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Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop
EL CAJON, Calif. – A California Highway Patrol officer helped slow a runaway Toyota Prius from 94 mph to a safe stop on Monday after the car’s accelerator became stuck on a San Diego County freeway, the CHP said. Prius driver... (Continue reading)
Ohio Employee kills co-worker
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday. Nathaniel Brown, who had been... (Continue reading)
Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension
WASHINGTON – Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless appears poised to clear a key hurdle in the Senate Tuesday, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of... (Continue reading)
Continental CEO will cancel flights before fines
DALLAS – Continental Airlines plans to cancel flights rather than risk stiff fines under new federal rules designed to punish carriers for delaying passengers. CEO Jeff Smisek said Tuesday the result will be that passengers will have more trouble getting to... (Continue reading)
Assisted suicide network members indicted in Georgia
Georgia grand jury indicted four members of an assisted suicide group Tuesday on charges they helped a 58-year-old man with cancer kill himself. The four — the Final Exit Network’s former president, its former medical director and two others —... (Continue reading)
Peru lifts some Machu Picchu claims against Yale
Peru has voluntarily agreed to withdraw fraud and conspiracy allegations it made against Yale University in a lawsuit seeking the return of Inca artifacts removed from Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The South American nation recently filed papers in federal... (Continue reading)
Class-action lawsuits could cost Toyota $3B-plus
Toyota owners claiming that massive safety recalls are causing the value of their vehicles to plummet have filed at least 89 class-action lawsuits that could cost the Japanese auto giant $3 billion or more, according to an Associated Press review... (Continue reading)
Tennessee woman pleads guilty to faking breast cancer
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to faking breast cancer in a scam that netted thousands of dollars worth of sick leave donated by her City Hall co-workers and money from a church and other charities. Keele (KEE’-lee)... (Continue reading)
Philadelphia coal town above mine fire claims massive fraud
The few remaining residents of a Pennsylvania coal town decimated by a 48-year-old underground mine fire claim in court papers that a “massive fraud” is being perpetrated by parties seeking to grab the mineral rights to hundreds of millions... (Continue reading)
Hearing pushed back in California teen murder case
A San Diego judge has postponed the preliminary hearing for a sex offender accused of murdering 17-year-old Chelsea King. Superior Court Judge David J. Danielsen on Tuesday rescheduled the hearing from March 18 to Aug. 4. The defense wanted a September date,... (Continue reading)