GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Jurors in the trial of former U.S. Senator John Edwards asked on Friday to review more than a dozen prosecution exhibits as they deliberated whether he illegally used campaign funds to conceal his extramarital affair while he ran for president. The North Carolina federal court jurors began deliberating on Friday morning and submitted their request about 2-1/2 hours later. Among the evidence they asked to review were notes from wealthy donor Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and testimony from her lawyer, Alex Forger. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top health official on Friday took the debate over whether healthcare coverage should include contraceptives to the campus of a Catholic university that has been deeply divided over the administration's policy. U.S. Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, in a speech at Georgetown University a few miles from the White House, praised the new U.S. healthcare law requiring coverage and called for "conversation and compromise. ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - An Obama administration plan to cut the cost of spaceflight services faces a key test on Saturday when a privately owned rocket lifts off for a practice run to the International Space Station. If successful, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, would become the first private company to reach the $100 billion outpost, which flies about 240 miles above Earth. ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former MF Global Holdings Ltd customer was rebuked on Friday by a judge for filing "frivolous" court papers attacking the mounting fees of Louis Freeh, the trustee unwinding the company's bankrupt estate. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin Glenn rejected arguments from customer leader James Koutoulas that Freeh should not be allowed to extend a Friday deadline to file financial data about the company. Koutoulas had argued the postponement would allow Freeh, a former FBI director, to rack up unreasonable fees. ...