysler to introduce small Ram commercial van in North America
DETROIT (Reuters) – Chrysler Group LLC said on Monday it will offer a new small commercial van for the North American market based on parent Fiat’s Doblo van.
Man briefly commandeers ferry at Seattle’s waterfront: police
(Reuters) – A Seattle man was in jail on Monday after police said he commandeered a passenger ferry at the city’s waterfront and guided it some 300 yards into the bay before authorities stopped him.
Dozens of same-sex couples wed in Hawaii as new law takes effect
(Reuters) – Dozens of same-sex couples tied the knot in Hawaii early Monday as a new law allowing gay couples to marry went into effect at midnight.
New Hampshire hospital worker to be sentenced for spreading hepatitis
(Reuters) – A former New Hampshire hospital technician who infected patients as old as 80 with hepatitis after injecting himself with stolen painkillers will learn on Monday how much of his life will be spent in prison.
U.S. online startup makes going solar as easy as booking travel
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In a first on Monday, an online marketplace will allow U.S. homeowners to weigh options for going solar as easily as they can compare prices for airline tickets.
Florida Seminoles work to preserve isle where ancestors held
EGMONT KEY, Florida (Reuters) – As a fog bank rolled in behind them on Sunday afternoon, several members of the Seminole Tribe of Florida disembarked from a double-decker catamaran onto a small island off the coast near St. Petersburg in west-central F…
