Drug-taking Toronto mayor poses dilemma for Canadian government
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Toronto’s crack-smoking Mayor Rob Ford is a headache Canada’s right-leaning government could do without.
North Dakota white supremacist accused of terrorizing town: prosecutor
(Reuters) – A U.S. white supremacist was charged on Monday with terrorizing residents of the small North Dakota town where he had sought to create a white enclave, authorities said.
Imelda Marcos’ former secretary convicted in art scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Imelda Marcos’ former secretary was convicted on Monday of conspiring to sell art that the former Philippine first lady acquired during her husband’s presidency, including a famous Claude Monet water-lily painting.
Carbon monoxide poisoning blamed in deaths of two Colorado miners
DENVER (Reuters) – Carbon monoxide poisoning was responsible for killing two miners and sickening 19 others at a gold and silver mine in southwestern Colorado over the weekend, state and federal authorities said on Monday.
Dick Cheney defends daughter Liz in gay marriage fight
(Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney entered the fray between his daughters over gay marriage on Monday as he rose to defend Liz Cheney, a Republican Senate candidate from Wyoming whose stance against same-sex nuptials has drawn barbs fro…
U.S. pastor faces church trial for performing son’s gay wedding
SPRING CITY, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – A pastor on trial by Methodist church officials for officiating at his son’s same-sex marriage said on Monday he had been conflicted about performing the 2007 ceremony, but chose to violate his denomination’s teach…
Oklahoma probes skeletal remains for link to family missing four years
(Reuters) – Three sets of skeletal remains discovered in rural Oklahoma over the weekend may be tied to a 2009 case in which two adults and a child went missing, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said on Monday.
Economies likely stalled in more than 100 US metros in 2013: Mayors
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The economies of 119 U.S. metropolitan areas likely either declined or were flat this year, compared to only 73 areas where the local economies sputtered in 2012, according to a report released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors on…
Texas to release “San Antonio Four” in lesbian sexual assault case
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) – Texas prosecutors reached a deal on Monday to release three women imprisoned since 1998 on sexual assault convictions that critics say were based more on mistaken ideas of lesbian behavior than evidence presented in court…
New York man dies during freedive competition in Bahamas
NASSAU (Reuters) – A record-holding diver died during a freediving competition in the Bahamas on Sunday in what officials said was the first fatality in the sport’s 21 years of official competition.
