| Employers can fire workers they find too sexy, Iowa court rules Dec 22nd 2012, 01:37 (Reuters) - The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that employers in the state can legally fire workers they find too attractive. In a unanimous decision, the court held that a dentist did not violate the state's civil rights act when he terminated a female dental assistant whom his wife considered a threat to their marriage. The dental assistant, Melissa Nelson, who worked for dentist James Knight for more than 10 years and had never flirted with him, according to the testimony of both parties, sued, saying she would not have been fired if she were a man. ... |  | NRA calls for armed school guards as U.S. mourns massacre Dec 22nd 2012, 01:31  WASHINGTON/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) - The powerful U.S. gun rights lobby called on Friday for armed police in all U.S. schools within weeks as Americans remembered the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre with a moment of silence. National Rifle Association Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre said attempts to keep guns out of schools were ineffective and made schools more vulnerable than airports, banks and other public buildings patrolled by armed guards. ...
| | Insight: Mass shootings tend to lift gun sales, data shows Dec 22nd 2012, 00:54  NEW YORK/SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The coming weeks may well be banner ones for gun sales in America - and the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school will likely be a reason. The appetite for guns tends to increase following a mass shooting, according to a Reuters analysis of U.S. government data on background checks run on prospective gun buyers in the past 13 years - generally regarded as a reliable indicator of whether gun sales are increasing. ...
| | NRA offensive exposes deep U.S. divisions on guns Dec 22nd 2012, 00:18  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Any chance for national unity on U.S. gun violence appeared to wane a week after the Connecticut school massacre, as the powerful NRA gun rights lobby called on Friday for armed guards in every school and gun-control advocates vehemently rejected the proposal. The solution offered by the National Rifle Association defied a push by President Barack Obama for new gun laws, such as bans on high-capacity magazines and certain semiautomatic rifles. ...
| | Reaction to the NRA call for armed police in U.S. schools Dec 21st 2012, 23:57 (Reuters) - The National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. gun lobby group, has called for armed police to be stationed in all U.S. schools in response to the massacre last week of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. Here are some reactions to the NRA statement. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg: "The NRA's Washington leadership has long been out of step with its members, and never has that been so apparent as this morning. Their press conference was a shameful evasion of the crisis facing our country. ... | | Wisconsin court rules in favor of same-sex domestic registry Dec 21st 2012, 23:48  MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - An appeals court ruled on Friday that Wisconsin's same sex domestic partnership registry does not violate an amendment to the state constitution banning gay marriage. The registry gives same-sex couples limited rights and benefits. "Domestic partnerships carry with them substantially fewer rights and obligations than those enjoyed by and imposed on married couples," the three-judge Wisconsin panel wrote in its ruling. ...
| | Senate requires $3.4 billion spending offsets for Sandy aid bill Dec 21st 2012, 23:16  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Friday required that $3.4 billion of the superstorm Sandy reconstruction aid bill be offset by spending cuts next year, a move that Democrats said set a "dangerous precedent" for future disaster funding. The requirement on the $60.4 billion measure, which came as the result of a Republican procedural move, could open the door to future requirements to "pay for" disaster assistance with spending cuts. Congress in the past has simply funded disaster aid without such offsets. ...
| | Longtime gun lobby ally to lead plan for armed guards at schools Dec 21st 2012, 23:00  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In 2006, a political ad swept through the state of Arkansas, touting Asa Hutchinson's values as "shaped in rural Arkansas, a half-mile down a dirt road." In his unsuccessful bid for governor, the former federal prosecutor and U.S. congressman touted his conservative political views and garnered a strong endorsement from the National Rifle Association, a powerful U.S. gun lobby. ...
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