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• Arizona campus police who scuffled with professor resigns
• Bin Laden told of al Qaeda suspect's plot in 'chilling' letter: U.S. prosecutor
• Al-Qaida wanted recruits to pull off attack like 9/11
• New York chief judge calls for grand jury reforms after chokehold case
• Towel found by ex-NFL star's alleged victim seen in video: lawyer
• U.S. West Coast ports reopen as labor secretary arrives for talks
• Man arrested for making bomb threat at Islamic center in Texas capital
• Minnesota tries softer approach in battling Islamic State
• Former Florida clinic owner faces sentencing in baseball doping case
• At least 20 dead by electrocution in Haiti Carnival accident
• Prosecution expected to rest in 'American Sniper' trial
• Ukraine army, rebels miss deadline to start weapons pullback
• Texas judge temporarily blocks Obama plan to protect undocumented immigrants
• Federal judge stalls Obama's executive action on immigration
• Icy storm paralyzes central U.S., pummels nation's capital
• Suspect arrested in arson fire at Houston Islamic building
• CSX train hauling North Dakota oil derails, cars ablaze in West Virginia
• N. Korea threatens strong response to D.C. rights meeting
• N. Korea threatens strong response to D.C. rights meeting
• Battle persists for Ukraine railway hub, despite peace deal
• Winter storm slams the South; bitter cold freezes Northeast

Arizona campus police who scuffled with professor resigns Posted: 17 Feb 2015 01:10 PM PST By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona State University police officer who faced termination proceedings after scuffling with a professor he had stopped for jaywalking last year has resigned, citing the impact of the saga on his family, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Stewart Ferrin had been on administrative leave since July following the May 20 struggle with ASU assistant English professor Ersula Ore, which was captured by a dashboard camera in Ferrin's car. "The lack of support, cooperation, and downright bias, coupled with an agenda to ruin my career, has become unbearable and I will not subject my family to this any longer," Ferrin told police chief Mike Thompson in his resignation letter. A preliminary probe by university police found claims by Ore and civil rights activists of excessive force or racial profiling as unfounded and asked the FBI to determine whether any civil rights were violated.

Bin Laden told of al Qaeda suspect's plot in 'chilling' letter: U.S. prosecutor Posted: 17 Feb 2015 11:20 AM PST By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. prosecutor told jurors at the terrorism trial of accused al Qaeda operative Abid Naseer that his plan to bomb a shopping center in England in 2009 was described in a "chilling" letter recovered during the military raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In an opening statement at trial in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, prosecutor Celia Cohen said the letter from al Qaeda's head of Western operations updated bin Laden on plans by Naseer and others to carry out attacks in New York, Copenhagen and Manchester, England. "You will see that chilling reminder in the letter to Osama bin Laden that al Qaeda's goal was to attack infidels in their home territories," Cohen said.

Al-Qaida wanted recruits to pull off attack like 9/11 Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:48 AM PST The terror group allegedly wanted recruits to infiltrate Western society and pull off a massive attack.

New York chief judge calls for grand jury reforms after chokehold case Posted: 17 Feb 2015 10:32 AM PST By Daniel Wiessner ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - Responding to outrage over a grand jury's decision against indicting a New York City police officer for killing an unarmed black man with a chokehold, the state's top judge on Tuesday proposed giving courts unprecedented authority over grand jury proceedings involving police. Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman of the New York Court of Appeals said in his annual address in Albany that the public's trust in the justice system had been shaken by the secretive proceedings that did not lead to indictments in the cases of the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner and an officer in Ferguson, Missouri, who shot and killed an unarmed black teen last year. Lippman said he would soon submit a bill to the state legislature that would require judges to preside over grand jury proceedings in cases involving allegations of homicide or felony assault against police officers. Such oversight, he said, would be a check on the outsized role of prosecutors in grand jury proceedings, giving the public greater confidence in the process.

Towel found by ex-NFL star's alleged victim seen in video: lawyer Posted: 17 Feb 2015 09:59 AM PST By Daniel Lovering FALL RIVER, Mass. (Reuters) - A friend of Aaron Hernandez appeared in a surveillance video with a towel that was found near the body of a man the former New England Patriots star is accused of murdering in 2013, a defense attorney said on Tuesday. Defense attorney James Sultan asked North Attleborough police officer John Grim about footage taken at a gas station and convenience store hours before the body of semiprofessional soccer player Odin Lloyd was found in an industrial park near Hernandez's Massachusetts house.

U.S. West Coast ports reopen as labor secretary arrives for talks Posted: 17 Feb 2015 09:43 AM PST U.S. West Coast ports that were closed to incoming cargo vessels during the holiday weekend reopened in full on Tuesday as Labor Secretary Tom Perez arrived in San Francisco seeking to broker a settlement ending months of shipping disruptions. Perez was sent to meet with the two sides in the conflict at the behest of President Barack Obama, who has come under mounting pressure to weigh in on a labor dispute that has cascaded through the U.S. commercial supply chain and beyond.

Man arrested for making bomb threat at Islamic center in Texas capital Posted: 17 Feb 2015 09:26 AM PST A man in his 50s was arrested for making threats on Tuesday to bomb an Islamic center in Austin and a restaurant specializing in Middle Eastern food, Austin police said. "Our bomb squad responded and cleared both sites," said Jennifer Herber, a spokeswoman for the Austin police, adding the man may be mentally disturbed The Austin threat came about a week after a gunman shot dead three young Muslims near the University of North Carolina, riling Muslim activists who have demanded that U.S. state and federal authorities investigate the detained suspect for possible hate crimes.

Minnesota tries softer approach in battling Islamic State Posted: 17 Feb 2015 08:21 AM PST A new strategy that will be tested out in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota this fall uses a "community intervention team" of religious and business leaders — not law enforcement — to respond to concerns of radicalization.

Former Florida clinic owner faces sentencing in baseball doping case Posted: 17 Feb 2015 06:44 AM PST By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI (Reuters) - The owner of a Florida business at the heart of a steroid scandal that led to the suspension of Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez faces up to about four years in prison when he is sentenced on Tuesday for supplying performance-enhancing drugs. Anthony Bosch, 51, pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to distribute testosterone. The owner of the now-defunct anti-aging BioGenesis clinic is asking for a judge to cut prosecutors' recommendation by six months, noting in court filings that he cooperated with federal and Major League Baseball investigators. Bosch became a key witness for MLB, which has been paying his legal and security bills after suspending more than dozen players based on information he provided.

At least 20 dead by electrocution in Haiti Carnival accident Posted: 17 Feb 2015 04:50 AM PST Riders on a music group's packed float in Port-au-Prince were killed in a terrible accident.

Prosecution expected to rest in 'American Sniper' trial Posted: 17 Feb 2015 02:35 AM PST STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in Texas have shown a videotaped confession by the former Marine accused in the fatal 2013 shootings of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle and his friend.

Ukraine army, rebels miss deadline to start weapons pullback Posted: 17 Feb 2015 12:23 AM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels failed Tuesday to start pulling back heavy weaponry from the front line in eastern Ukraine as a deadline passed to do so.

Texas judge temporarily blocks Obama plan to protect undocumented immigrants Posted: 16 Feb 2015 10:42 PM PST (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked President Barack Obama's plan to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. Ruling in favor of some two dozen U.S. states opposed to the administration's plan, U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas, said in a decision posted on the Los Angeles Times website that the administration had failed to comply with administrative procedures in setting its new policies. Obama in November said he would allow as many as 4.7 million of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants stay in the country without fear of deportation, including about 4.4 million who are parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents. The president's plan would also expand the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which lets undocumented immigrants who entered the country as children remain and be allowed to work.

Federal judge stalls Obama's executive action on immigration Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:53 PM PST The move gives a 26-state coalition time to pursue a lawsuit aimed at stopping the orders.

Icy storm paralyzes central U.S., pummels nation's capital Posted: 16 Feb 2015 09:20 PM PST By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States while an icy winter storm crippled the nation's central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic, dumping snow and forcing federal offices in Washington, D.C. to close on Tuesday. Heavy snowfall and ice moving eastward from the Southern Plains pounded Missouri, Arkansas, southern Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio, the National Weather Service said. With the storm headed east and sleet and freezing rain expected to also take a swipe at the South, states of emergency were declared in North Carolina, Virginia, Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, as well as in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced on its web site that federal offices are closed in D.C. Fort Knox, a U.S. Army post south of Louisville, Kentucky, also will be closed on Tuesday due to weather and road conditions, it said on its website.

Suspect arrested in arson fire at Houston Islamic building Posted: 16 Feb 2015 07:42 PM PST By Camilo Smith HOUSTON (Reuters) - A homeless man has been arrested and charged with arson for a fire that destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in Houston, fire officials said on Monday. The blaze early on Friday at the Quba Islamic Institute destroyed one of three buildings there, but no one was injured. Fire officials said Darryl Ferguson, 55, confessed to causing the fire. Houston fire officials told reporters that Ferguson came to the site of the fire on his bicycle on Monday, and detectives asked if he wanted to talk to them.

CSX train hauling North Dakota oil derails, cars ablaze in West Virginia Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:54 PM PST One or two of the cars plunged into the Kanawha River, said Robert Jelacic of the West Virginia Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. CSX said the train was hauling 109 cars from North Dakota to the coastal town of Yorktown, Virginia, where midstream firm Plains All American Pipelines runs an oil depot. As of 9:30 p.m. local time, billowing flames could still be seen coming from several rail cars and something appeared to be burning on the partially frozen river.

N. Korea threatens strong response to D.C. rights meeting Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:38 PM PST Pyongyang gets defensive before a conference about its human rights abuses.

N. Korea threatens strong response to D.C. rights meeting Posted: 16 Feb 2015 06:38 PM PST Pyongyang gets defensive before a conference about its human rights abuses.

Battle persists for Ukraine railway hub, despite peace deal Posted: 16 Feb 2015 02:59 PM PST The fighting threatens to dash a cease-fire deal brokered by European leaders last week.

Winter storm slams the South; bitter cold freezes Northeast Posted: 16 Feb 2015 01:52 PM PST FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Snow swirled sideways in Kentucky and the typically bustling state capital of Frankfort came to a frozen halt Monday as a storm walloped parts of the South, which unlike the Northeast, had been mostly spared this winter.

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