| Crisis in California: Innovative technologies under development for cleaning up oil spills Posted: 20 May 2015 11:17 AM PDT  As California struggles to deal with Tuesday's huge oil spill, scientists are working on more efficient technologies to aid in future cleanups.
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| Bin Laden fixated on attacking U.S. interests: documents Posted: 20 May 2015 01:59 PM PDT  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden was fixated on attacking U.S. targets and pressured al Qaeda groups to heal local rivalries and focus on that cause, according to documents the United States says were seized in his hideout in Pakistan and released on Wednesday. The documents published by U.S. intelligence also contained details of purported negotiations between al Qaeda, its allies in the Pakistani Taliban and representatives of Pakistani intelligence, and what seemed to be an al Qaeda job application.
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| About 120 guns found at scene of deadly Texas gang fight Posted: 20 May 2015 04:08 PM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - About 120 guns and 160 knives were recovered from the scene of a deadly Sunday battle between rival motorcycle gangs in the Texas city of Waco that left nine people dead, police said on Wednesday as they sharply dropped their tally of weapons found. Gang members hid weapons in sacks of flour and bags of chips at the Twin Peaks restaurant, where they attacked each other in a fight that was likely set off by a smoldering turf battle, Waco Police said. Waco Police Sergeant Patrick Swanton told cable channel CNN: "These were vicious gang members that were in our city Sunday." The two main adversaries were motorcycle gangs the Bandidos, seen as the long-standing dominant gang in Texas and called a criminal organization by the U.S. Justice Department, and the Cossacks, which have been challenging them for power in the state, according to experts on the gangs.
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| Man who flew gyrocopter to U.S. Capitol faces up to nine and a half years in prison Posted: 20 May 2015 02:01 PM PDT  The Florida man who flew a gyrocopter onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in April faces up to 9-1/2 years in prison after being indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday. Douglas Hughes, a 61-year-old mail carrier from Ruskin, Florida, was indicted on six charges, including violation of the registration requirements involving an aircraft and violation of national defense airspace, the U.S. Justice Department said. Hughes was arrested after piloting the small, unauthorized aircraft from Pennsylvania and landing on the west lawn of the Capitol as police and tourists looked on.
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| Bin Laden bent on spectacular U.S. attack until the end: files Posted: 20 May 2015 09:35 AM PDT  Hunkered down in his Pakistani compound, Osama bin Laden pleaded with his followers to stay focused on attacking the United States instead of being dragged into Muslim infighting. Documents that were declassified on Wednesday shed new light on the mindset of Al-Qaeda's founder, his debates over tactics, his anxiety over Western spying and his fixation with the group's media image. "The focus should be on killing and fighting the American people and their representatives," the late Al-Qaeda figurehead wrote.
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| Oil slicks off California span 9 miles; cleanup underway Posted: 20 May 2015 02:44 PM PDT  An oil spill that fouled beaches and threatened wildlife along a scenic stretch of the California coast spread across 9 miles of ocean Wednesday as cleanup efforts began and federal regulators investigated ...
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| Nebraska lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty Posted: 20 May 2015 02:34 PM PDT  LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers gave final approval on Wednesday to a bill abolishing the death penalty that would make it the first conservative state to do so since 1973 if the measure becomes law.
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| Waitresses chronicle Texas biker bloodshed, uncertain futures Posted:  Some ran, others cowered in a walk-in freezer to escape the deadly biker brawl.
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| Banks fined $2.5 billion, to plead guilty to market rigging Posted: 20 May 2015 07:21 AM PDT  Four big banks will pay $2.5 billion in fines and plead guilty to criminally manipulating global currency market going back to 2007. JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland conspired ...
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| Los Angeles becomes latest US city to favor $15 minimum wage Posted: 19 May 2015 05:59 PM PDT  The move is closely watched as Americans' wages have stagnated.
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