Why run for Detroit mayor? Winner may have real chance for change
DETROIT (Reuters) – Detroit, saddled with $18 billion in debt, has filed for bankruptcy. Crime is rampant, and the city cannot provide its depleted population with basic services. So why would anyone want to run for mayor, especially when a state-appoi…
Maine Democratic gubernatorial candidate Michaud says he is gay
BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) – Mike Michaud, a six-term U.S. congressman from Maine and a Democratic candidate for governor in the state’s elections next year, publicly stated on Monday that he is gay, saying he was responding to “whisper campaigns” int…
Student wedged between New York buildings for up to two days is freed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A college student reported missing by friends was recovering on Monday after being pulled from a narrow space between two buildings in New York City, where he had been trapped for up to two days, fire officials said.
New York’s next mayor could be a night owl
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York might be known as the city that never sleeps, but the leading candidate for mayor is the kind of New Yorker who likes to sleep in.
Wisconsin voter ID law challenge set to go to trial
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – A federal trial to determine whether Wisconsin’s controversial voter identification law discriminates against minorities is scheduled to begin on Monday in a case seen as a possible precedent for similar laws in other states.
Google’s Schmidt says NSA spying outrageous if true – WSJ
(Reuters) – Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said widespread U.S. government spying on its data centers would be outrageous and potentially illegal if true, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Gunman shoots police officer at burning Oregon home
(Reuters) – An Oregon police officer was shot and wounded on Sunday while responding to reports of a man at a burning house brandishing a gun, authorities said.
Suspected L.A. airport gunman planned ‘suicide’ mission: congressman
(Reuters) – The suspect in a deadly shooting at Los Angeles International Airport wrote that he intended to die after killing at least one security officer, the head of a key congressional security committee said on Sunday, as authorities stepped up pa…
Birmingham, Alabama, airport reopens after threat proves false
(Reuters) – The Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama was evacuated for over two hours on Sunday while police investigated a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm, police said.
Obama, Democrats seek to make Virginia governor’s race a Tea Party referendum
ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats attempted on Sunday to tap into voter anger about a 16-day U.S. government shutdown and turn Virginia’s upcoming governor’s election into a referendum on Tea Party conservative…
