| Missouri man, 93, charged with killing wife, 95 Jan 24th 2013, 02:23 KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A 93-year-old man accused of killing his wife thought he had also stabbed himself to death and asked paramedics en route to the hospital "why I am I still awake?" authorities said on Wednesday. Harry Irwin is charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his 95-year-old wife, Grace, in south Kansas City, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker said. ... |  | Lance Armstrong sued for fraud over book fabrications Jan 24th 2013, 02:04  (Reuters) - Two California men have sued Lance Armstrong and his book publishers for fraud and false advertising, claiming that the cyclist's best-selling memoirs, billed as non-fiction, were revealed to be filled with lies after he confessed last week to systematic doping. ...
| | Second person sought by police in Texas campus shooting Jan 24th 2013, 01:59 (Reuters) - Police were seeking a second person on Wednesday in connection with a shooting on a community college campus near Houston that left three people wounded. Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia said the shooting at Lone Star College took place during a "ridiculous confrontation" between Carlton Berry, 22, who has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and Jody Neal, 25, who will not face criminal charges. ... | | U.S. to lift ban on women in frontline combat jobs Jan 24th 2013, 01:35  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military will formally end its ban on women serving in frontline combat roles, officials said on Wednesday, in a move that could open thousands of fighting jobs to female service members for the first time. The move knocks down another societal barrier in the U.S. armed forces, after the Pentagon in 2011 scrapped its "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military. U.S. defense officials said the decision to end the ban had been taken by outgoing U.S. ...
| | Massachusetts governor wants tax hike to fund education Jan 24th 2013, 01:02 (Reuters) - Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick proposed on Wednesday a $34.8 billion state spending plan for fiscal 2014 that would raise income taxes by 1 percentage point to increase revenue for new education investments. Patrick's plan would raise the income tax rate to 6.25 percent from 5.25 percent, double the personal exemption for taxpayers and strip the commonwealth's tax system of several itemized deductions. The plan, which state lawmakers will be asked to approve, would also lower the sales tax rate to 4.5 percent from 6. ... | | In Arizona, controversial sheriff's posse watches over schools Jan 24th 2013, 00:45  CAVE CREEK, Arizona (Reuters) - Retired salesman David Bennett sits in a patrol car, armed with a semi-automatic Glock pistol and a shotgun, watching as parents drop off their children at a kindergarten in a desert community a few miles north of Phoenix. Bennett is volunteering his time to join a posse organized by controversial lawman Joe Arpaio, who styles himself as "America's Toughest Sheriff." The mission: to deter a repeat of last month's school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. ...
| | Veteran Arizona politician spared prison in FBI bribery sting Jan 24th 2013, 00:42 (Reuters) - An Arizona politician caught in an FBI bribery sting was spared prison time by a federal judge on Wednesday after pleading guilty to accepting tickets to sporting events in exchange for political favors. Paul Ben Arredondo, who for nearly two decades served as a state lawmaker and city councilman, will serve 18 months of home arrest and a total of three years' probation under the sentence by Judge Frederick Martone in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Arredondo, 65, pleaded guilty in October to two felony counts of mail fraud under a plea agreement reached with federal prosecutors. ... | | Scope of U.S. Air Force sexual assault case "stunning:" general Jan 24th 2013, 00:27 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sexual assault of 59 military recruits by drill instructors at a Texas air base was a "stunning" case that cannot be allowed to happen again, the top U.S. Air Force general told lawmakers on Wednesday as he testified before Congress about steps to address the problem. But victims groups at a hearing on the attacks at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio said the incident was just the latest example of a sexual assault problem that has bedeviled the military for decades. They said the military had failed to fully address the problem for far too long. ... | | Union membership falls to lowest percentage in 76 years Jan 24th 2013, 00:26  (Reuters) - The percentage of workers belonging to unions tumbled to 11.3 percent in 2012, the lowest percentage in 76 years, led by dramatic declines in states where lawmakers have put organized labor in the political crosshairs, government figures showed on Wednesday. The total number of union members fell by nearly 400,000, from 11.8 percent of the workforce in 2011, the Labor Department report on union membership said. The rate of 11.3 percent of the workforce was the lowest since 1936, when Franklin Roosevelt was president. ...
| | Five charged in deadly Philadelphia "dungeon" case Jan 23rd 2013, 23:39 PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Five people are accused of imprisoning disabled adults in a Philadelphia basement to steal their Social Security checks, part of a pattern of terror that stretched over a decade and resulted in two deaths, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Each defendant in the so-called Philadelphia dungeon case faces life in prison, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger said at a press conference to unveil the 196-count indictment. The alleged ringleader, Linda Weston, 52, could also face the death penalty because she is charged with two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, Memeger ... | | Union membership falls to lowest percentage in 76 years Jan 23rd 2013, 23:30  (Reuters) - The percentage of workers belonging to unions tumbled to 11.3 percent in 2012, the lowest percentage in 76 years, led by dramatic declines in states where lawmakers have put organized labor in the political crosshairs, government figures showed on Wednesday. The total number of union members fell by nearly 400,000, from 11.8 percent of the workforce in 2011, the Labor Department report on union membership said. The rate of 11.3 percent of the workforce was the lowest since 1936, when Franklin Roosevelt was president. ...
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