| Hurricane Sandy menaces U.S. after slamming Cuba Oct 26th 2012, 03:55  HAVANA (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy swelled into a major threat to much of the U.S. East Coast on Thursday, U.S. forecasters said, as the storm swirled through the Bahamas after killing 21 people across the Caribbean. Strengthening rapidly after tearing into Jamaica and crossing the warm Caribbean Sea, Sandy hit southeastern Cuba early on Thursday with top sustained winds up to 110 miles per hour (177 km per hour) that left a trail of destruction, especially in the historic city of Santiago de Cuba. ...
|  | Police detain four in connection with L.A.-area shooting spree Oct 26th 2012, 03:23 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police detained four people on Thursday in an investigation of a shooting spree in which three people were killed and two were wounded at a small business and a nearby home owned by members of the same family in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey. None of the people detained had been placed under arrest in connection with Wednesday's back-to-back shootings, in which the victims are presumed to have been singled out by their assailant for attack, police said. ... | | Two children stabbed to death in NYC apartment, nanny arrested Oct 26th 2012, 03:10  NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mother returned home to her luxury New York City apartment on Thursday to find two of her young children stabbed to death in the bathtub, and the family's nanny was arrested as the suspect in the killings, police said. The mother discovered the bodies of the little boy and girl at about 5:30 p.m. in their apartment at 57 West 75th Street, near Central Park, on Manhattan's affluent Upper West Side, police said. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the children suffered "multiple stab wounds," and were pronounced dead at the scene, he said. ...
| | Two children stabbed to death in NYC apartment, nanny arrested Oct 26th 2012, 03:10 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mother returned home to her luxury New York City apartment on Thursday to find two of her young children stabbed to death in the bathtub, and the family's nanny was arrested as the suspect in the killings, police said. The mother discovered the bodies of the little boy and girl at about 5:30 p.m. in their apartment at 57 West 75th Street, near Central Park, on Manhattan's affluent Upper West Side, police said. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the children suffered "multiple stab wounds," and were pronounced dead at the scene, he said. ... | | California sues over $11 million campaign donation from Arizona group Oct 26th 2012, 02:24 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A California campaign finance regulatory agency sued an Arizona group on Thursday over an eleventh hour $11 million donation to a political action committee, which the agency's head said was the largest such donation in state history. The California Fair Political Practices Commission is suing the Phoenix-based Americans for Responsible Leadership for access to information about donors to the Arizona non-profit to evaluate if those donations comply with California campaign finance laws. ... | | California sues over $11 million campaign donation from Arizona group Oct 26th 2012, 02:24 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A California campaign finance regulatory agency sued an Arizona group on Thursday over an eleventh hour $11 million donation to a political action committee, which the agency's head said was the largest such donation in state history. The California Fair Political Practices Commission is suing the Phoenix-based Americans for Responsible Leadership for access to information about donors to the Arizona non-profit to evaluate if those donations comply with California campaign finance laws. ... | | California's GMO labeling proposal in tight race Oct 26th 2012, 02:03 LOS ANGELES/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Heavy advertising spending by Monsanto Co and others opposed to a California ballot proposal to require labels on grocery products containing genetically modified organisms is paying off, according to a new poll that shows the measure has slipped into a virtual tie. Forty-four percent of California voters now support the measure, while 42 percent oppose it and 13 percent are undecided, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll released on Thursday. ... | | California's GMO labeling proposal in tight race Oct 26th 2012, 02:03 LOS ANGELES/KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Heavy advertising spending by Monsanto Co and others opposed to a California ballot proposal to require labels on grocery products containing genetically modified organisms is paying off, according to a new poll that shows the measure has slipped into a virtual tie. Forty-four percent of California voters now support the measure, while 42 percent oppose it and 13 percent are undecided, according to the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll released on Thursday. ... | | New York to bar murderous spouses from making funeral arrangements Oct 26th 2012, 01:37 BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - New York state closed a legal loophole on Thursday that had allowed people accused of murdering their spouses the sole rights to their victims' remains. In a domestic violence bill signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo, a spouse charged with murder or one who was under a restraining order may no longer claim authority over what happens to the victim's body. The law, which takes effect on November 24, addresses situations such as that of Constance Shepherd, who was murdered in 2009. ... | | In Ohio, teenager's Craigslist murder case goes to jury Oct 26th 2012, 00:19 AKRON (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of an Ohio teenager accused in a murder plot that used a Craigslist ad to lure some victims began deliberations on Thursday after closing arguments depicted the defendant alternately as either a willing accomplice or a youthful pawn. Prosecutors painted Brogan Rafferty, 17, as a knowing partner to Richard Beasley, the 53-year-old accused triggerman in the case. Both suspects are charged with the murders of three men found buried in shallow graves around Ohio last year. ... | | In Ohio, teenager's Craigslist murder case goes to jury Oct 26th 2012, 00:19 AKRON (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of an Ohio teenager accused in a murder plot that used a Craigslist ad to lure some victims began deliberations on Thursday after closing arguments depicted the defendant alternately as either a willing accomplice or a youthful pawn. Prosecutors painted Brogan Rafferty, 17, as a knowing partner to Richard Beasley, the 53-year-old accused triggerman in the case. Both suspects are charged with the murders of three men found buried in shallow graves around Ohio last year. ... | | Court refuses Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas funding cut Oct 26th 2012, 00:18 AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling that would allow Texas to withhold funding for women's healthcare from Planned Parenthood's clinics because the organization also performs abortions. Texas Governor Rick Perry said after the order by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans that the state would immediately stop paying program participants that are affiliates of abortion providers. ... | | Court refuses Planned Parenthood appeal of Texas funding cut Oct 26th 2012, 00:18 AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling that would allow Texas to withhold funding for women's healthcare from Planned Parenthood's clinics because the organization also performs abortions. Texas Governor Rick Perry said after the order by the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans that the state would immediately stop paying program participants that are affiliates of abortion providers. ... | |
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