| Lawyers for ex-Senator John Edwards rest case GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former Senator John Edwards' defense ended its case on Wednesday without calling three of the most anticipated witnesses to counter charges that he used political contributions to hide his pregnant mistress from voters during his 2008 presidential bid. |
| Judge grants class action status to NY frisk challenge (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday granted class-action status to a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk." |
| Crews battle to contain raging Arizona wildfires PHOENIX (Reuters) - Crews battled to contain wind-whipped Arizona wildfires on Wednesday that have raced across 27 square miles of parched ponderosa forest, brush and grassland, consuming several buildings and threatening a small town, authorities said. |
| A "gold rush" for Maine's baby eel fishermen PORTLAND, Maine (Reuters) - George Forni will spend most of next week holed up in his home in Sullivan, Maine, guarded by a new surveillance system and armed with a stun gun and pepper spray as he buys live baby eels from neighbors for thousands of dollars. |
| Mother of homeless man killed by police settles with city LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of a schizophrenic homeless man who died after he was beaten and repeatedly shocked with a stun gun by police in California last year has reached a $1 million settlement with the city of Fullerton, both sides said. |
| Virginia, Florida have most well-read cities in US: poll NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York and Boston may strike many as more intellectual but Alexandria, a small urban area in Virginia just outside Washington, D.C., is the most well-read city in the United States. |
| Extreme rain doubled in Midwest: climate study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S. Midwest over the last half-century, causing billions of dollars in flood damage in a trend climate advocates link to a rise in greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Protesters in Chicago target evictions, foreclosures |
| Organic Valley dishes up "grassmilk" to consumers in US West |
| Father of Washington's Josh Powell guilty of voyeurism |