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| London mayor edges away from call to ban smoking in parks |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - A proposal for London to follow the lead of cities like New York and Hong Kong by banning smoking in parks and open spaces received a cool welcome from Mayor Boris Johnson on Wednesday who called it "taking bossiness too far." The idea was contained in a report, commissioned by Johnson himself, that aims to combat the threats posed by tobacco, alcohol, obesity, lack of exercise and pollution and that bills itself as the biggest public health drive in the world. ...
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| Friend of accused Boston bomber denied dorm visit - FBI agent |
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 By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber denied visiting the suspect's college dorm room three days after the deadly attack, but later admitted to the visit, an FBI agent who interviewed the man testified on Wednesday. Robel Phillipos, 21, is on trial on charges he lied to the FBI about a visit to the suspected bomber's college dorm room three days after the attack that killed three people and injured more than 260, as investigators were hunting for the suspect. ...
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| Cleared Charlie Brooks loses bid for court costs |
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 LONDON (Reuters) - The husband of Rebekah Brooks, the former boss of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm who was cleared of phone-hacking offences in June, lost his bid on Wednesday to be reimbursed for legal costs he accrued during his and his wife's lengthy trial. Charlie and Rebekah Brooks were both acquitted of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by hiding material from police investigating phone-hacking at Murdoch's now defunct News of the World newspaper. ...
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| New apps for U.S. renters may keep lax landlords in line |
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| By Sebastien Malo NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Tom Hunter and his two roommates were left without heat for more than a month by a negligent landlord in New York, they began toying with an idea: an app that could help renters keep landlords in check. Two winters and two months of coding later, the friends are ready to launch Heat Seek NYC in late October in collaboration with two not-for-profit groups. ... |
| Ex-Sunday Mirror journalist to be charged with phone-hacking |
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| LONDON (Reuters) - A former Sunday Mirror journalist is to be charged with hacking phones 13 years ago, prosecutors said on Thursday. Graham Johnson is accused of intercepting mobile phone voicemail messages between August and October 2001. He will appear before London's Westminster Magistrates' Court on Nov. 6. "We have decided there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that a prosecution is in the public interest," Gregor McGill, a senior lawyer at the Crown Prosecution Service, said in a statement. ... |
| Spain's Rajoy says "chapter of dialogue" is opened with Catalonia |
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 MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Wednesday that a new "chapter of dialogue" was being opened with Catalonia after the northeastern region dropped plans to hold a referendum on independence from Spain next month. But Rajoy also threatened to block a non-binding "consultation" ballot which Catalonia says it will hold instead, if it were found to be illegal. Nor was it clear if the Catalan authorities wanted to start discussions with the central government. Regional president Artur Mas said on Tuesday the Spanish state was "the enemy". ...
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| China broadcaster says Xinjiang attack mastermind sought Islamic state |
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| BEIJING (Reuters) - A mastermind of violence in China's Xinjiang region in which almost 100 people were killed sought to establish an Islamic state, official media said on Wednesday, reinforcing government warnings about an Islamist threat. A court in the far western region sentenced 12 people to death on Monday for an attack in Xinjiang's southern Yarkant county on July 28, in which the government said 59 "terrorists" were gunned down by security forces, while 37 civilians were killed. ... |
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