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Red River floodwaters rise in northern U.S. Plains
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose three feet on Tuesday, getting closer to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota for the second straight spring in the key U.S. wheat-growing state.
Tax cuts for wealthy should expire: panel chair
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most House Democrats back President Barack Obama's plan to let tax cuts for the wealthy expire this year, though the proposal will face a battle in the Senate, the acting chief of the tax-writing panel in the...
Tiger Woods to make long-awaited return at U.S. Masters
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Tiger Woods will start trying to restore a reputation battered by marital infidelities at next month's U.S. Masters, the tournament which helped him become the world's most marketable sportsman.
Some U.S. air travelers complain about body scans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. air travelers have lodged complaints over use of full-body security scanners in the past year, charging they violate personal privacy and may be harmful to their health, documents released on Tuesday showed.
Bad weather depresses housing starts in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. housing starts fell last month as winter storms disrupted construction, and another drop in building permits suggested the weakness would linger.
Judge freezes assets of accused account hackers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge froze the assets of Russian hackers who allegedly hijacked online brokerage accounts and then placed unauthorized trades in order to manipulate markets.
Mexico-bound bus overturns in Texas, killing 2
CAMPBELLTON, Texas (AP) -- A bus headed for Mexico carrying 40 people overturned along a southern Texas highway on Tuesday, killing at least two people and sending at least 30 people to hospitals, officials said.......
$70M in prescription drugs stolen in Conn. heist
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Thieves scaled a wall at a pharmaceutical warehouse over the weekend, cut a hole in the roof and rappelled inside to steal about $70 million in antidepressants and other prescription drugs, authorities...
NYC restaurants must now show their report cards
NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City's 24,000 restaurants - from its internationally known eateries on down to its most modest pizza counters - will have to display large letter grades near their entrances indicating how...
Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) -- New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in "ab blaster" classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time...
Judge: Winfrey must defend ex-headmistress’s suit
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls' school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge...
FCC backs plan to speed up Internet
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved on Tuesday a summary of the agency's national broadband plan, that aims to expand access, increase Internet speeds and shift airwaves to mobile services.
NOAA warns of big floods after fierce winter
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A huge snowpack from a harsh winter will cause extensive flooding this spring in the upper Midwest and in the major corn-growing state of Iowa, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration said on Tuesday.
Plane kills jogger in SC beach emergency landing
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) -- A 38-year-old father of two was jogging and listening to his iPod when he was hit from behind and killed by a small plane making an emergency landing on the...
Honda to recall 412,000 vehicles in U.S. for brakes
DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co will recall about 412,000 vehicles in the United States to address the risk that brake pedals may feel soft and slip closer to the floor over time, the company said on Tuesday.
Northeast slowly dries out from wind-whipped storm
WAYNE, N.J. (AP) -- The powerful wind-whipped nor'easter was gone, but the floods lived on Tuesday in many Northeast communities.......
Ark. woman whose 3 kids drowned pleads guilty
MORRILTON, Ark. (AP) -- A woman who drove into a lake after a late-night party, killing her three young sons, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of child endangerment after tearfully telling the court she had...
Erin Andrews peephole stalker lands in jail
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance salesman was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Monday for making nude videos through hotel peepholes of television sports reporter Erin Andrews and posting them on the Internet.
Recession left “walking wounded” workers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Many workers around the world have given up hopes of advancing in their jobs, but the bad economy is keeping them from finding new ones.
Madoff brother and sons attack trustee’s claims
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lawyers for swindler Bernard Madoff's brother Peter attacked as "sensationalistic" a trustee's allegations that he should have known about the historic multibillion dollar fraud and stopped it while he was an executive at the Madoff firm.
Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags while contractors constructed clay levees along the fast-rising Red River to help protect nearby homes from the murky waters.......
Red River rises 2 feet at Fargo, nears major flood
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - The Red River rose closer, as expected, to causing major flooding at Fargo, North Dakota, on Tuesday, rising more than two feet since Monday afternoon.
12 hidden in pickup pursued by Phoenix police
TOLLESON, Ariz. (AP) -- A dozen illegal immigrants were hidden in the truck bed and extended cab of a pickup that led police on a lengthy pursuit in west Phoenix.......
Widespread spring flooding forecast
WASHINGTON (AP) -- With truckloads of sandbags rolling into cities like Fargo, N.D. and Moorhead, Minn., the government confirmed residents' fears Tuesday, forecasting major flooding in the Midwest following a wetter than normal winter.......
EU postpones hedge funds reform amid UK resistance
BRUSSELS (AP) -- European Union countries called off Tuesday talks on new rules to oversee hedge funds, saying they needed more time to get "isolated" Britain on board a compromise deal.......
Magnitude-4.4 earthquake shakes Southern Calif.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.......
Women more likely to die after heart attack
ATLANTA (Reuters) - When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.
Housing starts, permits fall in February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts and permits to build new homes both fell in February as winter storms in some parts of the country disrupted home building, a government report showed on Tuesday.
Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck near Los Angeles on Tuesday, awakening residents but causing no apparent damage in the second largest U.S. city, the U.S. Geological Survey and witnesses said.
Plucky whooping crane gives wildlife experts hope
ARANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas (AP) -- After the poisonous snake slithered into the whooping crane family's marshy grounds and sank its fangs into the chick's neck, death seemed certain.......
New HIV infections increasing among homosexuals
NEW YORK (AP) -- New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize these practices, the head of the U.N. AIDS agency said Monday.......
Toyota dismisses Calif. man’s runaway Prius report
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Toyota Motor Corp. was quiet last week when James Sikes told reporters how the gas pedal got stuck on his 2008 Prius, leading him on a wild ride on a Southern California...
ESPN reporter’s stalker gets 2 1/2 years in prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after giving a tearful apology that was harshly rebuked...
Killing of Americans pressures Mexico in drug war
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Mexico's bloodiest drug war hotspot has thrown President Felipe Calderon a major test as he heads to this border city on Tuesday to try...
Toyota casts doubt on “runaway” Prius claim
WASHINGTON/SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's account of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius incident in California that overshadowed the company's attempts to restart sales after a punishing...
Calif. man sentenced for bilking $7M from casinos
SAN DIEGO (AP) -- A San Diego man who led a card-cheating ring that bilked dozens of casinos out of $7 million was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in federal prison.......
Boston art heist rattles investigators 20 years on
BOSTON (AP) -- It remains the most tantalizing art heist mystery in the world.......
Edwards mistress: Still in love, living ‘truth’
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall...
Some Toyota drivers suing in US for a full refund
MIAMI (AP) -- A group of Toyota owners sued the Japanese automaker Monday, demanding a full refund for their recalled cars and seeking a payout that could exceed several billion dollars.......
NYC partners with Citi to modernize public housing
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City will renovate 21 public housing projects, home to thousands of people, through two deals that allow it to for the first time tap federal funds for them, the city and state said on...
North Dakota braces for major flooding by Tuesday
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Melting snow will cause major flooding along the Red River in North Dakota by Tuesday with water levels just below the record set in 2009 during one of the worst floods in the state's history, the...
Credit card data hints at U.S. consumer rebound
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Credit card delinquency rates improved at JPMorgan Chase & Co and a majority of others -- a sign the lenders still face hurdles in the wake of the deep recession.
Ex-NY bank president first accused of TARP fraud
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former president of New York's privately held Park Avenue Bank was arrested on Monday on fraud charges, the first person accused of attempting to steal U.S. government bailout funds in the financial crisis.
Mexico violence factors in spring break plans
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) -- Marquette University senior Kelly Magennis wasn't even up prepping for the start of the biggest spring break week on Texas' South Padre Island when the first text message arrived from...
Soldier acquitted in 3 deaths faces military trial
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- A soldier acquitted of killing a mother and two of her young daughters in North Carolina about 25 years ago is now going on trial in military court after prosecutors say new...
IRS: new UBS-style foreign bank prosecution “shortly”
HOLLYWOOD, Florida (Reuters) - U.S. tax authorities are expected to "very shortly" launch another prosecution against a foreign bank similar to the tax evasion case they pressed against Switzerland's UBS AG, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) agent said on Monday.
Toyota says no evidence “runaway” Prius happened
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Monday it had found no evidence to support the driver's version of a widely publicized "runaway" Prius episode a week ago, suggesting that authorities examine whether the incident happened as reported...
NYC ex-bank prez charged in bailout fraud
NEW YORK (AP) -- The former president of a small Manhattan community bank on Monday became the first person accused of trying to defraud the federal bailout program.......
Snowstorms curb industrial output, rebound seen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industrial production braked sharply in February, held back by severe winter storms that slammed parts of the country, while manufacturing activity in New York state stalled this month.
People leave unique trail of germs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - People leave more than fingerprints when they touch stuff -- they also deposit a tell-tale trail of germs that could help investigators solve crimes, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
NASA finds shrimp dinner on ice beneath Antarctica
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a surprising discovery about where higher life can thrive, scientists for the first time found a shrimp-like creature and a jellyfish frolicking beneath a massive Antarctic ice sheet.......
Heart-shock device may disrupt quiet hospice death
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If you have a heart-zapping defibrillator implanted in your chest but now are dying of something else, when do you have it turned off?......
States go all in, expand gaming to plug the budget
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Faced with a drop in gambling revenue, states are adding games, considering new casinos and increasing lottery options - anything to keep their cut of the profits rolling in.......
U.S. stem cell expert is “hottest” researcher
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rudolf Jaenisch, whose stem cell lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has consistently broken new barriers in the field, is the world's "hottest" researcher, according to a survey by Thomson Reuters.
AP Enterprise: US botched Haiti flights to Fla.
MIAMI (AP) -- As hundreds of injured survivors of the Haiti earthquake overwhelmed Florida hospitals in January, state officials pleaded with the federal government for basic information about arriving patients but got little assistance, e-mails obtained...
Help wanted: Space flight experience required
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - For astronauts worried about their future with NASA, good news: a private company is hiring.
U.S. court rules again against vaccine-autism claims
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vaccines that contain a mercury-based preservative called thimerosal cannot cause autism on their own, a special U.S. court ruled on Friday, dealing one more blow to parents seeking to blame vaccines for their children's illness.
Poll charts rising U.S. environmental satisfaction
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans have grown more content about current environmental quality over the past year, though 53 percent still rate conditions as only fair to poor, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday.
Gay seniors come out late, start second lifetime
MIAMI (AP) -- On his 75th birthday, Bill Farthing decided to be reborn. In the six years since he'd buried his wife of 45 years, he'd felt as he did long before: Lonesome, different, outcast. He...
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