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Idaho Republicans: Void anti-discrimination laws in case ‘gay guy’ works ‘in a tutu’
Cornel Rasor, who chairs the Idaho Republican Party’s resolutions committee, says that he pushed for a resolution to void all local ordinances banning discrimination against LGBT people because he wants to be able to fire any gay man who “comes into work in a tutu.” The Associated Press reported that…
Rep. Mike Rogers on Snowden: ‘Anything that he talks about is dangerous’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican head of a congressional panel on Tuesday said officials are concerned that former U.S. contractor Edward Snowden’s continued efforts to speak out and release intelligence information pose more risk for the United States. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, speaking ahead of a…
Judge considers giving alleged Ft. Hood shooter more time for self-defense
By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) – An Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 could learn on Tuesday whether a judge will grant him more time to prepare as he represents himself in the military trial. Major Nidal Hasan,…
Starbucks to post calorie counts on menus at all U.S. locations later this month
By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian NEW YORK (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp will display calorie counts for coffees and snacks at all its U.S. locations starting June 25, ahead of a federal requirement that large American food chains prominently disclose nutrition information. The company said on Tuesday the labels were meant to…
Gas explosion reported just north of New Orleans
(Reuters) – An explosion at a gas line or gas plant about 80 miles north of New Orleans knocked out power to about 10,000 customers on Tuesday, according to local reports. The explosion occurred in the town of Enon, according to the reports. The sheriff’s office in Washington Parish said…
Oklahoma set to execute man convicted of stabbing elderly couple to death over $73 for tacos
By Heide Brandes OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) – Oklahoma is set on Tuesday to execute by lethal injection a man convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death during a robbery in 2000 that netted about $73, some of which he and convicted accomplices used to buy tacos. James Lewis DeRosa,…
Obama cites ‘checks and balances’ in defense of ‘transparent’ spy programs
Appearing on PBS with host Charlie Rose in a 45-minute interview aired Monday night, President Barack Obama gave his most detailed defense yet of the recently-revealed NSA spying programs, saying they are “transparent” because of the “checks and balances” built into them. “If you are a U.S. person, then NSA…
Lawyers probe jurors for hidden agendas in Trayvon Martin murder case
By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – A white man with a chest-length gray beard wrote in a questionnaire for prospective jurors that he could keep an open mind about George Zimmerman’s guilt or innocence but he failed to mention the $20 donation he made to the murder defendant’s legal…
Florida man beaten, left naked in cow pasture on first date
A Florida man says that a first dated ended with him being beaten, forced to strip at gun point, robbed and then left in a cow pasture. A Flagler County Sheriff’s Office case report obtained by NBC News indicated that 34-year-old Shaun Paul Williams was found naked and bloodied on…
Man charged with murdering prostitutes tells jury: ‘I am not the monster’
By Ronnie Cohen SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) – An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to jurors, “I’m not the monster that killed these women.” Joseph Naso, 79, who has…
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