White House shoots down idea of device tax repeal in funding bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House would not agree to repealing a medical device tax as part of a stop-gap bill to continue funding the government past September 30, White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday.
National Grid settles with NY, Mass. over unpaid wages post-Sandy
(Reuters) – National Grid Plc will pay more than $6.3 million to compensate employees in New York and Massachusetts who were not properly paid in the weeks after Hurricane Sandy because of problems with a new computerized payroll system.
Ex-Montana teacher freed after month in jail for raping student
(Reuters) – A former Montana high school teacher was released from prison on Thursday after serving just one month for the rape of a 14-year-old student who later killed herself, a corrections department spokeswoman said.
Florida woman jailed for firing ‘warning shot’ at husband wins new trial
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A woman sentenced to 20 years in prison after firing a “warning shot” during an argument with her abusive husband won a new trial on Thursday in a case under Florida’s controversial self-defense law.
U.S. says online Obamacare enrollment for individuals starts October 1
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Individuals seeking health insurance under Obamacare through new federal marketplaces will be able to enroll online as planned beginning October 1, despite a one-month delay for small businesses, the Obama administration said on …
U.S. soldier accused in militia plot to face trial in wife’s death
ATLANTA (Reuters) – A U.S. Army soldier accused of using his wife’s $500,000 life insurance benefits to fund an anti-government militia group will face a court-martial on charges that he killed her and their unborn child, a military spokesman said on T…
Police ordered to release 911 audio tapes from Newtown shooting
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) – Police in Newtown, Connecticut, have been ordered to release 911 calls made from Sandy Hook Elementary School during last December’s massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators by a lone gunman.
U.S. backs market scheme for aviation emissions from 2020
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The United States supports a proposed market-based system to curb carbon emissions from the global aviation sector starting in 2020, but warned that concerns over measures to lower emissions in the interim threaten to undercut the …
Texas man set to be executed for murder over $100 debt
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas man who stabbed another man to death when he failed to pay back a $100 debt to an exotic dancer is scheduled to be executed on Thursday.
West Virginia University tops Playboy’s 2013 party school list
(Reuters) – West Virginia University can claim a new national title – the United States’ top party school.
