Charges dropped against suspect in Houston shooting that killed two
AUSTIN (Reuters) – A Texas sheriff’s office on Tuesday dropped charges against a man suspected of starting a shooting spree at a Houston-area weekend birthday party that left two dead and 19 injured.
TV pitchman Trudeau found guilty of criminal contempt
CHICAGO (Reuters) – A federal jury found pitchman Kevin Trudeau guilty of criminal contempt on Tuesday for exaggerating the contents of his weight-loss book in infomercials, and he was taken into custody, prosecutors said.
Paralyzed porn magnate Flynt objects to execution of his confessed attacker
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Larry Flynt, the publisher of the porn magazine Hustler who was shot and paralyzed in 1978, has gone to court to object to the pending execution in Missouri of a convicted serial killer he says fired the bullet that put him in a…
Georgia child burned after gasoline poured on slide ignites
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A two-year-old girl has been severely burned in suburban Atlanta in a freak accident after gasoline poured on an outdoor slide to make it slicker ignited from static electricity, police said on Tuesday.
Chicago bonds hold up in light trading after downgrade
(Reuters) – U.S. municipal bonds issued by Chicago held up in light trading on Monday even as the city’s debt suffered another triple-notch ratings downgrade on mounting concerns about its public pension liabilities.
Florida, Texas set to execute convicted killers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla./ AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Two U.S. death row inmates face execution on Tuesday, including a Florida man convicted of a 1991 sexual assault and murder who will be put to death using a new lethal injection procedure that has drawn lega…
New York’s One World Trade Center deemed tallest U.S. skyscraper
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The skyscraper at New York’s World Trade Center has been designated the tallest building in the United States by virtue of its spire, surpassing Chicago’s Willis Tower, an international body said on Tuesday.
Montana bride may have blindfolded husband, then pushed him off cliff: documents
(Reuters) – Federal prosecutors believe a Montana woman accused of shoving her new husband off a cliff at Glacier National Park during an argument may have blindfolded him before pushing him to his death, court documents show.
Two Americans kidnapped from ship off Nigeria released
ABUJA (Reuters) – Two Americans who were kidnapped from their ship by pirates off the coast of Nigeria last month have been released, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday.
U.S. mayor plans ballpark near site of slave cemetery, market
RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) – The mayor of Richmond, Virginia, announced plans on Monday to build a minor-league baseball park near the site of a slave market and cemetery, prompting an outcry over what protesters said would be desecration of the area…
