Reuters: U.S.

Snow, wind batter East Coast in big 2nd storm

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:27:23 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week lashed the East Coast from Washington to New York on Wednesday, forcing federal and local government agencies, the United Nations and schools to close.

New York Senate expels senator over assault

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:16:00 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York State Senate has voted to expel a senator for the first time in almost a century, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Mother found guilty in 4-year-old's drug death

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:29:59 -0500

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston-area woman was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree murder in the 2006 death of her 4-year-old daughter from an overdose of powerful psychotropic drugs.

Shuttle Endeavour docks with space station

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:14:32 -0500

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts arrived at the International Space Station on Tuesday, carrying the station's last two main components.

Accused New York bomb plotter's father pleads not guilty

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:41:53 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The father of an Afghan-born airport shuttle driver accused of plotting an al Qaeda-inspired bomb attack on New York City pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of conspiring to alter, destroy and conceal evidence.

L.A. mudslide areas evacuated as new storm hits

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:58:46 -0500

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Residents of fire-scarred foothill communities near Los Angeles, some still digging out from a deluge of mud over the weekend, were told to evacuate their homes on Tuesday as another strong storm hit the region.

Ritz-Carlton to close 5-diamond Las Vegas hotel

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:51:03 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co will close its five-diamond property in Las Vegas this May, after the hotel struggled with a slide in demand and revenue.

Tax credits, Medicare fix in Senate jobs bill

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:29:21 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Highway funding and tax breaks for hiring workers figure prominently in a jobs-creation bill that Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Senate hope will attract rare joint support in an election year, lawmakers said on Tuesday.

For extra cautious Toyota driver, a high-speed death

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:42:39 -0500

FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - Guadalupe Alberto knew the route from her house on a residential street to the tiny grocery store she ran with her husband so well that her family jokes she could have driven it with her eyes closed.

Honda recalls another 438,000 cars for airbag risk

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:42:36 -0500

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 438,000 cars globally to replace an airbag deflator that could rupture and send shards toward the driver in an accident.