KCBY - News - National & World News http://www.kcby.com/news/national RSS Feed for KCBY - News - National & World en-us Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:31:16 GMT Utah GOP leader resigns after hot tub confession http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87589107.html Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned this conservative state. Source: Colorado woman held in Muslim terror probe http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87589342.html A Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims, a U.S. official said Saturday. Fla. woman dies during weeks-long religious fast http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87588982.html Authorities say a 55-year-old woman died alone in a bedroom of her central Florida home after locking herself in the room for several weeks for a lengthy religious fast. Appeals court to rehear Nazi salute case http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87588887.html A California man who was ordered removed from a Santa Cruz City Council meeting after making a one-armed Nazi salute has won another day in court. NYC: Taxi drivers overcharged riders by $8.3M+ http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87550112.html Thousands of New York City taxi drivers overcharged passengers by more than $8.3 million over the past two years by setting their meters at a rate that was supposed to be used for trips to the suburbs, the Taxi and Limousine Commission said Friday. Chile faces huge recovery cost, but can go it solo http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87549907.html Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for international aid or generous loans. Brazilian judge awards $1M in Air France suit http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87544277.html A Brazilian judge has ordered Air France to pay the equivalent of more than $1 million in damages to the family of one of the victims of last year's crash that killed more than 200 people, officials said Friday. Terror suspect worked at 5 U.S. nuke sites http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87492187.html Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Pope under fire for transfer, letter on sex abuse http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87526247.html Germany's sex abuse scandal has now reached Pope Benedict XVI: His former archdiocese acknowledged it transferred a suspected pedophile priest while Benedict was in charge and criticism is mounting over a 2001 Vatican directive he penned instructing bishops to keep abuse cases secret. Man waits 5 months to claim $200 mil. jackpot http://www.kcby.com/news/national/87493187.html Steve Williams won a Mega Millions lottery jackpot on Oct. 16 but only came forward Friday after consulting with legal and financial advisers.