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U.S. to delay key health-reform provision to 2015

U.S. to delay key health-reform provision to 2015

By way of David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Tuesday it would not require employers to provide medical health insurance for his or her employees until 2015, delaying a key provision of President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform regulation via a 12 months, to beyond the subsequent […]

 
 

Prosecution wraps up case in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial

Prosecution wraps up case in U.S. WikiLeaks court-martial

Via Ian Simpson FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) – Courtroom-martial prosecutors wrapped up their case on Tuesday in opposition to the soldier charged with providing a trove of secret subject material to WikiLeaks in the largest leak of categorised recordsdata in U.S. history. Non-public First Category Bradley Manning, 25, faces 21 […]

 
 

In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

In Florida, Nik Wallenda readies for Grand Canyon high-wire act

By using Saundra Amrhein SARASOTA, Florida (Reuters) – Dressed casually in a T-shirt, calf-size cargo pants and flip-flops, Nik Wallenda seems no different from some of the a whole bunch of spectators who have turned out in up to date days to observe him observe for his next excessive-wire act. […]

 
 

Obama does not feel Americans’ privacy violated: chief of staff

Obama does not feel Americans’ privacy violated: chief of staff

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama does no longer consider the lately disclosed prime-secret National Security Agency surveillance of cellphone data and Web data has violated American citizens' privateness rights, his chief of staff said on Sunday. …

 
 

After opening gambit, Detroit manager’s next move vexes creditors

After opening gambit, Detroit manager’s next move vexes creditors

Through Nick Carey and Tom Hals (Reuters) – Now that Detroit's emergency manager has laid out a tough highway that could include a chapter submitting for the town, the bondholders, pension managers and others with a stake in the outcome are left to investigate his subsequent steps whereas seeking to […]

 
 

President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row

President Obama takes health pitch to California after rate row

By using Caroline Humer and Deena Beasley (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will tell Americans they are getting a excellent deal out of healthcare reform right through a shuttle to California on Friday, the place an argument is raging over whether it is residing up to its name because the […]

 
 

Misfired 2010 email alerted IRS officials in Washington of targeting

Misfired 2010 email alerted IRS officials in Washington of targeting

With the aid of Kim Dixon and Patrick Temple-West WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A misfired e-mail from a U.S. Inner Revenue Carrier worker in Cincinnati alerted quite a lot of Washington IRS officials that additional scrutiny was being positioned on conservative teams in July 2010, a 12 months past than up […]

 
 

Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security

Reports on surveillance of Americans fuel debate over privacy, security

By Mark Hosenball and John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The controversy over whether or not the government is violating electorate' privacy rights while trying to protect them from terrorism escalated dramatically on Thursday amid experiences that authorities have accrued knowledge on millions of telephone customers and tapped into servers at […]

 
 

Threatening letters sent to N.Y. Mayor may contain ricin: police

Threatening letters sent to N.Y. Mayor may contain ricin: police

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two letters addressed to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his gun keep watch over crew contained subject material believed to be the deadly poison ricin, and referenced the controversy on gun regulations, police stated on Wednesday. The New York Police Department said preliminary assessments […]

 
 

Judge rejects legal challenges by accused Colorado theater gunman

Judge rejects legal challenges by accused Colorado theater gunman

DENVER (Reuters) – A Colorado decide on Wednesday rejected challenges to the state's madness protection statute and dying penalty law with the aid of accused movie theater gunman James Holmes, in keeping with courtroom documents. "The provisions within the insanity statutes and the loss of life penalty statute challenged by […]

 
 

U.S. spelling bee starts with a new challenge : definitions

U.S. spelling bee starts with a new challenge : definitions

By Ian Simpson OXON HILL, Maryland (Reuters) – Once in a while-fearful contestants in the USA' Scripps Nationwide Spelling Bee launched two days of competitors on Wednesday, facing the brand new challenge of not simplest having to spell vague words correctly, but additionally understanding what they mean. A complete of […]

 
 

Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

Powerful tornadoes strike in four central U.S. states

By using Chris Francescani (Reuters) – A tremendous storm entrance swept north through the important United States on Sunday, hammering the region with fist-sized hail, blinding rain and tornadoes, including a half of-mile broad twister that struck close to Oklahoma City. Information experiences said at least one particular person had […]

 
 

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

Insight: The road to a greener America is littered with road-kill

With the aid of Nichola Groom LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – In October 2004, then California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rolled up to a pioneering fueling station at Los Angeles International Airport in a hydrogen-powered metallic blue Hummer loaned to him by using General Motors Corp. The "California Hydrogen Freeway," Schwarzenegger's vision […]

 
 

Insight: The fight for North Dakota’s fracking-water market

Insight: The fight for North Dakota’s fracking-water market

By way of Ernest Scheyder WATFORD CITY, North Dakota (Reuters) – In cities across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American vitality boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for consuming, and water is for fighting." It's no longer that they lack water, like Texas […]

 
 

Feds, University of Montana reach deal to reform handling of rape cases

(Reuters) – The departments of justice and schooling have reached agreements with the University of Montana to reform the way faculty officers respond to rape accusations, the businesses mentioned on Thursday. The deal follows a executive investigation into allegations that the university had did not aggressively pursue sexual assault and […]