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Florida celebrates 500th anniversary but history blurred by myth

Florida celebrates 500th anniversary but history blurred by myth

By means of Amy Wimmer Schwarb ST AUGUSTINE, Florida (Reuters) – Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon was only four-foot, eleven-inches tall, a trolley tour operator informed his passengers as they rolled down a picturesque street in St. Augustine lined with moss-draped reside all righttrees. But the Timucuan Indians he encountered […]

 
 

At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House

At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House

Through Jeff Mason SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – President Barack Obama used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters' issues a few transnational oil pipeline and his dedication to tackling local weather change, while urging them to force Republicans out of power in Congress in 2014. The Obama administration is anticipated to […]

 
 

Two white supremacists sought in probe of Colorado prison chief’s slaying

Two white supremacists sought in probe of Colorado prison chief’s slaying

DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado authorities probing the killing of the state's prisons chief, who used to be shot on the door of his home final month, were searching for two individuals of a white supremacist prison gang in connection with the case, a sheriff's spokesman stated on Wednesday. The men […]

 
 

One person killed in shooting at Fort Knox Army post

By Bob Driehaus CINCINNATI (Reuters) – A man who labored as a civilian Army employee was shot to demise on Wednesday in a automobile parking space at the Fortress Knox Army base in Kentucky in an incident that prompted a safety lockdown there, officers said. Authorities mentioned the taking pictures […]

 
 

Arizona city becomes state’s first to allow same-sex civil unions

By using Tim Gaynor BISBEE, Arizona (Reuters) – A former Arizona copper mining town reborn as an artists’ neighborhood defied the threat of felony action on Tuesday and became the primary city within the conservative southwestern state to allow civil unions between similar-sex couples. The city council in Bisbee, a […]

 
 

Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

Alabama Senate passes bill tightening rules for abortion clinics

By way of Verna Gates BIRMINGHAM, Ala (Reuters) – The Alabama Senate passed an abortion bill on Tuesday critics say would restrict get entry to to the process with stricter requirements for clinics that offer it. The Senate handed the bill on a vote of twenty-two-10, after the House handed […]

 
 

N.Y. politicians arrested in alleged mayoral race bribe scheme

By means of Edith Honan and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested on Tuesday and charged with looking to purchase a place on the Republican ticket in the metropolis’s mayoral race, in what prosecutors stated was once a part of […]

 
 

Suspect in Colorado prison chief killing spent bulk of sentence in solitary

Suspect in Colorado prison chief killing spent bulk of sentence in solitary

Via Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – A parolee suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief spent most of his eight-yr jail sentence in solitary confinement for assaulting and dangerous to kill jailers and combating with other inmates, jail data made public on Thursday confirmed. Evan Spencer Ebel incurred 28 disciplinary infractions […]

 
 

For first time, Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker after arrests

For first time, Nevada legislature ousts lawmaker after arrests

Via Laura Zuckerman (Reuters) – The Nevada State Meeting expelled Democratic Assemblyman Steven Brooks on Thursday after he used to be arrested twice this yr, in the first time the chamber ousted a member in the historical past of the state legislature. Brooks' expulsion was once approved by way of […]

 
 

Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes

Newtown school gunman fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes

Through Mary Ellen Clark and Noreen O'Donnell MERIDEN/NEWTOWN, Connecticut (Reuters) – The gunman who killed 20 children and six adults at a Connecticut fundamental college fired 154 rounds in less than 5 minutes, picking high capability magazines from a home arsenal stocked with swords, knives and a cache of guns, […]

 
 

White supremacist killed in Texas investigated in Colorado slayings

White supremacist killed in Texas investigated in Colorado slayings

By means of Corrie MacLaggan AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A white supremacist ex-convict who died in a roadside gun fight with Texas police was being investigated for conceivable links to the deaths of a Colorado prisons chief and a pizza delivery man, legislation enforcement officials said on Friday. Police stated […]

 
 

Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life

Marine kills two at Quantico base, takes own life

Via Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Marine shot useless a female and male colleague at a Virginia base and then killed himself, within the second fatal non-combat incident involving Marines in the United States this week. Defense force investigators declined to comment on what influenced the taking pictures late […]

 
 

FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts

FAA to close 149 control towers to meet budget cuts

By means of Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration mentioned on Friday it is going to shut 149 air traffic control towers at small airports throughout the united states of america beginning on April 7 because it copes with computerized federal spending cuts. The White Home and […]

 
 

Budget deadlock squeezes military members seeking education

Budget deadlock squeezes military members seeking education

By way of Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – For Airman First Category Stephen Sinatra, the finances cuts prompted by using impasse in Washington have became his plans upside down. Sinatra, who is within the U.S. Air Power stationed in Washington, D.C., is taking on-line faculty lessons due to a […]

 
 

Comedian’s sister, philandering ex-governor in South Carolina race

Comedian’s sister, philandering ex-governor in South Carolina race

By way of Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – A comedian's sister and a philandering ex-governor lead a container of 18 candidates looking for to fill a vacant congressional seat in Tuesday's unique election, reminding voters how "Appalachian Trial" was a euphemism for extramarital affair. Coastal South Carolina's 1st […]