Nation, world briefs 07/02/15

Officials aware of Clinton private email

WASHINGTON -- Senior Obama administration officials, including the White House chief of staff, knew as early as 2009 Hillary Rodham Clinton was using a private email address for her government correspondence, according to about 3,000 pages of correspondence released by the State Department late Tuesday. Clinton's emails have become an issue in her 2016 presidential campaign, as Republicans accuse her of using a private account rather than the standard government address to avoid public scrutiny of her correspondence. Obama's chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, requested Clinton's email address Sept. 5, 2009, according to one email. His request came three months after top Obama strategist David Axelrod asked the same question of one of Clinton's top aides. But it's unclear whether the officials realized Clinton was running her email from a server located in her home outside New York City -- a potential security risk and violation of administration policy.

Robot kills man at Volkswagen plant

BERLIN -- Automaker Volkswagen says a robot killed a contractor at one of its production plants in Germany. A spokesman for VW says the man died Monday at the plant in Baunatal, north of Frankfurt. Heiko Hillwig said Wednesday the 22-year-old was part of a team setting up the robot when it grabbed and crushed him against a metal plate. Hillwig said initial conclusions indicate human error was to blame, rather than a problem with the robot. German news agency dpa reported prosecutors were considering whether to bring charges, and if so, against whom.

Missing comma gets parking ticket tossed

MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- An appeals court has agreed with an Ohio woman who said her parking citation should be tossed because the village law was missing a comma. Andrea Cammelleri says she shouldn't have been issued a citation in 2014 based on the wording of the law enacted by the village of West Jefferson. The law lists several types of vehicles that can't be parked longer than 24 hours, including a "motor vehicle camper," with the comma missing between "vehicle" and "camper." Cammelleri says her pickup truck did not fit that definition. The village says the law's meaning was clear in context, but Judge Robert Hendrickson of the 12th Ohio District Court of Appeals says in last week's ruling that West Jefferson should amend the law if it wants it read differently.

-- From wire reports