| Man, woman sentenced for trying to sell stolen Matisse in Miami Jan 23rd 2013, 02:43 MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida man and a Mexican woman were sentenced to prison terms on Tuesday for trying to sell a stolen painting by French master Henri Matisse a decade after it vanished from a Venezuelan museum, U.S. prosecutors said. Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman, 46, of Miami, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and Maria Martha Elisa Ornelas Lazo, 50, of Mexico City, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami said in a news release. The two pleaded guilty in October to charges of conspiracy to transport and sell stolen property. ... |  | Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan cleared in Pentagon inquiry Jan 23rd 2013, 02:26  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General John Allen, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, was cleared by Pentagon investigators of allegations of professional misconduct over email exchanges with a Florida socialite, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The decision by the Defense Department's Inspector General helps lift a cloud that has hung over Allen, who is married and has two daughters, ever since he became indirectly ensnared in the scandal that forced David Petraeus to resign as CIA director in November. It could also resurrect the four-star general's military career - although a ...
| | U.S. government joins lawsuit over New Jersey sports betting law Jan 23rd 2013, 02:01 (Reuters) - The U.S. government has joined a lawsuit from college and professional sports leagues seeking to stop New Jersey from implementing a law that would allow gambling on sports in the state. In papers filed in a New Jersey federal court on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said it wants to defend the constitutionality of a federal law that restricts sports gambling. New Jersey's law, signed last year by Governor Chris Christie, would allow sports betting at the state's racetracks and at Atlantic City casinos. ... | | Murder, racketeering trial of former New Jersey prosecutor begins Jan 23rd 2013, 01:29 NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey attorney Paul Bergrin facilitated a litany of crimes through his law firm, including drug trafficking, prostitution and the murder of an FBI informant, prosecutors said on Tuesday as his trial began in Newark federal court. A former federal prosecutor and prominent defense lawyer, Bergrin, 57, faces charges that he orchestrated the 2004 murder of Kemo DeShawn McCray, an FBI informant and witness against one of his clients, as well as 24 other counts ranging from racketeering to conspiring to kill witnesses. ... | | U.S. general charged with forced sex launches offensive Jan 23rd 2013, 01:10 WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - A U.S. Army general facing allegations of improper conduct toward female subordinates took on his accusers on Tuesday, asking a military judge to remove the prosecutors in his case and launching a website to tell his version of what happened. Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair was sent home from his post as a deputy commanding general in Afghanistan last year and faces a court-martial after being accused of inappropriate behavior involving four female subordinates and a civilian. ... | | Supreme Court urged to support gay marriage limits Jan 23rd 2013, 00:40  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court was urged on Tuesday to uphold the constitutionality of two laws that define marriage as the union of a man and a woman, as it prepares to hear arguments in the historic same-sex marriage cases two months from now. Supporters of the 2008 California prohibition on same-sex marriage known as Proposition 8 told the court that defining marriage should be left to voters rather than judges, and that the ban did not dishonor gays and lesbians. ...
| | Two suspects detained after shooting on Texas college campus Jan 23rd 2013, 00:22  HOUSTON (Reuters) - Three people were wounded, one critically, on Tuesday when gunfire erupted during an altercation between two people on a community college campus near Houston, police said, the latest in a series of shootings on U.S. college and school campuses. Two people "of interest" in the Lone Star College shooting were detained for questioning, including one with a student identification, according to authorities. "We are questioning them now," Harris County Sheriff's Office Captain W.K. Melacon told a press conference at the scene. ...
| | Top commander in Afghanistan cleared in Pentagon inquiry Jan 22nd 2013, 23:42  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has been cleared by a Pentagon inquiry into potentially inappropriate email communications with a Florida socialite, a senior U.S. official said, likely resurrecting his nomination to the military's top job in Europe. Marine General John Allen was placed under investigation in November over email exchanges with one of the women at the center of the scandal that forced David Petraeus to resign as CIA director. ...
| | High school graduation rate hits 78.2 percent, highest since 1974 Jan 22nd 2013, 23:17  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Graduation rates at high schools have improved to their highest level in nearly 40 years, driven by a surge in the percentage of Hispanic students earning diplomas, a government study released on Tuesday showed. Some 78.2 percent of U.S. high schoolers completed their studies and earned a diploma within four years in the 2009-2010 school year, according to U.S. Department of Education data. ...
| | Los Angeles Catholic officials shielded pedophile priests: report Jan 22nd 2013, 22:56  (Reuters) - Two Catholic Church officials in California plotted to conceal child molestation by priests from law enforcement as late as 1987, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday, citing newly released internal Church records. The records show that Los Angeles Archbishop Roger Mahony, who is now retired, and his top adviser on child sex abuse cases, Monsignor Thomas Curry, worked with other Church officials in 1987 to send priests accused of abuse out of state to avoid prosecution, the newspaper said. ...
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