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BP, Anadarko liable for U.S. spill damages23 February 2012, 9:03 am
(Reuters) - BP Plc and Anadarko Petroleum Corp are liable for civil damages under federal pollution laws over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a U.S. judge ruled, exposing them to billions of dollars in potential fines. Wednesday's decision by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier in New Orleans allows the U.S. government to pursue civil penalties at a trial he is scheduled to oversee beginning on February 27. ......
More U.S. kids living in high-poverty areas: study23 February 2012, 5:34 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Years of economic setbacks have taken their toll on the nation's youngest residents, with another 1.6 million children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, according to one study that shows nearly 8 million children residing in poor areas in 2010. In 2000, 6.3 million children lived in high poverty in the United States, a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found. The growth - a 25 percent increase - reverses the trend just a decade ago that saw fewer children living ...
More U.S. kids living in high-poverty areas: study23 February 2012, 5:34 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Years of economic setbacks have taken their toll on the nation's youngest residents, with another 1.6 million children living in high-poverty neighborhoods, according to one study that shows nearly 8 million children residing in poor areas in 2010. In 2000, 6.3 million children lived in high poverty in the United States, a report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation found. The growth - a 25 percent increase - reverses the trend just a decade ago that saw fewer children living ...
Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception23 February 2012, 5:33 am
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional. In a decision with national implications for the role of personal morality in the workplace, U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton also imposed an injunction blocking enforcement of the regulation. Leighton said he struck down the state rule because it trampled on pharmacists' right to "cons...
Judge strikes down law mandating sale of contraception23 February 2012, 5:33 am
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional. In a decision with national implications for the role of personal morality in the workplace, U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton also imposed an injunction blocking enforcement of the regulation. Leighton said he struck down the state rule because it trampled on pharmacists' right to "cons...
Analysis: Can U.S. economy withstand gasoline price curse?23 February 2012, 5:30 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Could history repeat itself? That is a question uppermost in the minds of many Americans as they warily watch gasoline prices at the pump rise week after week. After all, a spike in gasoline prices early last year helped nearly knock the economy back into recession. The answer, economists say, is that this time is different: the recovery is in far better shape to absorb the blow. "This is the dark cloud in an otherwise brightening domestic economic picture. ......
Analysis: Can U.S. economy withstand gasoline price curse?23 February 2012, 5:30 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Could history repeat itself? That is a question uppermost in the minds of many Americans as they warily watch gasoline prices at the pump rise week after week. After all, a spike in gasoline prices early last year helped nearly knock the economy back into recession. The answer, economists say, is that this time is different: the recovery is in far better shape to absorb the blow. "This is the dark cloud in an otherwise brightening domestic economic picture. ......
Ex-lacrosse player at UVA convicted of murdering23 February 2012, 4:10 am
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday found former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, and recommended he serve 25 years in prison. The jury deliberated for about nine hours before finding Huguely, 24, guilty of killing his 22-year-old on-again, off-again girlfriend Yeardley Love. The case drew national media attention to the quiet college town of Charlottesville, Virginia, where Huguel...
Ex-lacrosse player at UVA convicted of murdering23 February 2012, 4:10 am
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia (Reuters) - A jury on Wednesday found former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, and recommended he serve 25 years in prison. The jury deliberated for about nine hours before finding Huguely, 24, guilty of killing his 22-year-old on-again, off-again girlfriend Yeardley Love. The case drew national media attention to the quiet college town of Charlottesville, Virginia, where Huguel...
One-year-old boy may have drowned at Indianapolis church23 February 2012, 4:02 am
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Police were investigating on Wednesday the possible drowning of a 1-year-old boy in a baptismal pool at a church in Indianapolis where he attended a day care center. The boy, identified as Juan Cardenas, was found on Wednesday afternoon in about two feet of standing water in the font used to perform baptisms at the Praise Fellowship Assembly of God church, police said. Police said they were told that day care workers found Cardenas after a therapist summoned employees to...

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