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HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Monday granted nearly all requests from former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, allowing 11 of his 14 grandchildren to visit him under house arrest and securing a local jury for his child sex abuse trial. Judge John Cleland of Centre County Court in Bellefonte, …

(Reuters) - Transportation upgrades for New York's World Trade Center rebuilding would get a $200 million tax credit under President Barack Obama's budget plan proposed on Monday, providing support to finish this aspect of the long-delayed project. The annual tax credit for lower Manhattan would be offered to both New York …

DETROIT (Reuters) - Seven members of a Midwestern militia group accused of plotting to kill police were preparing for war against the United States government, prosecutors told jurors on Monday at the start of a federal trial in Detroit. Defense attorneys responded that the six men and one woman were part of a social club …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two women caught on camera being doused with pepper spray by a New York police officer during an Occupy Wall Street march in September have sued the city, saying it failed to train police officers properly. In a viral online video, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna was shown pepper-spraying several protesters …

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va (Reuters) - A medical examiner testified on Monday that a fall could have caused fatal brain trauma for a former University of Virginia lacrosse player, potentially bolstering the defense of the fellow student accused of killing her. George Huguely V, 24, is standing trial in Charlottesville, Virginia, …

PORTSMOUTH, Va (Reuters) - Virginia is set to remove a limit of one handgun purchase per month that has been on the books for 19 years, one of a host of pro-gun measures moving through the legislature. The state Senate voted 21-19 to amend Virginia law to eliminate the prohibition that was enacted in 1993 in an effort to …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's proposed 2013 budget repeated a call to allow the U.S. Postal Service to end Saturday mail delivery and tap into a retirement-fund surplus, as lawmakers hash out the details of postal legislation. The budget outline released on Monday included several steps to provide relief …

OLYMPIA, Wash (Reuters) - Governor Christine Gregoire signed legislation on Monday to make Washington state the seventh in the United States to legalize gay marriage, but opponents vowed to try to prevent the law from taking effect. Gregoire, a Democrat and a Roman Catholic, signed the measure to raucous applause during …

DETROIT (Reuters) - Seven members of a Midwestern militia group accused of plotting to kill police were preparing for war against the U.S. government, prosecutors told jurors Monday at the start of a federal trial in Detroit. Defense attorneys said, however, the six men and one woman were part of a social club called the …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police in New York state have ticketed more than 118,000 motorists for using cellphones behind the wheel since a strict new law took effect in July, the governor who signed the law said on Monday. Ticketing rates for texting while driving have more than doubled since then, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. Texting …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former program manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pleaded guilty on Monday to charges he participated in an elaborate bribery scheme designed to line his pockets and steer a $780 million government contract to a favored bidder. Michael Alexander, who joined the Corps in 1979, was accused …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife Joanna were robbed last week at their vacation home on the Caribbean island of Nevis by a man armed with a machete, a court spokeswoman said on Monday. Spokeswoman Kathy Arberg said the robbery took place on the evening of February 9, the intruder …

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Monday granted nearly all requests from ex-Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky, allowing most of his 14 grandchildren to visit him under house arrest and securing a local jury for his child sex abuse trial. Judge John Cleland of Centre County Court in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, …

CHICAGO (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it will work with its U.S. pork suppliers to phase out the use of gestation crates, the cramped stalls that millions of mother sows are confined to while they raise piglets. The fast-food chain said the metal crates were "not a sustainable production system for the future." …

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The child who prefers a book to a birthday party? Ask her what she wants to read. The quiet employee who dreads the open-office designs so in vogue these days? Give the man a cubicle! So argues Susan Cain in her new book, "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking." Rather than …

BOSTON (Reuters) - A federal judge set a November 5 trial date for accused former Boston mobster James "Whitey" Bulger on charges that include 19 murders over objections from his attorney who wanted at least a year to prepare his defense. Attorneys for Bulger said in court on Monday they would need more time to process …

(Reuters) - A Vermont thrift store employee pleaded not guilty on Monday to stealing letters and holiday cards written by the poet Robert Frost and selling them for $20,000, police said. Timothy Bernaby was arraigned on grand larceny charges in White River Junction, Vt., about 100 miles north of Frost's grave in Bennington, …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday proposed limiting tax breaks given to high-income earners on the interest paid by municipal bonds, a change that could rock the $3.7 trillion market if approved. In his fiscal 2013 budget, Obama reiterated his desire to cut tax breaks for families with incomes over …