Man facing eviction kills 2
A man facing eviction opened fire on workers coming to inspect his apartment in Virginia Beach, Va., killing two and wounding three before committing suicide. William Smith opened his door and began shooting with an AK-47 and a Mac 10, police said.
Inspector charged in crane collapse
An inspector responsible for checking a crane that collapsed last weekend in New York and killed seven people has been charged with falsifying records. City officials say the man never inspected the giant crane before it crushed a townhouse.
Obama’s passport file breached
Two contract employees for the State Department have been fired and a third disciplined for inappropriately looking at Sen. Barack Obama’s passport file, a spokesman said Thursday, calling the instances “imprudent curiosity.”
Starbucks ordered to pay $100 million
A San Diego, Calif., Superior Court judge on Thursday ordered Starbucks to pay its California baristas more than $100 million in back tips and interest paid to shift supervisors. Starbucks plans to appeal, calling the ruling “fundamentally unfair and beyond all common sense and reason.
Stingray kills woman
A woman died in the Florida Keys after a stingray jumped out of the water and struck her upper body. The spotted eagle ray had hit the 55-year-old woman while she was in a boat Thursday, officials said.
THE DIGIT
$42.5 million
The amount that Borders, the nation’s second-largest bookseller, has lined up in financing to help it continue operations. Borders said Thursday that it may put itself up for sale amid tumbling shares and falling revenue.
