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Shooting death of gay man rocks New York community
A view of fog over the New York skyline. (REUTERS/Lucas Jackson) NEW YORK - Greenwich Village, the birthplace of the U.S. gay rights movement, remained in shock on Sunday over the shooting death of a gay man by a gunman who police said uttered anti-gay slurs before targeting the victim. Mark Carson, 32, was shot dead in Greenwich Village around midnight on Friday in what police are calling a ...
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Predictions of an American manufacturing renaissance may be premature
My father designed radio-controlled equipment that was installed in steel mills. An operator could stand on the floor, send signals to an overhead crane from a device on his belt and maneuver ingots weighing several tons. Very modern for its time, the system greatly reduced the risk of injury among workers.My dad was understandably proud of his contribution to the American manufacturing boom of ...
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Severe Kansas tornado prompts stark National Weather Service warning
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A dangerous, half mile-wide hurricane struck near Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon, part of an extreme weather system moving through the central U.S. and stretching from north Texas to ...
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Cespedes Homer Helps A’s Complete Sweep Of Royals
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) Yoenis Cespedes hit a leadoff home run in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 4-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game ...
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Girl Killed Parents Shot In Gunmen’s Brazen Assault On Sacramento Area Home
SACRAMENTO (CBS/AP) — Sheriff’s officials say a 10-year-old girl is dead and her parents are hospitalized after gunmen walked up to the front door of a home in the North Highlands area of Sacramento County and started shooting. Sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. Jason Ramos says the girl and her parents were inside their home on the 6300 block of Channing Drive when at least two gunmen ...
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Officer who mistakenly shot Hofstra student faced harrowing choice expert says
The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision of a law enforcement career: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must act to save a ...
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Small changes coming for New York Knicks
Photo credit: Don't count on J.R. Smith giving the Knicks a discount. (Getty) While the Knicks' 2012-13 season was easily the team's most successful campaign in more than a decade, the fact remains that it fell well short of a championship or even a conference finals berth against LeBron James and the Miami Heat. Surely, they'll be in the thick of things again next season, ...
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Rogue banks remain too big to fail Our view
It would eliminate the need for more complex regulations. Perhaps the best way to view the world's largest banks is not as companies, but as nations unto themselves.Like rogue states, they profit from their ability to wreak havoc on the world, borrowing for less because lenders know that governments wouldn't dare let them collapse.And like opportunistic governments, they are brilliant ...
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15 capital reserve is excessive Opposing view
Plan would hurt consumers, slow economic growth and diminish America's standing in the global financial system. The financial services industry plays a vital role in fueling businesses to expand and create jobs, helping our economy to grow. At the same time, Americans should know that no institution should be too big to fail and that taxpayers should never again be put at risk in a future ...
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Researchers develop food map to pinpoint how Americans eat
Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food ...
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Commuters warned of traffic mess for up to 1 week
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is warning commuters that a traffic mess awaits them in southwest Connecticut for as long as a week until service is restored to Metro-North following a derailment that injured scores of ...
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Young Americans waste no time qualifying for Indy
One day after getting bumped from the top 24 starting spots for the Indianapolis 500, Josef Newgarden and Graham Rahal posted the two fastest times on the second and final day of qualifying at the historic 2.5-mile ...
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Tornadoes hit Kan. Okla. no injuries reported
A tornado from a large storm system moving cross the south has struck a Georgia town 60 miles north of Atlanta, according to CNN. A least one death has been reported in the state. High winds also are raking Tennessee, where a man died after a tree fell into his home, according to ...
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Splash reports jump in food sales in North America
MANILA, Philippines--Splash Corp., a listed personal care products manufacturer, said buyers in North America snapped up its Barrio Fiesta-branded condiments business although overall food sales still ended with modest gains. In a statement, Splash said first-quarter sales of the Barrio Fiesta condiments brand grew 1 percent to P22.37 million. Overall food sales, which included Moondish Foods ...
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Racism and the American Right
President Thomas Jefferson in a portrait by Rembrandt Peale. Racism has been a consistent thread weaving through the American Right from the early days when Anti-Federalists battled against the U.S. Constitution to the present when hysterical Tea Partiers denounce the first African-American president. Other factors have come and gone for the Right, but racism has always been there. Though ...
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Officer shot in Marathon showdown wants to work
Police shot a teenager and arrested another suspect while investigating a car theft inside a rental car return area at Jacksonville International Airport in ...
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For Detroit in crisis next six weeks determine bankruptcy fate
A plug is seen coming from the Chevrolet Volt electric car during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan January 13, ...
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Adviser on White House scandals Partisan fishing expeditions wont distract Obama
(CBS News) "Partisan fishing expeditions" - like the amplifying clamor around news that the Internal Revenue Service targeted for excessive review conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status - White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday on "Face the Nation," won't "distract" President Obama from doing his job. Pfieffer did admit, however, the the ...
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Myanmar leader Thein Sein heads to White House
White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. In a scene that would have been unimaginable just a few years ago, the former general will meet with ...
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Associated Press CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional
In this Sunday, May 19, 2013, photo provided by CBS News, Gary Pruitt, the President and CEO of the Associated Press, discusses the leak investigation that led to his reporters' phone records being subpoenaed by the Justice Department on CBS's "Face the Nation" in Washington. Pruitt says DoJ's seizure of AP journalists' phone records was ...
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McConnell White House operating culture of intimidation
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., March 15, 2013. UPI/Kevin ...
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Gasoline prices at US pumps 11 cents over past 2 weeks
CAMARILLO, Calif. - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 11 cents over the past two weeks. The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released Sunday says the price of a gallon of regular is $3.66. Midgrade costs an average of $3.84 a gallon, and premium is $3.98. Diesel held steady at $3.93 gallon. Of the cities surveyed in the Lower 48 states, Tucson, Ariz., has the ...
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Suspect in NY bias shooting is charged with murder
Armando Morales can be a dangerous man, whichever side he’s on. Once Morales handled illicit business for the Fresno, Calif., Bulldogs street gang. Then his compelling testimony against a former cellmate secured the conviction of the man accused of killing Chandra Levy. Now the former gang-enforcer-turned-prison-snitch is back in the hot seat. What happens next might turn the Levy murder ...
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Would firing Eric Holder be beneficial for Obama admin
Republican Strategist Chip Saltsman and MSNBC contributor Jimmy Williams join MSNBC's Alex Witt for Sunday's Strategy Talk. Williams comments on President Obama's very personal Morehouse College graduation address and the progress of the president's second term agenda. Saltsman talks about the significance of White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer's appearance on all of ...
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Congressman The real scandal is the IRS scandal
Member of the House Intelligence and Appropriations Committee Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks with MSNBC's Alex Witt. He notes the "fiasco" in oversight regarding the Benghazi investigation. Schiff refutes the suggestion to fire Attorney General Eric Holder. He talks about the "heads that should roll" as the IRS scandal and the chain of command is ...
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