| Kansas City Chiefs murder/suicide key may never be unlocked Dec 4th 2012, 04:19  (Reuters) - The murder/suicide committed on Saturday by Kansas City Chiefs football player Jovan Belcher left the National Football League, its fans and health professionals struggling to understand what drove him to do it. Belcher, 25, shot and killed his 22-year-old girlfriend Kasandra Perkins, the mother of his three-month-old daughter, in front of his own mother at home before driving to Arrowhead Stadium where he shot himself dead in the parking lot after thanking team officials for all they had done for him. For the NFL, arguably the most popular U.S. ...
|  | Judge fears gay conversion therapy ban's unintended consequences Dec 4th 2012, 03:44 SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday expressed concerns over the unintended consequences of a landmark California law that bars a controversial therapy aimed at reversing homosexuality in minors as a Christian group argued the law should be halted. California's Democratic governor, Jerry Brown, in September signed into law a ban against so-called conversion therapy for children and teenagers, making the nation's most populous state the first in the country to do so. ... | | Four with Illinois ties nominated for U.S. Attorney in Chicago Dec 4th 2012, 02:51  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Four prosecutors with Illinois ties were recommended on Monday to President Barack Obama for U.S. attorney in Chicago succeeding Patrick Fitzgerald, who left this summer after a tenure that included sending two of the state's governors to federal prison. The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois will be expected to carry on the fight against Chicago's political corruption after Fitzgerald was brought in from New York more than a decade ago to get tough on local politicians. Chicago's two U.S. ...
| | Magnitude 5.8 quake rattles Anchorage, Alaska Dec 4th 2012, 02:38 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Alaska on Monday, close to the city of Anchorage, rattling buildings and knocking bric-a-brac from shelves, but no serious damage or injuries were reported. The tremor, initially reported as a magnitude 5.7, struck at 4:42 p.m. (8:42 p.m. EST) 25 miles west of Anchorage, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, relatively shallow at a depth of 33.1 miles, was widely felt in Anchorage, according to Guy Urban, a geophysicist for the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer, Alaska. ... | | U.S. court voids drug rep's conviction, cites free speech Dec 4th 2012, 02:34 NEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court on Monday threw out the conviction of a sales representative for promoting off-label use of a prescription drug, a ruling that could make it harder for the government to police how drugs are marketed and sold. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York found that the sales representative's free speech rights under the First Amendment had been violated. ... | | Ex-baseball star Lenny Dykstra sentenced in bankruptcy fraud case Dec 4th 2012, 02:22  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Lenny Dykstra, the 1980s World Series hero who pleaded guilty earlier this year to bankruptcy fraud, was sentenced on Monday to six months in federal prison and ordered to perform 500 hours of community service. The 49-year-old former ballplayer - who is already serving time in state prison for grand theft auto, lewd conduct and assault with a deadly weapon - was also ordered to pay $200,000 in restitution. In the federal case, Dykstra pleaded guilty in July to bankruptcy fraud and other charges. ...
| | U.S. military court removes judge in Fort Hood massacre case Dec 4th 2012, 01:36  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The top U.S. military appellate court on Monday ruled that the judge presiding over the case of an Army major charged with a 2009 massacre at Fort Hood, Texas is not impartial and ordered him removed. The court also set aside the order by the judge, Colonel Gregory Gross, that accused gunman Major Nidal Hasan be forcibly shaved. ...
| | Two Mexican men charged in death of Coast Guard officer Dec 4th 2012, 01:25  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Mexican nationals were charged on Monday in the death of a U.S. Coast Guard petty officer who was thrown from his search vessel when it was rammed by a suspected drug-smuggling boat off the California coast. Jose Meija-Leyva and Manuel Beltran-Higuera were each charged in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles with killing an officer of the United States, U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said. Meija-Leyva and Beltran-Higuera were both ordered held without bond during a brief court appearance on Monday afternoon, Mrozek said. ...
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