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(Reuters) - Nearly two dozen people were treated for burns on their feet after walking on hot coals during a motivational seminar conducted by self-help expert Tony Robbins … More »"21 treated for burns in 'firewalk' at Robbins event: report"
(Reuters) - Nearly two dozen people were treated for burns on their feet after walking on hot coals during a motivational seminar conducted by self-help expert Tony Robbins in San Jose, California, local media reported. Firefighters treated at least 21 people for burns to the soles of their feet, several of them second- …
- More than $700,000 donated to bullied New York grandma Reuters - 7 hrs ago
(Reuters) - A fundraising drive for a bus monitor bullied by middle-school students closed late on Friday with a whopping $703,873 raised for the New York grandmother. … More »More than $700,000 donated to bullied New York grandma
(Reuters) - A fundraising drive for a bus monitor bullied by middle-school students closed late on Friday with a whopping $703,873 raised for the New York grandmother. Donations for 68-year-old Karen Klein of Greece, New York, broke records for the fundraising website Indiegogo.com after a 10-minute cellphone video of the …
Colorado shooting unlikely to spur changes in gun laws Reuters - 16 hrs agoWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and … More »Colorado shooting unlikely to spur changes in gun laws
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and horror on Friday after a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, he had nothing to say about gun control. Neither did President Barack Obama nor his Republican …
Stockton made scant headway in pre-bankruptcy talks Reuters - 13 hrs agoSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Stockton, California, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, never came close to striking deals with key creditors in talks before it … More »Stockton made scant headway in pre-bankruptcy talks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Stockton, California, the largest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy, never came close to striking deals with key creditors in talks before it sought court protection, the city disclosed on Friday in documents illustrating its stark choices. The city's bond insurers snubbed proposals from managers …
Glimmers of growth on Florida's Space Coast after shuttle shutdown Reuters - 8 hrs agoCAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttles Bar & Grill, a once-popular roadside diner a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, is shuttered, and a "For Rent" … More »Glimmers of growth on Florida's Space Coast after shuttle shutdown
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Shuttles Bar & Grill, a once-popular roadside diner a few miles south of the Kennedy Space Center, is shuttered, and a "For Rent" sign is taped to the window of a bagel shop that used to serve space center workers an early bird breakfast. But a year after the United States ended NASA's …
- Judge considers whether to block Washington state sex ad law Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A district judge heard arguments on Friday on whether to block a tough Washington state law requiring advertising sites to verify the age of people depicted in sex ads following a challenge by Backpage.com. The law, passed unanimously by Washington lawmakers in February, makes it a felony to knowingly …
- Police say they believe missing Iowa cousins were abducted Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
(Reuters) - Authorities in Iowa searching for two young cousins who disappeared last week said on Friday they were now treating the case as an abduction after an FBI dive team determined the girls' remains were not in a lake near where they were last seen. Elizabeth Collins, 8, and Lyric Cook, 10, disappeared around noon …
- New York bus system can't bar pro-Israel, 'defeat Jihad' ads Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A pro-Israel group must be allowed to place a paid advertisement on New York City public buses that equates jihadists with savages, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday. The opinion by U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer in Manhattan said a 1997 rule by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that barred …
- Shooting suspect got “high volume” of deliveries: police Reuters - 7 hrs ago
AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - The man accused in a shooting rampage at a Denver-area premiere of the new "Batman" film received a high volume of deliveries at work and home over the past four months, police said, parcels they believe contained ammunition and possibly bomb-making materials. Aurora Police Chief Dan Oates revealed …
- Florida man killed in police mix-up Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The death of a man shot inside his home, by a sheriff's deputy who went to the wrong apartment looking for a criminal suspect, has sparked protests this week over police procedures in the central Florida city of Leesburg. Andrew "Drew" Scott, 26, a pizza delivery driver, was shot dead at 1:30 …
- U.S. crops bake in searing heat, no relief for weeks Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Midday weather updates indicate extreme heat and drought conditions were set to continue baking already scorched corn and soybean crops in America's breadbasket through early August. "It's the same old general theme, dry in the southwest Corn Belt and some showers in the north and east," said Drew Lerner, …
- Analysis: Colorado shooting unlikely to spur changes in gun laws Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is a member of a coalition called Mayors Against Illegal Guns, but when he issued a statement expressing shock and horror on Friday after a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater, he had nothing to say about gun control. Neither did President Barack Obama nor his Republican …
- "Batman" shooting survivor proposes after family escapes death Reuters - Sat, Jul 21, 2012
(Reuters) - Surviving the deadly movie theater shooting in a Denver suburb was one momentous event that Jamie Rohrs and Patricia Legarreta shared on Friday - the other came afterward when they got engaged to be married at the hospital. The couple were in a theater in Aurora, Colorado, watching a midnight showing of "The …
- Fair access needed for North Dakota pipeline builders: lawmaker Reuters - Fri, Jul 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Democratic U.S. lawmaker called on federal regulatory authorities to ensure "discriminatory practices" were not blocking construction of new pipelines to transport oil from the booming oil play of North Dakota. "Currently, only one pipeline runs eastward across North Dakota to Minnesota, and there …
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AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - Deliveries received by the man accused of committing a movie house massacre at a Denver-area premiere of the new "Batman" film suggest months of "calculation and deliberation" leading up to the shooting rampage that killed 12 people, police said … More »Evidence shows months of plotting ahead of Colorado shooting: police
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A drill instructor accused of raping and … More »U.S. Air Force staff sergeant gets 20 years for …
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