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Ohio man faces additional charges in murders of three women Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:07 PM PDT By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Accused serial killer Michael Madison faced additional charges on Monday in connection with the slayings of three women whose decomposing bodies were found wrapped in plastic bags around his suburban Cleveland home. Madison, 35, a convicted sex offender, already was charged aggravated murder and kidnapping in a case reminiscent of 11 slayings committed several years ago by Anthony Sowell, one of Cleveland's most notorious mass murderers. A grand jury on Monday charged Madison with raping his victims and abusing their corpses. ... Full Story | Top |
U.S. Army won't bar contractors linked to Afghan insurgents: watchdog Monday, Jul 29, 2013 09:03 PM PDT By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has refused to bar 43 individuals or companies from getting U.S. contracts in Afghanistan despite information that they support the Taliban or other enemies of U.S. forces, a government watchdog said on Tuesday. John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), said he was concerned by the Army's refusal to follow his office's recommendations to prevent alleged supporters of the Taliban, the Haqqani network and al Qaeda from getting or keeping U.S. government contracts. "I am deeply troubled that the U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Murdoch's wife hires new lawyer in divorce case: New York Times Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:47 PM PDT | Top |
Israeli-Palestinian talks begin amid deep divisions Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:25 PM PDT | Top |
Woman arrested for defacing Washington's National Cathedral Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:28 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C. The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down after the paint was found on the entrance and in two chapels. The unidentified woman was arrested after a police sweep of the premises, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said. "An adult female has been arrested for defacing property," police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: state media Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:27 PM PDT | Top |
Britain losing battle against internet crime, MPs say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:21 PM PDT | Top |
North Carolina governor signs law for tougher abortion clinic rules Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:07 PM PDT By Karen Brooks (Reuters) - North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law on Monday new requirements for clinics performing abortions that supporters say will protect women's safety and opponents say will restrict access to the procedure. The new law places sweeping new restrictions on abortion clinics, including a requirement doctors have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and be present when abortions are performed. ... Full Story | Top |
Coroner finds apparent hanging in disputed death of California inmate Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:05 PM PDT By Laila Kearney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California prison inmate whose death was attributed by activists to his participation in a mass hunger strike appears to have died by hanging, the local medical examiner's office said on Monday after an initial examination of his body. Billy Sell, 32, serving a life term for attempted murder at the Corcoran State Prison in central California, was found unconscious last Monday in his cell in the facility's "security housing unit," where prisoners are held in solitary confinement. ... Full Story | Top |
Hackers attack New Zealand government party websites to protest spy law Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:04 PM PDT WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Hackers disabled several websites of New Zealand's ruling party on Tuesday, protesting a planned law to widen the surveillance powers of the country's spy agency but the action was criticized by Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom as counter-productive. The government has proposed a controversial bill that would allow the General Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) to engage in domestic operations. Currently, it spies on foreign targets via electronic listening posts but is barred from spying on New Zealand citizens or residents. ... Full Story | Top |
China rules out Sino-Japanese summit: China Daily Monday, Jul 29, 2013 06:03 PM PDT | Top |
Abbas wants 'not a single Israeli' in future Palestinian state Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:54 PM PDT | Top |
Republicans weigh short-term U.S. budget measure Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:28 PM PDT | Top |
Obama to continue voting rights efforts, activists say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:22 PM PDT | Top |
Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions grow Monday, Jul 29, 2013 05:01 PM PDT | Top |
Al Qaeda group kidnaps Italian priest in Syria: activists Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:41 PM PDT By Khaled Yacoub Oweis AMMAN (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked fighters in a rebel-held eastern Syrian city on Monday abducted a prominent Italian Jesuit priest who championed the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, activists said. Members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant kidnapped father Paolo Dall'Oglio while he was walking in Raqqa, which fell to militant Islamist brigades in March, the sources in Raqqa province told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
Gunmen kill eight Tunisian troops as political tensions rise Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:40 PM PDT | Top |
Exclusive: Hollywood donor Haim Saban defends Anthony Weiner: 'Stay in the Race' Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:39 PM PDT By Sara Morrison LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Haim Saban, among a handful of Hollywood figures who've donated to Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign in between sex-photo scandals, still has faith that he's the best candidate to lead the biggest city in America. "I would encourage him to stay in the race," the billionaire entertainment mogul told TheWrap. Saban told TheWrap: "What Anthony Weiner has - or hasn't - done is an issue between him and his wife. ... Full Story | Top |
Lockheed, Pentagon reach deal on 71 more F-35s: source Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:33 PM PDT | Top |
Berlusconi faces verdict that could endanger Italian government Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:32 PM PDT | Top |
New York man pleads guilty to 'Rebecca' Broadway scam Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:30 PM PDT By Erin Geiger Smith (Reuters) - In a case prosecutors called "stranger than fiction," a former New York businessman pleaded guilty on Monday to defrauding the producers of Broadway production "Rebecca - The Musical" by creating an elaborate scheme involving fake overseas investors. Mark Hotton, 46, pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and agreed to forfeit $500,000 and to pay an additional $500,000 to the victims of his schemes. The guilty plea included a second scheme in which he sought to defraud a Connecticut-based real estate company. ... Full Story | Top |
Airline worker, wife accused of stealing luggage diverted after Asiana crash Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:29 PM PDT | Top |
Bombs kill 15 in Nigeria's Kano: police source Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:08 PM PDT KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - Multiple bomb blasts in Nigeria's biggest northern city of Kano killed 15 people on Monday, a senior policeman said, in an area previously targeted by militant Islamist group Boko Haram. Several witnesses said they saw dead bodies after hearing multiple blasts at around 9:30 p.m. (1630 EDT) in the Sabon Gari district, a predominantly Christian area dominated by ethnic Igbos from the southeast. "In all bomb attacks 15 were killed," the policeman in Kano told Reuters, asking not to be named. ... Full Story | Top |
Britain losing battle against internet crime, lawmakers say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:03 PM PDT By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of lawmakers said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinizes the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ... Full Story | Top |
Police search pond in Conn. hometown of ex-NFL player in murder probe Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:01 PM PDT | Top |
Baton Rouge sheriff accused of targeting gay men for arrest Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:59 PM PDT By Kathy Finn New Orleans (Reuters) - A councilman in Louisiana's capital city of Baton Rouge said on Monday he wants to examine official records to find out if a local sheriff has been harassing gay men by enforcing an anti-sodomy law that the U.S. Supreme Court declared unconstitutional a decade ago. ... Full Story | Top |
Senate confirms Comey to be next FBI director Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:46 PM PDT | Top |
White House takes aim at Obamacare opposition's economic claims Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:42 PM PDT | Top |
U.S. regulators moving cautiously on mortgage reforms Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:30 PM PDT By Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. bank regulators, wary of upsetting the fragile housing market, are moving cautiously in fashioning dozens of new rules to prevent reckless underwriting and other mortgage market abuses. In implementing the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, the regulators have said they are sensitive to arguments from a rare alliance of both lenders and consumer groups that too-tough rules could hamper credit availability. ... Full Story | Top |
Weiner plummets to fourth place in NYC mayor's race: poll Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:29 PM PDT | Top |
U.S. panel backs lung cancer screening for high-risk groups Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:15 PM PDT By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - After decades of debate, an influential U.S. panel has endorsed the use of low-dose CT scans to detect lung cancer in high-risk individuals, paving the way for insurance coverage of the test for as many as 10 million smokers and former smokers. The draft guidelines issued on Monday by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for annual CT screening of current and former smokers aged 55 to 80 with a history of smoking the equivalent of a pack a day for 30 years, or two packs a day for 15 years. ... Full Story | Top |
Republican lawmakers push Senate leaders over aid to Egypt Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:11 PM PDT | Top |
Timeline: Middle East peace talks resume Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:55 PM PDT (Reuters) - Middle East peace talks, due to resume in Washington this week, have a long and mostly disappointing history. But while more than two decades of summits and negotiations have failed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, some talks have come close and have left a template for future agreements. Following is a timeline of major summits and conferences aimed at Israeli-Palestinian peace. ... Full Story | Top |
Second-quarter GDP to slow sharply on tax burden Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:51 PM PDT | Top |
Mali election challenges loom as rivals stake claims Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:42 PM PDT | Top |
Gunmen launch major attack on Pakistani prison holding militants Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:37 PM PDT By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Grenade-wielding Taliban fighters battled Pakistani security forces during a sophisticated midnight attack on a major prison holding hundreds of Taliban and other militants, police said on Monday. Fighting continued into the early hours of Tuesday, and security forces said they had imposed a curfew on the city, Dera Ismail Khan, 200 miles west of Lahore. The Pakistani Taliban sent 100 fighters and seven suicide bombers on a mission to free some of their top leaders, said Taliban spokesman Shahidullah Shahid. ... Full Story | Top |
Iran nominee seen as olive branch to United States Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:30 PM PDT | Top |
Quebec orders MMA Railway, World Fuel to pay for crash cleanup Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:27 PM PDT | Top |
Tunisia says eight soldiers killed near Algeria border Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:24 PM PDT | Top |
Kerry seeks 'reasonable compromises' in Israeli-Palestinian talks Monday, Jul 29, 2013 02:15 PM PDT | Top |
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