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Analysis: State income up in April, but may not be enough
(Reuters) - Personal income tax collections in states in April might have grown an average of more than 7 percent, but for some the increase may not be enough to ease budget crises.
Body found in creek identified as starved Texas boy
DALLAS (Reuters) - Officials with the Dallas County medical examiner's office said on Tuesday they have identified a body found in a Texas creek bed in March as that of 10-year-old Johnathan Ramsey, who police have said was apparently starved to death by his parents.
Arizona top court stays execution over clemency hearing
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona's top court issued a stay of execution on Tuesday for death row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez, a day before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, to address claims that he had been denied a chance at a fair clemency hearing.
Nassau County seeks $41 million for tax refunds
(Reuters) - Under the threat of having $80 million of its bank accounts frozen by the courts, New York's Nassau County next Monday will seek the approval of its legislature for $41 million in spending cuts.
Retired Los Angeles detective arrested for murder in Hawaii
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective has been arrested in Hawaii, accused of murdering his wife nearly six years after he blamed her death on an accidental fall, authorities said on Tuesday.
Cruise line sued for failing to rescue fishermen
MIAMI (Reuters) - Princess Cruises has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of "outrageous conduct" and "callous disregard for human life" for failing to rescue three young men aboard a disabled Panamanian fishing boat, two of whom later died at sea.
Settlement of lawsuit over New York taxi rider frisks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York police officers at their daily roll call are now being told they may not systemically search taxi passengers for weapons, in a deal to settle a lawsuit over the city's controversial stop and frisk program.
Senator seeks expanded visas for foreign high-tech workers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading Republican in the Senate on Tuesday unveiled legislation to raise the number of temporary visas for skilled technical workers from foreign countries, but prospects of passage this year could be clouded by election-year politics.
