|     |   |  |     |  |   | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A Cuban national soccer player  who disappeared from his team while in Nashville, Tennessee,  for an Olympic qualifying tournament has defected and is seeking  asylum in the United States, his attorney said on Tuesday. |  |  |      |     |     |  |   | EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent, accused  of buying guns in the United States and smuggling them to Mexico  for use by drug cartels, must remain in jail pending a detention  hearing later this week, a U.S. Magistrate Judge ruled on Tuesday. |  |  |  |      |     |    |  |     |  |   | LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - The University of Arkansas  on Tuesday fired head football coach Bobby Petrino after a motorcycle  accident with a young female passenger led to what university  officials said was a pattern of deception about her hiring and  their relationship. |  |  |  |      |     |     |  |   | (Reuters) - Eight same-sex couples have filed suit in U.S. federal  court challenging Nevada's gay marriage ban as unconstitutional  and saying the state's domestic-partnership statute relegates  them to second-class status. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The neighborhood watch volunteer  who shot and killed unarmed black Florida teenager Trayvon Martin  has been so "emotionally crippled" by the racially charged case  that he may no longer be in control of his actions, his attorneys  said on Tuesday. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Import prices rose in March by the most  in nearly a year on sharply higher petroleum costs, but prices  outside food and energy climbed more modestly. |  |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - As weather disasters strike with more  frequency, homeowners first get hit with the destruction or  total loss of property. Many are then hit with the unexpected  loss of homeowners insurance policies as insurance companies  re-evaluate their financial liabilities. |  |  |  |      |   |  |     |  |   | PORTSMOUTH, Virginia (Reuters) - Virginia's Republican Governor  Bob McDonnell introduced amendments on Tuesday to soften controversial  legislation requiring voters to present valid identification  to cast a ballot in elections. |  |  |      |     |   |  |     |  |   | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When the Obama administration declared  it wanted to put suspects involved in the September 11, 2001,  attacks on trial in a New York federal courtroom, cries of outrage  erupted in the U.S. Congress. |  |  |  |      |     |     |  |   | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Applications for home mortgages faded last  week after as demand for refinancing declined, an industry group  said on Wednesday. |  |  |  |  |     |  |   |         |  |      |  |                   |         | A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today |  |  |       |  |  |   |         |  |   |  |                   |         | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |  |  |       |  |  |   | » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | 
 
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