| U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks case says he was held in a "cage" Nov 30th 2012, 00:11  FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A U.S. Army private facing court-martial on suspicion of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website testified on Thursday he was confined to a "cage" in the early days after his arrest in 2010, and thought he would die there. Bradley Manning, in his first public comments since his arrest in Iraq, said his isolation led to a rapid decline in his awareness of his surroundings. He said that he was initially given little or no information about the charges against him. "My nights were my days and my days were my nights," Manning said. ...
|  | "East Coast rapist" pleads guilty to Virginia attack Nov 29th 2012, 22:51 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Connecticut man police say is the "the East Coast rapist" who terrorized women for more than a decade pled guilty on Thursday in a 2001 attack on a Virginia woman, the first time someone has taken responsibility for crimes in any of these cases. Aaron Thomas, 40, of New Haven, Connecticut, pled guilty in Loudoun County Circuit Court to the rape and abduction of a 41-year-old woman, according to online records. He faces a prison sentence of life on these charges. A charge of forcible sodomy was dropped. ... | | Thousands touched by photograph of New York cop helping shoeless man Nov 29th 2012, 22:22 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A photograph of a New York City police officer crouching by a shoeless panhandler to give him a new pair of boots on a cold night in Times Square has drawn a deluge of praise after it was published on the police department's Facebook page this week. By Thursday afternoon, nearly 394,000 people had clicked a button on the department's Facebook page to indicate that they "liked" the photograph. Tens of thousands left comments, most praising Officer Lawrence DePrimo for his charitable deed. ... | | New NY insurance rules needed due to disagreements: official Nov 29th 2012, 22:19 (Reuters) - New York State implemented emergency regulations requiring insurance companies to adjust claims related to superstorm Sandy more quickly, after the industry was unable to agree on a voluntary program, an official with the administration of Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a number of large insurers would not give the state a firm commitment to adjust claims as fast as regulators wanted. (Reporting By Ben Berkowitz) | | Two winning tickets share record $588 million Powerball draw Nov 29th 2012, 22:15  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Winning tickets bought in Arizona and Missouri matched numbers drawn for a record Powerball lottery jackpot of $588 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association said. Holders of the two winning tickets in the Wednesday night draw will share an estimated $385 million if they opt to take it as a lump sum. Alternatively, the $588 million can be paid out as an annuity over three decades, the association said. (This story corrects by deleting "after tax" in second paragraph) (Reporting by Tim Gaynor; Editing by Eric Walsh)
| | Illinois state Representative Ford indicted on federal bank fraud charges Nov 29th 2012, 22:09 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois State Representative La Shawn K. Ford was indicted on Thursday on federal bank fraud charges, with U.S. prosecutors saying that Ford submitted false income information in applying for a credit line. Ford, 40, is the second state legislator from Chicago to be indicted this year. In a complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois, Ford, a Democrat, was charged with obtaining a $500,000 increase in a line of credit from the failed ShoreBank by submitting false income information. ... | | Penn State to pay over $2.4 million to president fired over Sandusky Nov 29th 2012, 22:04 PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Former Penn State University President Graham Spanier, who was accused of covering up the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal and fired a year ago, will be paid more than $2.4 million in severance and compensation, the university said on Thursday. Spanier, 64, who served as Penn State president for 16 years, has pleaded not guilty to child endangerment, perjury, criminal conspiracy and other charges for failing to report the former assistant football coach's assaults on boys. ... | | New York fast-food workers rally for better pay, union Nov 29th 2012, 21:19 NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fast-food restaurant employees, many of whom work for minimum wage, protested in New York City on Thursday demanding higher pay and the right to form a union as part of a movement called "Fast Food Forward." The campaign seeks to roughly double hourly pay to $15 an hour. It is being billed as the largest attempt to unionize fast-food workers in the United States, where the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Leading the effort is New York Communities for Change (NYCC), a group that has helped organize low-wage carwash and grocery workers in New York. ... | |
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