Federal courts likely to stay open despite government shutdown
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Federal courts across the country are likely to remain open and fully staffed if the government shutdown extends into a third week, even if the U.S. judiciary runs out of funding.
Two more pipeline deals as U.S. shale production booms
(Reuters) – Pipeline operators Regency Energy Partners LP and Crestwood Midstream Partners LP announced plans to buy peers to expand their pipe networks as infrastructure companies seek bigger stakes in the U.S. shale oil and gas boom.
Ex-Detroit mayor gets 28 years in prison for corruption
DETROIT (Reuters) – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced by a federal judge on Thursday to 28 years in prison after he was convicted of public corruption including bribery, extortion and racketeering, which prosecutors said had worsened …
North Carolina inn reopens after challenging government shutdown closure
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina mountain inn on public land has reopened for business after its owner took legal action to protest its closure by the National Park Service last week as part of the partial federal government s…
U.S. levies $118,300 in fines in Texas fertilizer plant blast
DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) – The U.S. government will fine a Texas fertilizer plant $118,300 for 24 health and safety violations in connection with an April explosion that leveled parts of a small town and killed 14 people, according to an OSHA citation a…
Ex-Detroit mayor sentenced to 28 years on public corruption conviction
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge sentenced former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Thursday to 28 years in prison on his conviction for public corruption charges including bribery and extortion that prosecutors said exacerbated the city’s financial…
Ohio kidnapper may have died in cell during sex act: state probe
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, found hanging in his prison cell last month, may not have committed suicide but died accidentally while performing a sex act, an Ohio state investigative report suggested on Thursday.
Two ex-Naval Academy football players face trial for sex assault
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be tried by general courts-martial, the school said on Thursday.
Four men found shot dead in north Texas home
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Four men were found shot dead in a house north of Dallas after police got a call from a woman who had stopped by and discovered their bodies in a front room, the chief of police said on Thursday.
Convicted WikiLeaks soldier Manning says not a pacifist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chelsea Manning, the soldier imprisoned for the biggest leak of classified data in U.S. history, says she is unhappy about being presented as a conscientious objector and pacifist after winning a peace award.
