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| Tony Stewart fatal dirt-track incident to be heard by grand jury |
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 By Steve Ginsburg (Reuters) - The case of a fatal dirt-track incident involving three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart in upstate New York last month will be referred to a grand jury, authorities said on Tuesday. Stewart, one of the biggest names in auto racing, struck and killed 20-year-old Kevin Ward during a non-NASCAR sprint car race on Aug. 9 at Canandaigua Motorsports Park. ...
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| U.S. Congress pushes ahead with bid to arm Syrian rebels |
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 By Patricia Zengerle and Emily Stephenson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives began debating legislation on Tuesday to authorize President Barack Obama's plan to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels to fight Islamic State militants, and lawmakers said the measure would likely pass the full Congress by the end of this week. ...
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| NSA chief on tech-savvy Islamic State: 'I'm watching' |
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| By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While U.S. military leaders appeared before Congress to outline their strategy to fight Islamic State militants on the battlefield, the National Security Agency chief said on Tuesday he was watching the media-savvy group's cyber capabilities. Asked whether the Sunni Muslim group was planning cyber attacks on U.S. interests, Admiral Mike Rogers said he could not discuss specifics of the organization's technical capabilities. ... |
| U.S. court throws out VirnetX $368 million patent award vs Apple |
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 By Jonathan Stempel REUTERS - A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a jury order requiring Apple Inc to pay VirnetX Holding Corp $368.2 million in damages for infringing four patents concerning technology for providing security over the Internet. Shares of VirnetX plunged as much as 59.8 percent after the decision by the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington. The company and its lawyer did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ...
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| German judge lifts temporary ban on Uber ride-sharing |
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 By Eric Auchard and Harro Ten Wolde FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A Frankfurt judge granted a reprieve to Uber, the online transportation service, setting aside a temporary injunction issued two weeks ago against the Silicon Valley company from operating a novel car-sharing service across Germany. Frankfurt Regional Court Judge Frowin Kurth said on Tuesday that the issues in the case brought against Uber by German taxi operator group Taxi Deutschland deserved a fuller airing in court, but lacked the urgency for a temporary injunction. ...
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| Tech specialist at U.S. law firm charged with insider trading |
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| By Nate Raymond and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - An information technology employee at a major U.S. law firm was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he engaged in an insider trading scheme that enabled him to earn nearly $297,000. Dmitry Braverman, a former senior information systems engineer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, was charged with one count of securities fraud in a criminal complaint filed in New York. He was arrested in San Mateo, California, early Tuesday morning, an FBI spokesman said. ... |
| U.S. says won't unleash "shock and awe" air campaign in Syria |
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 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not preparing to unleash a "shock and awe" campaign of overwhelming airstrikes in Syria against Islamic State fighters and instead envisions a more modest, longer-term campaign, Pentagon officials told Congress on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the military's current plan would be outlined to President Barack Obama on Wednesday by the U.S. military's Central Command and envisioned striking the group's safe havens to knock out infrastructure, logistics and command capabilities. General Martin Dempsey, the top U.S. ...
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| U.N. experts caution powers they must heed 'laws of war' in fighting IS |
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 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations war crimes investigators for Syria on Tuesday cautioned world powers preparing military action against Islamic State fighters that the 'laws of war' would apply to them and they must do everything possible to protect civilians. They said ISIS, which controls swathes of Iraq and Syria, had commited massacres of religious and ethnic groups and abused women. The government of President Bashar al-Assad, however, remained responsible for the majority of civilian casualties. ...
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| Ukraine ratifies EU deal, offers special status to rebels |
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 By Richard Balmforth and Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine ratified a sweeping agreement with the European Union on Tuesday - an issue at the heart of the Russia-West crisis over its future - and sought to blunt the independence drive of Russian-backed separatists by offering them temporary and limited self-rule. ...
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