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- Obama to fill key posts in weeks, Hagel on Pentagon short list
- U.S. military court appoints new judge in Fort Hood massacre case
- Supreme Court: government may be liable for flood damage
- California says federal immigration detention requests are voluntary
- Man held in death of New Yorker pushed onto subway track
- Two sides in L.A.-Long Beach port strike agree to federal mediation
- Judge allows California gay conversion therapy ban to take effect
- Boeing 787 in emergency landing as inspections ordered
- Man pleads guilty of plotting to blow up New York houses of worship
- Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap: study
- Illinois moves to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants
- Arizona border agent arrested for alleged on-duty drug smuggling
- Opposing sides in L.A.-Long Beach port strike agree to federal mediation
- Illinois moves to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants
- United 787 diverted mid-flight for mechanical problem
- San Francisco tells nudists to get dressed
- Superstorm Sandy seen striking payrolls
- Man pleads guilty in plot to attack New York houses of worship
- Evacuation extended for Louisiana town near explosives cache
- Mississippi River reopens as grounded barges refloated: USCG
- FEMA chief says will need more money for Sandy costs
- Illinois moves to grant drivers licenses to illegal immigrants
- Software guru McAfee says he will seek asylum in Guatemala
- For an honorary consul in America: deal or no deal?
- New commander faces challenge of winding down Afghanistan war
- Police seek young leukemia patient taken from Arizona hospital
- New child sex-abuse suit cites just-released Boy Scout documents
- DNA from "In Cold Blood" killers may help solve 1959 Florida murder
- Chinese man avoids prison for New York Fed cyber theft
- Illinois Republican leaders jump on immigration reform bandwagon
| Obama to fill key posts in weeks, Hagel on Pentagon short list Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:18 PM PST
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| U.S. military court appoints new judge in Fort Hood massacre case Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:39 PM PST SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. Army appointed on Tuesday a military judge who has presided over several closely watched cases to be the new judge in the court martial of alleged Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan, according to an Army statement. The appointment of Colonel Tara Osborn comes one day after the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces removed Colonel Gregory Gross from the case, questioning his impartiality. Osborn is currently chief judge for the Army's Second Judicial Circuit. ... |
| Supreme Court: government may be liable for flood damage Posted: 04 Dec 2012 12:53 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the federal government may be required to pay damages when it releases water from a dam that causes temporary flooding for a property owner downstream. The case addressed the politically charged issue of when government activity that affects private property constitutes a "taking" that requires payment to a landowner. Under the 5th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the government must pay owners of private property that it takes for public purposes. ... |
| California says federal immigration detention requests are voluntary Posted: 04 Dec 2012 06:54 PM PST SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's attorney general said on Tuesday that state and local law enforcement agencies were not required to honor federal immigration detention requests, a declaration welcomed by immigrant rights activists. Attorney General Kamala Harris, the state's top law enforcement official, said complying with the federal program that helped deport a record 400,000 illegal immigrants last year is voluntary. ... |
| Man held in death of New Yorker pushed onto subway track Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:57 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police held a man for questioning on Tuesday to determine if he may have been the person who pushed a 58-year-old man onto a track where he was killed by a New York City subway train on Monday. The train killed Ki-Suck Han, 58, in front of horrified commuters after he was shoved onto the track as a southbound train pulled into the station at 49th Street near Times Square. The assailant's image was captured on subway security cameras. "We have an individual we're questioning that resembles the individual captured in the video. ... |
| Two sides in L.A.-Long Beach port strike agree to federal mediation Posted: 04 Dec 2012 05:59 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Striking harbor clerks agreed with management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to federal mediation on Tuesday in a bid to end a week-old labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo-shipping complex. The agreement to mediation, announced by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, came after an all-night bargaining session that a spokesman for the Harbor Employers Association, representing shippers and terminal operators, said had left the parties "still far apart. ... |
| Judge allows California gay conversion therapy ban to take effect Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:30 PM PST
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| Boeing 787 in emergency landing as inspections ordered Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:11 PM PST
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| Man pleads guilty of plotting to blow up New York houses of worship Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:59 PM PST
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| Companies, universities must collaborate on skills gap: study Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:03 PM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Companies should get more involved with university courses to close a skills gap and ease graduates' path to employment, according to a report on Wednesday. Fewer than half of young people and employers believed that new graduates were well prepared for work, the study of data in a diverse group of countries found, a problem that may contribute to soaring levels of youth unemployment. Higher education institutions, however, believed that nearly three-quarters of their leavers were ready for the workplace. ... |
| Illinois moves to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:59 PM PST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - Illinois took a major step on Tuesday toward granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, which would make it the most populous U.S. state to allow undocumented migrants to legally drive. The Democratic-controlled state Senate voted 41-14 to approve licenses for illegal immigrants to raucous cheers from Hispanics in the legislative gallery. If the measure becomes law, Illinois would join only two other states, Washington and New Mexico, in granting such drivers licenses. Utah allows driving permits. ... |
| Arizona border agent arrested for alleged on-duty drug smuggling Posted: 04 Dec 2012 04:31 PM PST PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been arrested after he was spotted accepting bundles of marijuana from a suspected Mexican smuggler at an international border fence in Arizona, authorities said on Tuesday. Aaron Anaya, 25, was taken into custody early on Monday by federal agents who seized 147 pounds (66.6 kg) of marijuana inside three duffle bags from his border patrol vehicle, authorities said in a criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. Anaya, a U.S. ... |
| Opposing sides in L.A.-Long Beach port strike agree to federal mediation Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:02 PM PST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Striking harbor clerks and management at the twin ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach agreed to federal mediation on Tuesday in a bid to end a week-old labor clash that has idled most of America's biggest cargo shipping complex. The agreement to mediation, announced by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, came after an all-night bargaining session that a spokesman for the Harbor Employers Association, representing shippers and terminal operators, said had left the parties "still far apart. ... |
| Illinois moves to give drivers licenses to illegal immigrants Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:33 PM PST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - Illinois took a major step on Tuesday toward granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, which would make it the most populous U.S. state to allow undocumented migrants to legally drive. The Democratic-controlled state Senate voted 41-14 to approve licenses for illegal immigrants to raucous cheers from Hispanics in the legislative gallery. If the measure becomes law, Illinois would join only two other states, Washington and New Mexico, in granting such drivers licenses. Utah allows driving permits. ... |
| United 787 diverted mid-flight for mechanical problem Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:16 PM PST
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| San Francisco tells nudists to get dressed Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:52 PM PST
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| Superstorm Sandy seen striking payrolls Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:20 PM PST
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| Man pleads guilty in plot to attack New York houses of worship Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:22 PM PST
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| Evacuation extended for Louisiana town near explosives cache Posted: 04 Dec 2012 03:22 PM PST (Reuters) - Some 800 residents of the town of Doyline, Louisiana, will be able to return to their homes full time on Thursday or Friday after the state clears out six tons of explosives that had been improperly stored at a nearby company. "We are progressing, working very hard to get this situation improved for them," State Police Captain Doug Cain said. Police have said the people were evacuated from the northwestern Louisiana town last Friday after a State Police trooper found a material called M6 propellant during an inspection of an industrial site used by Explo Systems Inc. ... |
| Mississippi River reopens as grounded barges refloated: USCG Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:30 PM PST (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard reopened a stretch of the lower Mississippi River on Tuesday after refloating a barge tow that had run aground south of Memphis, a sign that the low-water issues that have snarled shipping traffic further upriver were spreading. The tow containing 18 barges ran aground at river mile marker 695 near Robinsonville, Mississippi, early on Tuesday and halted navigation for several hours, a Coast Guard spokesman said. A queue of 12 upriver vessels and 23 downriver vessels had formed during the closure, but the traffic has since been cleared, he said. ... |
| FEMA chief says will need more money for Sandy costs Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST
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| Illinois moves to grant drivers licenses to illegal immigrants Posted: 04 Dec 2012 01:57 PM PST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - Illinois took a major step on Tuesday toward granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, which would make it the most populous U.S. state to allow undocumented migrants to legally drive. The Democratic-controlled state Senate voted 41-14 to approve licenses for illegal immigrants to raucous cheers from the legislative gallery. If approved by the House, also with a majority of Democrats, and signed into law by Democratic Governor Pat Quinn, Illinois would join only two other states, Washington and New Mexico, in granting such drivers licenses. ... |
| Software guru McAfee says he will seek asylum in Guatemala Posted: 04 Dec 2012 02:56 PM PST
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| For an honorary consul in America: deal or no deal? Posted: 04 Dec 2012 07:34 AM PST
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| New commander faces challenge of winding down Afghanistan war Posted: 04 Dec 2012 10:55 AM PST
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| Police seek young leukemia patient taken from Arizona hospital Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST
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| New child sex-abuse suit cites just-released Boy Scout documents Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:46 AM PST
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| DNA from "In Cold Blood" killers may help solve 1959 Florida murder Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:24 AM PST ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida detective trying to crack a 53-year-old unsolved murder case will ask a Kansas judge for permission to exhume and extract DNA from the bodies of two notorious killers made famous in Truman Capote's 1966 true-crime novel, "In Cold Blood." Sarasota County Sheriff Detective Kim McGath told Reuters she believes the two men convicted for the 1959 murder of Herbert Clutter, his wife and two children in Holcomb, Kansas, might be responsible for a similar killing one month later of a family in Osprey, Florida. ... |
| Chinese man avoids prison for New York Fed cyber theft Posted: 04 Dec 2012 09:48 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Chinese computer programmer was spared prison time and sentenced to six months of house arrest on Tuesday after he admitted to stealing millions of dollars of software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Bo Zhang, 33, had pleaded guilty in May, after telling investigators that he had downloaded the code to an external hard drive and taken it home. He also pleaded guilty to a separate count of immigration fraud. Zhang's case had raised security concerns among congressional investigators and others that the New York Fed might be vulnerable to cyber attacks. ... |
| Illinois Republican leaders jump on immigration reform bandwagon Posted: 04 Dec 2012 11:27 AM PST SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) - Illinois Republican leaders endorsed a proposal to grant temporary drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants on Tuesday, weeks after Hispanics voted heavily for Democrats in national elections. If approved by the Democratic-controlled Legislature, Illinois would be the most populous state to offer drivers' licenses to illegal immigrants. Washington and New Mexico are the only states that allow illegal immigrants to obtain licenses. In Utah, they can get driving permits. On January 1, California will allow immigrants with federal work permits to receive licenses. ... |
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