U.S. foster parent charged after child found with dead chicken around neck
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) – A North Carolina social worker has been charged after her 11-year-old foster child was found chained to the porch of her home with a dead chicken hanging around his neck, a sheriff’s official said on Saturday.
Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner to join private equity firm
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who played a major role in combating the global financial crisis, is joining private-equity firm Warburg Pincus as president and managing director, the firm said on Saturday.
San Francisco rail board wants to reopen talks, angering unions
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Managers of the San Francisco-area commuter rail system said on Friday they wanted to reopen talks on part of a deal that ended a crippling October strike, drawing an angry response from unions.
Occupy Seattle member beats 16-year incumbent to City Council job
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Seattle residents have elected a political newcomer and member of the populist Occupy Seattle movement to their City Council, favoring a champion of a $15 minimum wage and tax on millionaires over a 16-year council veteran.
Oswald in lens, Ruby at his shoulder as Texas cameraman filmed history
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – As George Phenix shouldered his news camera in the throng of 50 reporters crowded noisily into the basement of the Dallas Police Department headquarters, he did not notice the man in a hat standing beside him.
Indiana’s Ball State ‘all clear’ after no gunman found
(Reuters) – Ball State University lifted a warning to shelter in place on Friday evening after a three-hour police search prompted by an individual shouting “gun” turned up no evidence of a gunman on the Muncie, Indiana, campus.
San Francisco becomes Gotham City for boy who battled cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco on Friday morphed into a Gotham City wonderland, where caped crusaders fought mischievous villains aboard cable cars and on sidewalks, for a little boy who celebrated his win against cancer by becoming “Bat Kid” …
Man who plunged from small plane off Miami presumed dead: police
MIAMI (Reuters) – A day-long search failed to find a man who is presumed dead after he was reported to have jumped or fallen from a small private airplane as it flew off the coast of the Miami area, authorities said on Friday.
New York City wrestles with how to track Superstorm Sandy funds
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City’s Bloomberg administration intends to launch a database within two weeks to better track the billions of dollars of federal relief for Superstorm Sandy victims, even as city legislators hope to craft a system of their…
Beckham lines up long shot: founding a Miami soccer team
MIAMI (Reuters) – From his tattoos to his finely chiseled physique and Armani underwear ads, soccer icon David Beckham oozes Miami-style sex appeal.
