$400 million up for grabs in U.S. Powerball drawing
(Reuters) – The U.S. Powerball jackpot drawing on Wednesday is worth an estimated $400 million, the fourth-largest prize in the lottery’s history and the fifth-largest of any U.S. lottery, the Multi-State Lottery Association said.
Marchers protest segregation in Alabama university Greek houses
TUSCALOOSA, Alabama (Reuters) – Hundreds of students, teachers and local residents gathered Wednesday at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the setting of one of the most famous segregation protests of the 1960s, to protest the exclusion of black…
Property losses from Colorado floods to near $2 billion: Eqecat
DENVER (Reuters) – Total property losses from flooding in Colorado will run nearly $2 billion, roughly equally divided between residential losses and those in the commercial and government sectors, disaster modeling firm Eqecat estimated on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania widow says husband’s ashes vanished on trip to England
(Reuters) – A widow traveling from Pennsylvania to England to scatter her husband’s ashes said they disappeared from her U.S. Airways luggage and the airline has neither returned them nor given her an explanation, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednes…
Labor Dept: same-sex spouses can participate in benefit plans
(Reuters) – The Department of Labor on Wednesday said same-sex couples in legal marriages can participate in employee benefit plans, even if the state they live in does not recognize gay marriage.
Miami businessman Osorio sentenced to 12-1/2 years for fraud
MIAMI (Reuters) – A Miami businessman was sentenced to 12-1/2 years in prison for his role in a $40 million investment fraud that promoted low-cost, hurricane-proof houses in Haiti.
Detroit may use water department funds to pay pension debts, Orr says
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit is considering tapping into some of the $1.2 billion in water and sewer revenue earmarked for repairs and instead apply it to city pension or healthcare costs, the city’s emergency manager has said in a court proceeding.
Mother of Washington gunman apologizes, says ‘my heart is broken’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The mother of Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis apologized to the victims on Wednesday and was unable to explain what drove her son to open fire on civilian workers inside a restricted military installation.
No more compensation due World Trade Center developer: judge
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York property developer Larry Silverstein is not entitled to funds that insurers of his World Trade Center properties won from airlines over the attacks of September 11, 2001, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday.
Property losses from Colorado floods to run nearly $2 billion: Eqecat
DENVER (Reuters) – The disaster modeling firm Eqecat has estimated that total losses in residential property damage and living expenses from the recent floods in Colorado will run about $900 million, with commercial and government property losses expec…
