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• Oil spills in Yellowstone River after pipeline leak
• UK plea to imams to fight extremism draws charge of Islamophobia
• Syria begins destruction of chemical weapons facilities
• 'Selma' stars including Oprah march in Alabama
• EU calls for anti-terror alliance with Arab countries
• ‘Gentle Judy’s’ biggest challenge: Defending the accused Boston Marathon bomber
• Boko Haram kidnaps at least 60 in deadly Cameroon attack
• Rebels, military battle near Yemen's presidential palace
• Patriots roll over Colts, will play Seahawks in Super Bowl
• Icy roads lead to crashes, five deaths in U.S. Northeast
• Former 'enemy combatant' back in Qatar after release from U.S. prison
• Freezing rain makes Northeast roads slick; at least 5 killed
• Secret Service: Shots fired outside Bidens' Delaware home
• Man killed in Florida mall tried to shield woman, police say
• University of Virginia legal costs mount after discredited rape story

Oil spills in Yellowstone River after pipeline leak Posted: 19 Jan 2015 10:45 AM PST (Reuters) - Crews worked on Monday to clean up crude oil that spilled in and near the Yellowstone River in eastern Montana even as Bridger Pipeline LLC tried to determine what caused the weekend breach, the Wall Street Journal reported. The release of crude oil from Bridger's Poplar Pipeline system near Glendive, Montana began on Saturday morning, the company said in a statement. Bridger said its initial estimate was that 300-1,200 barrels of crude oil had been released.

UK plea to imams to fight extremism draws charge of Islamophobia Posted: 19 Jan 2015 08:57 AM PST By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) - Muslim groups accused the British government of copying the language of the far right on Monday and of stoking Islamophobia after ministers wrote to imams asking them to explain to Muslims how Islam is compatible with being British. In a letter to over 1,000 imams last Friday, Eric Pickles, the minister for local government and communities, asked them to explain to Muslims how Islam can be "part of British identity", arguing they had a duty to do more to fight extremism and root out anyone preaching hatred. Muslim groups said the letter unfairly singled them out. "The letter has all the hallmarks of very poor judgment which feeds into an Islamophobic narrative, which feeds into a narrative of us and them," Tahla Ahmad of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) told Sky News.

Syria begins destruction of chemical weapons facilities Posted: 19 Jan 2015 08:07 AM PST The destruction of production and storage centers begins.

'Selma' stars including Oprah march in Alabama Posted: 19 Jan 2015 05:23 AM PST Hundreds marched to recall one of the bloodiest chapters of the civil rights movement.

EU calls for anti-terror alliance with Arab countries Posted: 19 Jan 2015 03:42 AM PST The European Union aims to boost cooperation and information-sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe.

‘Gentle Judy’s’ biggest challenge: Defending the accused Boston Marathon bomber Posted: 19 Jan 2015 03:27 AM PST Judy Clarke is known as the "patron saint of defense attorneys" for her willingness to take on the cases of notorious killers and finding a way to save their lives. But she faces her biggest challenge yet in trying to spare accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev from the death penalty.

Boko Haram kidnaps at least 60 in deadly Cameroon attack Posted: 19 Jan 2015 03:10 AM PST Boko Haram fighters have kidnapped at least 60 people in a deadly attack in northern Cameroon, police said, in the latest cross-border raid by the Nigeria-based Islamist group. The assault on Sunday came a day after neighbouring Chad deployed troops to combat Boko Haram in Cameroon and Nigeria, as part of a regional bid to combat the insurgents. Most of them were women and children," a police officer told AFP. He said the attack had "left some people dead" without giving an exact toll, adding that the Cameroon army had "launched an operation" in the wake of the assault.

Rebels, military battle near Yemen's presidential palace Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:51 PM PST Bodies lay in the streets, witnesses say, and the status of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi was not immediately clear.

Patriots roll over Colts, will play Seahawks in Super Bowl Posted: 18 Jan 2015 08:00 PM PST New England crushes Indianapolis, 45-7, to reach its sixth Super Bowl in 14 seasons.

Icy roads lead to crashes, five deaths in U.S. Northeast Posted: 18 Jan 2015 07:24 PM PST (Reuters) - Five people were killed and others injured in crashes on icy roads in Pennsylvania and Connecticut on Sunday, authorities said. Light rain in the Philadelphia area caused flash-freezing on the roads and numerous crashes shut parts of Interstate 76 and other highways, said Eugene Blaum, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Two people died in crash on a frozen highway just west of Philadelphia in Delaware County, according the Pennsylvania State police. In northeastern Pennsylvania, a 34-year-old man died on Interstate 84 when his car overturned and he and his 12-year-old son were thrown from it.

Former 'enemy combatant' back in Qatar after release from U.S. prison Posted: 18 Jan 2015 05:30 PM PST By Harriet and McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) - A Qatari man declared an enemy combatant following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and imprisoned as an al Qaeda operative has been freed from a U.S. prison and is back in Qatar, his lawyer said on Sunday. Ali al-Marri, who was convicted in 2009 of providing material support to al Qaeda, was released from federal prison in Colorado in the last few days and is home in Doha, Qatar, Charleston attorney Andy Savage said.

Freezing rain makes Northeast roads slick; at least 5 killed Posted: 18 Jan 2015 05:14 PM PST NEW YORK (AP) — Rain "flash-freezing" on roads and sidewalks left an icy glaze under feet and tires across much of the northeast on Sunday, causing crashes that claimed at least five lives.

Secret Service: Shots fired outside Bidens' Delaware home Posted: 18 Jan 2015 03:53 PM PST WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Multiple gunshots were fired from a vehicle near the Delaware home of Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday night, the U.S. Secret Service said Sunday. The vice president and his wife were not at home at the time of the shooting, authorities said.

Man killed in Florida mall tried to shield woman, police say Posted: 18 Jan 2015 03:23 PM PST (Reuters) - Police on Sunday identified a man shot to death at a Florida shopping mall on Saturday and said he was apparently trying to protect a woman who was wounded in the attack. Leonardo Coppola, 36, died when a gunman went to a store at the Melbourne Square Mall intending to shoot the gunman's wife, the Melbourne Police Department said in statement. "Initial reports indicate Mr. Coppola was attempting to move Idanerys Garcia-Rodriguez out of harm's way when he was shot," the police statement said. The mall in Melbourne, on Florida's east coast, was closed after the shooting, but reopened on Sunday.

University of Virginia legal costs mount after discredited rape story Posted: 18 Jan 2015 02:33 PM PST By Gary Robertson RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - The costs to the University of Virginia after a discredited report by Rolling Stone magazine of a fraternity gang rape are mounting, with lawyers' contracts totaling more than $500,000, a newspaper reported on Sunday. Virginia's flagship university was thrown into turmoil in November after Rolling Stone reported about a 2012 gang rape in a fraternity. To tighten security on the Charlottesville campus, the university's Board of Visitors, or trustees, were told in December that one-time infrastructure improvements, such as upgraded camera and lighting systems, would cost an estimated $3.5 million. As for legal expenses, the Daily-Progress newspaper in Charlottesville on Sunday published a contract totaling $500,000 for the international law firm of O'Melveny & Myers.

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