Patriot's woes highlight coal industry struggles - Reuters

NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Patriot Coal, which is trying to refinance its loans after warning that a customer might default on a contract, is a symbol of a growing crisis in the U.S. coal industry, analysts said on Wednesday. A day after ...

NJ judge: Texter not liable for driver's crash - Businessweek

A judge in New Jersey says a woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving can't held liable for a car crash he caused while responding to her, seriously injuring a couple on a motorcycle. The judge on Friday dismissed claims against ...

Walker signs burned in Oak Creek, Fox Point - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

WTMJ-AM (620) and WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) are reporting that campaign signs supporting Gov. Scott Walker have been burned in Oak Creek and Fox Point, according to police departments in those communities. Anyone with information on the vandalism in Oak Creek is ...

UPDATE 1-Allstate loses $280 mln on disasters in April - Reuters

May 17 (Reuters) - Home and auto insurer Allstate Corp said on Thursday it lost $280 million in April on natural disasters, more than it lost in the first three months of the year combined. Allstate said the pre-tax loss came from 10 separate ...

Chinese human rights activist Chen arrives in U.S. - News4Jax.com

Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday evening in the United States, bringing an end to a diplomatic firestorm that erupted after he escaped from house arrest and took to YouTube to complain about abuse he said his family ...

Suspect accused of murdering Hawaii man in LA charged with murder - KHON2

The suspect in the murder of a former Hawaii resident in Los Angeles has been charged with the crime. The Los Angeles Police Department says Richard Herrera, 29, was charged with murder. Herrera is accused of stabbing Bobby Khamvongsa, 27, to death ...

Mary Kennedy is mourned at private funeral in NY - Google

BEDFORD, N.Y. (AP) — Family and friends gathered Saturday at a modest stone church in a hamlet north of New York City for the funeral of Mary Richardson Kennedy, the latest member of that charmed and cursed family to fall victim to tragedy and inner ...

US hacked Yemen al-Qaeda sites: Clinton - Sydney Morning Herald

US cyber experts hacked Yemeni websites, replacing al-Qaeda propaganda that bragged about killing Americans, Secretary of State Hillary has confirmed. In a rare public admission of the covert cyber war against extremists, Clinton says cyber experts based ...

State regulators looking at the process of "fracking" - KGET TV 17

State regulators were in Bakersfield Wednesday night discussing possible new rules for a controversial oil field practice. It's called hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," and is a process that is not specifically regulated in California. However, the ...