| Statue of Liberty's renovated crown to reopen this weekend Oct 26th 2012, 20:08 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The crown of the Statue of Liberty will reopen to the public on Sunday - the 126th anniversary of its dedication - after a year-long renovation to make the New York landmark safer and more accessible to people in wheelchairs. The $30 million renovation of the statue, which towers over Liberty Island in New York Harbor, improved fire alarms, sprinkler systems and exit routes to bring Lady Liberty in line with New York City safety codes, the National Park Service said. ... |  | Cold War jet-fuel tanks, other debris hauled from Alaska parks Oct 26th 2012, 19:54 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service has completed a five-year clean-up of fuel tanks ejected by U.S. fighter jets over Alaska during the Cold War, along with other junk unrelated to the planes, officials said on Friday. The litter, largely consisting of spent fuel tanks dumped by military jets doing maneuvers in the 1970s, was hauled off park lands in the Kobuk Valley National Park and the Noatak National Preserve in northwestern Alaska. ... | | Cold War jet-fuel tanks, other debris hauled from Alaska parks Oct 26th 2012, 19:54 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service has completed a five-year clean-up of fuel tanks ejected by U.S. fighter jets over Alaska during the Cold War, along with other junk unrelated to the planes, officials said on Friday. The litter, largely consisting of spent fuel tanks dumped by military jets doing maneuvers in the 1970s, was hauled off park lands in the Kobuk Valley National Park and the Noatak National Preserve in northwestern Alaska. ... | | Planned Parenthood sues again over Texas health program Oct 26th 2012, 19:51 (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood family planning providers in Texas filed a new lawsuit on Friday over a rule that bars its clinics from a state health program for low-income women because the organization performs abortions. The suit was filed in state court, after a federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling allowing Texas to withhold funding for women's healthcare from Planned Parenthood clinics. The new lawsuit tries a different legal tactic, filing in state rather than federal court, and arguing that the way the Texas rule is written violates state law. ... | | Planned Parenthood sues again over Texas health program Oct 26th 2012, 19:51 (Reuters) - Planned Parenthood family planning providers in Texas filed a new lawsuit on Friday over a rule that bars its clinics from a state health program for low-income women because the organization performs abortions. The suit was filed in state court, after a federal appeals court declined on Thursday to reconsider a ruling allowing Texas to withhold funding for women's healthcare from Planned Parenthood clinics. The new lawsuit tries a different legal tactic, filing in state rather than federal court, and arguing that the way the Texas rule is written violates state law. ... | | U.S. Navy sends ships to sea ahead of "Frankenstorm" Oct 26th 2012, 19:51 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Friday ordered all ships in the Norfolk, Virginia, area - including the nuclear-powered USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier - out to sea beyond the reach of approaching Hurricane Sandy. It was just one of the storm precautions being announced by the Pentagon, which said around 61,000 members of the National Guard were ready to respond, if needed. Sandy, dubbed a "Frankenstorm" by one government forecaster, has begun merging with a polar air mass over the eastern United States, potentially spawning a hybrid super-storm that could wreak havoc along the U. ... | | U.S. East Coast battens down ahead of Hurricane Sandy Oct 26th 2012, 17:33  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virginia declared a state of emergency on Friday, neighboring states readied utility crews and New York City said it may shut down mass transit as authorities along the U.S. East Coast prepared for a potential pounding from Hurricane Sandy. From the Carolinas to Maine, municipal authorities kept a close watch on forecasts tracking the shifting path of the fierce "Frankenstorm," which could come ashore Monday with heavy rain, storm surges and possibly near hurricane-force winds. ...
| | U.S. East Coast battens down ahead of Hurricane Sandy Oct 26th 2012, 17:33 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Virginia declared a state of emergency on Friday, neighboring states readied utility crews and New York City said it may shut down mass transit as authorities along the U.S. East Coast prepared for a potential pounding from Hurricane Sandy. From the Carolinas to Maine, municipal authorities kept a close watch on forecasts tracking the shifting path of the fierce "Frankenstorm," which could come ashore Monday with heavy rain, storm surges and possibly near hurricane-force winds. ... | | "Rogue trader" weeps as tells court he acted for good of UBS Oct 26th 2012, 17:25  LONDON (Reuters) - Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli wept on Friday as he told a jury that his "off-book" trading was done for the benefit of the bank that meant everything to him. Addressing the court for the first time in his long-running trial in London, Adoboli said he had no reason to believe he was doing anything wrong since he was doing it to generate profits and colleagues knew about it. ...
| | Iowa farmland sale hits new record high at $21,900 an acre Oct 26th 2012, 17:22 CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the Midwest struggles with the ripple effects of this year's devastating drought, farmland prices in Iowa hit a new record high on Thursday when an 80.47-acre parcel sold for $21,900 an acre, the auction firm that handled the sale said Friday. The parcel is located in Sioux County near Boyden, Iowa, about 42 miles southeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The sale soared past last year's record price tag of $20,000 per acre which was set in an auction for a 74-acre parcel held in the same county in northwest Iowa. ... | | Iowa farmland sale hits new record high at $21,900 an acre Oct 26th 2012, 17:22 CHICAGO (Reuters) - As the Midwest struggles with the ripple effects of this year's devastating drought, farmland prices in Iowa hit a new record high on Thursday when an 80.47-acre parcel sold for $21,900 an acre, the auction firm that handled the sale said Friday. The parcel is located in Sioux County near Boyden, Iowa, about 42 miles southeast of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The sale soared past last year's record price tag of $20,000 per acre which was set in an auction for a 74-acre parcel held in the same county in northwest Iowa. ... | | BP spill trial delayed until February 2013 Oct 26th 2012, 17:00  HOUSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday delayed until February 2013 the start of a massive trial to determine liability from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, citing tourist events that will keep New Orleans' hotels booked. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans, who is presiding over a massive three-part hearing to decide liability for BP Plc.'s 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill, said the trial will begin on February 25, 2013. That trial, which had been delayed by nearly a year already due to a pending $7. ...
| | Police hope to interview New York nanny in children stabbing Oct 26th 2012, 16:40  NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police on Friday are hoping to interview the critically wounded nanny suspected of stabbing to death two children of a CNBC television executive in the family's luxury Manhattan apartment, a police official said. The New York Police Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the nanny, identified as Yoselyn Ortega, remains sedated in critical condition at a Manhattan hospital. Ortega, 50, who police say cut her own throat, has not been charged because police have not been able to interview her. ...
| | Police hope to interview New York nanny in children stabbing Oct 26th 2012, 16:40 NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police on Friday are hoping to interview the critically wounded nanny suspected of stabbing to death two children of a CNBC television executive in the family's luxury Manhattan apartment, a police official said. The New York Police Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the nanny, identified as Yoselyn Ortega, remains sedated in critical condition at a Manhattan hospital. Ortega, 50, who police say cut her own throat, has not been charged because police have not been able to interview her. ... | | Washington lobby shooting suspect pleads not guilty to terrorism Oct 26th 2012, 16:38 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suspect in an August shooting at a conservative Washington advocacy group pleaded not guilty on Friday to new charges that include terrorism. The suspect, Floyd Corkins II, was indicted by a grand jury this week on seven new District of Columbia offenses in the August 15 shooting at the Family Research Council. Corkins, of Herndon, Virginia, pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts. The charges include committing an act of terrorism while armed, attempted murder while armed, aggravated assault while armed, and weapons charges. ... | | Washington lobby shooting suspect pleads not guilty to terrorism Oct 26th 2012, 16:38 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The suspect in an August shooting at a conservative Washington advocacy group pleaded not guilty on Friday to new charges that include terrorism. The suspect, Floyd Corkins II, was indicted by a grand jury this week on seven new District of Columbia offenses in the August 15 shooting at the Family Research Council. Corkins, of Herndon, Virginia, pleaded not guilty in a brief hearing before U.S. District Judge Richard Roberts. The charges include committing an act of terrorism while armed, attempted murder while armed, aggravated assault while armed, and weapons charges. ... | | Alabama to vote on removing racist words from constitution Oct 26th 2012, 16:23 BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Voters in Alabama will decide next month whether to remove racist language from the state's 111-year-old constitution, and the ballot measure has drawn opposition from what might seem an unlikely group: black lawmakers. Amendment 4 asks voters if they support deleting references to separate schools for white and black children and a poll tax, wording already invalidated long ago by federal law. ... | |
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