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Billionaire Charles Wyly killed in Colorado crash
Aug 08, 2011 16:35 EDT
DENVER (Reuters) - Texas billionaire and Republican campaign donor Charles Wyly, who was facing a lawsuit by federal securities regulators, was killed in a car crash near Aspen, Colorado, over the weekend, police said on Monday.
Billionaire Charles Wyly killed in Colorado crash
Aug 08, 2011 15:02 EDT
DENVER (Reuters) - Texas billionaire Charles Wyly, who was facing a lawsuit by federal securities regulators, was killed in a car crash near Aspen, Colorado over the weekend, police said on Monday.
Body of man who plunged over Yosemite waterfall found
Aug 06, 2011 19:22 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yosemite National Park rangers on Friday found the body of a California man who plunged over a 317-foot waterfall nearly three weeks ago -- but his two friends who fell with him remain missing.
Soldier sentenced to three years in Afghan crimes case
Aug 06, 2011 01:08 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier accused of killing Afghan civilians was sentenced to three years of confinement on Friday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a deal with prosecutors, an Army statement said.
Oregon man in court on charges of killing family
Aug 05, 2011 19:20 EDT
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man charged with killing his wife and four young children by stabbing them and then setting the family house on fire asked for a court-appointed lawyer during a hearing on Friday.
Bones found in California desert tied to 1946 murder
Aug 05, 2011 18:32 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The skeletal remains of a woman who was murdered 65 years ago and left in the California desert have been identified through advances in DNA technology, authorities said on Friday.
Oregon man due in court on charges of killing family
Aug 05, 2011 15:09 EDT
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon man charged with killing his wife and four children, ages 2 to 7, by stabbing them and then setting the family house on fire was scheduled to make an initial court appearance on Friday.
Two border patrol agents accused of abusing suspects
Aug 04, 2011 21:33 EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Two Border Patrol agents were indicted on Thursday on charges of forcing accused drug smugglers to eat marijuana and flee barefoot and nearly naked into the chilly Arizona desert.
Three indicted for fake police kidnapping and robbery plot
Aug 04, 2011 20:41 EDT
DENVER (Reuters) - Three suspected Denver-area gang members have been charged with robbing a cocaine dealer after tracking his movements with a GPS device, posing as police, and threatening to shoot his daughter, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Jerry Lewis will not appear in telethon this year
Aug 04, 2011 09:54 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jerry Lewis will not appear in the annual muscular dystrophy telethon that he has hosted since 1966, despite earlier plans for him to sing a swan song, the organization behind the event said Wednesday.
Federal government and Wyoming strike deal to cull wolves
Aug 03, 2011 20:10 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - For the first time in decades, wolves in Wyoming would be stripped of Endangered Species Act protections and could be hunted under a deal struck on Wednesday between the state and the federal government.
Alaska study finds female moose manipulate males to fight
Aug 03, 2011 19:49 EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Moose-mating season, just around the corner in Alaska, means crisp fall days, ripe berries on the bushes and, according to a new study, animal behavior that might seem more at home in a rowdy singles bar.
Ex-NFL quarterback Joey Harrington out of hospital
Aug 03, 2011 18:37 EDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former Detroit Lions quarterback Joey Harrington was discharged on Wednesday from a Portland hospital, where he was treated following a bike accident over the weekend.
Former Lions QB Harrington hurt in bike crash
Aug 02, 2011 19:30 EDT
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Former Detroit Lions quarterback Joey Harrington, who was hit by a car while riding his bike over the weekend, has been moved out of intensive care, a hospital spokeswoman said on Tuesday.
Idaho police tell man to stop wearing bunny suit
Aug 02, 2011 16:30 EDT
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Police in Idaho Falls said on Tuesday they have told a 34-year-old man to stop wearing a bunny suit in public after residents complained that he has been frightening children.
Representative Giffords re-election plans uncertain
Aug 02, 2011 16:10 EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who made a dramatic return to Congress for the first time since an assassination attempt in January, has not decided whether to run for re-election next year, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
Giffords reelection plans uncertain after debt vote
Aug 02, 2011 13:48 EDT
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has made no decision about her political future despite returning to Congress for the first time since an assassination attempt in January, her spokesman said on Tuesday.
Plea deal expected for U.S. soldier in Afghan crimes case
Aug 01, 2011 22:20 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - One of five U.S. soldiers accused of murdering Afghan civilians last year has agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter and drug use, a source close to the case said on Monday.
FBI pursues new clues in 1971 D.B. Cooper hijack case
Aug 01, 2011 20:20 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Four decades after a skyjacker dubbed D.B. Cooper bailed out of a U.S. jetliner in mid-air and vanished with $200,000 in cash, federal agents are pursuing new clues pointing to a suspect they believe is long dead, an FBI spokesman said on Tuesday.
FBI pursues new clues in 1971 D.B. Cooper skyjacking case
Aug 01, 2011 16:36 EDT
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Four decades after a skyjacker dubbed D.B. Cooper bailed out of a U.S. jetliner in mid-air and vanished with $200,000 in cash, federal agents are pursuing new clues pointing to a suspect they believe is long dead, an FBI spokesman said on Tuesday.
