Search continues off Miami for man who plunged from small plane
MIAMI (Reuters) – Search and rescue workers scoured a broad area of the Atlantic Ocean off Miami on Friday, hoping to find some trace of a man who vanished Thursday after he was reported to have fallen from a small private plane as it flew over the sea…
Chicago hacker tied to Anonymous given 10 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Chicago computer hacker tied to the group known as Anonymous was sentenced on Friday to 10 years in prison for cyber attacks on various government agencies and businesses, including a global intelligence company.
U.S. Postal Service narrows loss in latest fiscal year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service reported on Friday that it managed to slow the hemorrhaging of cash in its latest fiscal year, but said a legislative fix is still needed to put it on a sound financial footing.
U.S. ban on guns that escape metal detectors set to expire
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A 25-year-old U.S. ban on any firearms that can escape discovery by a metal detector is scheduled to expire next month, just as law enforcement officials say they are closely watching the proliferation of plastic guns made with 3…
Kennedy cousin could be freed ahead of new trial for 1975 murder
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel could walk free from prison next week after 11 years behind bars as he awaits a new trial for the 1975 murder of a teen-age neighbor.
One dead as fire hits Chevron refinery in Mississippi
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Chevron Corp worker was killed in a fire that broke out early Friday morning at a cracking unit at the major U.S. oil company’s 330,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
One dead as fire hits Chevron refinery in Mississippi
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A Chevron Corp worker was killed in a fire that broke out early Friday morning at a cracking unit at the major U.S. oil company’s 330,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Analysis: In Texas courtroom, a battle resumes over race
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Last June the U.S. Supreme Court faced a question it has wrestled with repeatedly for more than a generation: When may universities consider a student’s race in making admissions decisions?
Exclusive: U.S. official in July feared HealthCare.gov ‘crash’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Almost three months before the botched launch of HealthCare.gov, a U.S. health official expressed frustration with a main contractor working on the website, fearing quality assurance issues could “crash the plane at take-off,” ac…
Pennsylvania paper retracts editorial panning Gettysburg Address
(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania newspaper on Thursday retracted an 1863 editorial that dismissed President Abraham Lincoln’s now revered Gettysburg Address delivered during the U.S. Civil War as “silly remarks” deserving a “veil of oblivion.”
