| Postal Service looks to new Congress for rescue Jan 4th 2013, 17:41 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congress that expired this week might have steered the nation away from the "fiscal cliff" of potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts, but it did not do much to save the U.S. Postal Service from its own fast-approaching cliff. The cash-strapped mail carrier that lost almost $16 billion in the past year, ran into its legal borrowing limit and defaulted twice on required payments to the federal government, now turns to the newly sworn-in Congress for help. ... |  | Idaho Senator Mike Crapo admits to drunken driving in Virginia Jan 4th 2013, 17:41  (Reuters) - Republican Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho pleaded guilty on Friday to a drunken driving charge but will avoid jail time if he remains on good behavior for a year, a prosecutor said. Crapo, a Mormon who has said he doesn't drink alcohol, was pulled over in Alexandria, Virginia, on December 23 for running a red traffic signal. Police said they arrested the senior senator from Idaho after he failed several field sobriety tests. Crapo, 61, was alone in his car at the time. Police said his blood alcohol content was 0.11 percent, above the 0. ...
| | Alleged Ohio rapists may not get fair trial: defendant's lawyer Jan 4th 2013, 17:27 (Reuters) - Two Ohio high-school football players accused of raping a teenage girl may not get a fair trial after a photo and video allegedly associated with the case were posted on the Internet by the computer hacking group Anonymous, a lawyer for one of the accused said on Friday. Ma'lik Richmond and Trenton Mays, both 16 and members of the Steubenville High School football team, are charged with raping a 16-year-old fellow student last August, according to statements from their attorneys to local and national media. ... | | House passes Sandy insurance bill amid anger over delay Jan 4th 2013, 16:46  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Friday approved $9.7 billion in initial federal funds for victims of Superstorm Sandy, with New York and New Jersey lawmakers still seething over delays in voting on the rest of a $60 billion aid package. The 354-67 vote will keep the National Flood Insurance Program solvent and able to continue paying claims of thousands of homeowners who suffered damage in coastal New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The measure still must receive approval from the U.S. ...
| | GM recalls more than 69,000 vehicles that could roll away Jan 4th 2013, 14:19  (Reuters) - General Motors Co is recalling more than 69,000 full-size trucks and vans globally that could roll away after being parked due to a potential steering column defect, the automaker said on Friday. The vehicles may have been built with a fractured park lock cable or a malformed steering column lock actuator gear, and could roll away after the driver has exited the vehicle, according to documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. GM said most of the affected vehicles are believed to be still on dealer lots or in transit to dealers. ...
| | Mississippi man pleads guilty to hate crimes following attacks Jan 4th 2013, 14:09 JACKSON, Miss (Reuters) - A Mississippi man pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal hate crime charges in connection with attacks on African-Americans that ended with a black man dead after being run over by a truck, federal officials said. Joseph Dominick, 21, was the sixth person to plead guilty to hate crimes charges for being part of a group of white males who routinely assaulted blacks in the Jackson area starting in the spring of 2011, attacking victims with motor vehicles, beer bottles and sling shots. ... | |
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