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Long Island pounded by Irene but residents feel lucky
Aug 28, 2011 16:06 EDT
LONG BEACH, New York (Reuters) - Hurricane Irene lashed New York's Long Island, submerging some beaches entirely and leaving hundreds of thousands of people without electricity, officials and residents said on Sunday.
More pine barrens, last Long Island wilderness, protected
Apr 22, 2011 14:53 EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state officials chose Earth Day on Friday to announce purchase of a large tract of land in Long Island's pine barrens as a preserve for hikers and other naturalists and a source for pure drinking water.
Eight die in South in winter road accidents
Feb 04, 2011 20:20 EST
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Eight people died in accidents caused by a rare blast of sleet, rain and snow that swept through southern U.S. states, making roads treacherous, authorities said on Friday.
Hate crime victim's estate sues NY authorities
Nov 22, 2010 18:51 EST
NY hate crime victim's estate files federal civil rights lawsuit vs. police, elected officials. The estate of an Ecuadorean immigrant filed a $40 million civil rights lawsuit Monday that blames police inaction over prior violence for the man's stabbing death during a confrontation with a mob of teens who had made a sport of targeting Hispanics.
Feds back recognition for NY tribe planning casino
Oct 02, 2010 00:43 EDT
Ruling backs Shinnecock tribe's recognition bid, clearing way for possible NY casino. A small eastern Long Island Indian tribe seeking federal recognition since the 1970s declared victory Friday after an Interior Department appeals panel rejected a pair of challenges to its application.
Case worker for starved Pa. teenager gets 11 years
Jun 11, 2010 14:56 EDT
At sentencing in Pa. girl's starvation death, judge compares case to 'banality of evil'. The morals of social workers who routinely skipped home visits to Philadelphia's most troubled families, leading to a disabled girl's starvation death, reminded a federal judge Friday of the "banality of evil" seen in Europe during the Holocaust.
NY weekly shows Obamas as 'Sanford and Son' actors
May 05, 2010 16:49 EDT
NY weekly newspaper compares Obamas to characters from 1970s black sitcom 'Sanford and Son'. A weekly newspaper photo depicting President Barack Obama and his wife as characters from the TV sitcom "Sanford and Son" was intended as political satire and not a racist commentary, the publisher said Wednesday.
Supporters of NH tax evaders appeal convictions
May 05, 2010 14:46 EDT
Supporters of NH tax evaders appeal convictions on conspiracy, accessory charges. Three men convicted of helping a New Hampshire couple escape capture on tax evasion charges have taken their case to a federal appeals court.
Hottest temperature ever heads science to Big Bang
Feb 15, 2010 11:23 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have created the hottest temperature ever in the lab -- 4 trillion degrees Celsius -- hot enough to break matter down into the kind of soup that existed microseconds after the birth of the universe.
Miss. looks for solutions in tough economic times
Dec 02, 2009 14:51 EST
Mississippi officials and business leaders look for creative solutions in tough economic times. It's no secret, times are tough all over and Mississippi is no exception. Unemployment is up, tax revenue is down. Some believe the state budget process is broken and education isn't up to par.
Analysis: Miss. gov budget sure to spark activism
Nov 23, 2009 10:29 EST
Analysis: Miss. governor's budget certain to create flurry of lobbying for and against. In releasing his budget proposal last week, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour might've tapped into his own version of economic stimulus.
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation
Sep 28, 2009 09:11 EDT
More school: Obama says kids need longer school days, shorter summers. Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation
Sep 27, 2009 18:01 EDT
More school: Obama says kids need longer school days, shorter summers. Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
More school: Obama would curtail summer vacation
Sep 27, 2009 15:29 EDT
More school: Obama says kids need longer school days, shorter summers. Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
No Getting Past Race In America
Sep 01, 2009 18:51 EDT
Civil Rights: Eric Holder's Justice Department plans to hire more than 50 new civil rights lawyers to ferret out racism in American society. And you thought you were getting a post-racial presidency.
Shifting Oil Sands
Sep 01, 2009 18:51 EDT
Energy: We balk at importing "dirty" oil from Canada, but others aren't so reluctant. Exempt as a "developing" nation from Kyoto-like agreements, China has decided to help Canada develop its energy-rich oil sands.
Going NUMMI
Sep 01, 2009 18:51 EDT
Commerce: Toyota last week quietly announced it will shutter its famed NUMMI plant in Fremont, Calif. This should be taken as a warning: The facility had all the features of the green economy the White House wants.
A Tax Too Far
Sep 01, 2009 18:51 EDT
Taxes: With so many bad ideas rolling around Washington these days, what's one more? Democrats and their union allies think slapping a tax on investment trades is a good idea. In fact, it's a recipe for a meltdown.
Recovering Even As Gov't Control Looms
Sep 01, 2009 18:05 EDT
Believe it or not, sometimes good news on the economy can be bad news for stocks.
Surrender On The Installment Plan Is Leading To Suicide Of The West
Sep 01, 2009 17:44 EDT
Britain's release of Abdel Baset al-Megrahi ? the Libyan terrorist whose bomb blew up a plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988, killing 270 people ? is galling enough in itself. But it is even more profoundly troubling as a sign of a larger mood that has been growing in the Western democracies in our time.
