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• Wisconsin protesters call for say in officer investigations
• Pentagon, U.S. spy chief urge use of more Russian rocket engines
• Jury to take up Boston bomber's fate after lawyers' final statements
• Accused 'flash crash' trader seeks release from custody
• Amtrak train derails killing 5 people; investigation begins
• Arizona prosecutors charge woman who faked cancer
• Toyota, Nissan recall 6.5 mln cars over exploding airbag fears
• Harriet Tubman wins poll to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill
• Amtrak train crashes in Philadelphia, wreckage 'pretty bad'
• Wisconsin officer will not face charges in killing of biracial teen
• Jeb Bush backs off support of Iraq invasion
• Obama targets hedge funds in personal remarks on poverty, race
• Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska poultry farm; 16th state reports it
• Prosecutor: No charges against Wis. officer in fatal shooting of unarmed teen

Wisconsin protesters call for say in officer investigations Posted: 13 May 2015 11:03 AM PDT By Mary Reardon MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - Hundreds of protesters gathered in Wisconsin's capital on Wednesday, calling for a say in hiring and firing of Madison police a day after a prosecutor said an officer's fatal shooting of an unarmed biracial teenager was justified. Relatives of Tony Robinson Jr., 19, had expressed disappointment over Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne's decision that Madison officer Matt Kenny, who is white, used justified lethal force in the March 6 shooting. "We are asking not to go to schools, not to go to work, shut down business as usual, come out here and say that we will demand justice for Tony," said Brandi Grayson, co-founder of the Young Gifted and Black Coalition, which organized the protest. Grayson said the group wants community control over hiring and firing of officers and is petitioning the United Nations to investigate racial disparities in Dane County and Wisconsin.

Pentagon, U.S. spy chief urge use of more Russian rocket engines Posted: 13 May 2015 06:35 AM PDT By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and the nation's spy chief this week urged a key Senate committee to amend federal law to allow a joint venture of the two largest U.S. arms makers to use more Russian RD-180 rocket engines. Carter and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper urged Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, in a letter dated May 11, to change the law so the Pentagon can retain "assured access to space". The letter, obtained by Reuters, is the latest twist a drama surrounding United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, and its sole potential competitor Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX.

Jury to take up Boston bomber's fate after lawyers' final statements Posted: 13 May 2015 04:58 AM PDT By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors and lawyers for the Boston Marathon bomber are set to make their final arguments on Wednesday on whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be sentenced to death or to life in prison without possibility of release for the 2013 attack. The two sides have painted sharply contrasting portraits of the convicted bomber, who has been a subdued, stoic presence in Boston's federal courthouse since the guilt phase of his trial began in early March. Defense attorneys, meanwhile, described Tsarnaev as an adrift teenager under the spell of his 26-year-old brother, Tamerlan, who they contend was the architect and driving force behind the bombing and the murder three days later of a police officer. Tsarnaev's lawyers over the past week called witnesses including some of his Russian family members, who remembered him as a beloved child, and a Roman Catholic nun and well-known death penalty opponent who said she believed Tsarnaev was "genuinely sorry" for the pain the attack caused.

Accused 'flash crash' trader seeks release from custody Posted: 13 May 2015 03:53 AM PDT Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, has been charged by the U.S. Justice Department with wire fraud, commodities fraud and market manipulation. His lawyer Joel Smith told London's Westminster Magistrates' Court that an application to vary the bail conditions had been made to the High Court and that there would be a hearing next Wednesday.

Amtrak train derails killing 5 people; investigation begins Posted: 13 May 2015 01:26 AM PDT Dozens of others were injured when the New York-bound train crashed in Philadelphia.

Arizona prosecutors charge woman who faked cancer Posted: 13 May 2015 12:35 AM PDT By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona woman was charged with fraud and identity theft after faking cancer to get the state to pay for her late-term abortion five years ago, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Chalice Renee Zeitner, 29, also faces one count each of felony theft and forgery stemming from the scheme in Phoenix between March and 2010, according to a statement from the state Attorney General's Office. State prosecutors accused Zeitner of falsely telling her obstetrician that she had been diagnosed with cancer and that her pregnancy further endangered her life. Zeitner, who was enrolled in Arizona's Medicaid system, received an abortion at a Phoenix hospital on April 2010.

Toyota, Nissan recall 6.5 mln cars over exploding airbag fears Posted: 12 May 2015 11:47 PM PDT Toyota and rival Nissan on Wednesday announced the recall of about 6.5 million vehicles globally in the latest chapter of an exploding airbag crisis linked to at least five deaths. The world's biggest automaker said its recall of five million vehicles affected 35 models globally produced between March 2003 to November 2007, while Nissan said its recall of 1.56 million vehicles worldwide was also due to faulty airbags made by embattled supplier Takata. "This will affect many of our markets, including Japan, Europe and North America," a Nissan spokesman told AFP, adding that the explosion risk was among a range of problems seen in the defective airbags. Nissan's recall affects a range of models produced between 2004 and 2008.

Harriet Tubman wins poll to replace Andrew Jackson on $20 bill Posted: 12 May 2015 07:24 PM PDT Twenty-dollar bills could soon be known as "Tubmans" if a grassroots campaign succeeds in persuading President Barack Obama to remove Andrew Jackson's portrait from circulation on U.S. paper currency in favor of a famous woman in U.S. history. Harriet Tubman, an escaped slave, abolitionist and "conductor" on the so-called Underground Railroad that helped slaves escape to freedom during the 1850s, was the overwhelming choice to replace Old Hickory on the $20 note, an online poll showed on Tuesday. More than 118,000 of the 609,000 people surveyed for the "Women on 20s" petition picked Tubman to be the face of the popular U.S. currency denomination, followed by former first lady and U.N. ambassador Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights hero Rosa Parks and Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. "Our work won't be done until we're holding a Harriet $20 bill in our hands in time for the centennial of women's suffrage in 2020," Susan Ades Stone, executive director of the group Women on 20s, said in a statement.

Amtrak train crashes in Philadelphia, wreckage 'pretty bad' Posted: 12 May 2015 07:08 PM PDT Several people appear to be injured.

Wisconsin officer will not face charges in killing of biracial teen Posted: 12 May 2015 06:20 PM PDT By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - A Wisconsin police officer who fatally shot an unarmed biracial teenager in March, prompting several days of peaceful protests, will not be charged, a prosecutor said on Tuesday. Officer Matt Kenny used justified lethal force in the March 6 shooting of Tony Robinson, 19, who struck the 12-year police veteran in the head, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne said. "I conclude that this tragic and unfortunate death was the result of a lawful use of deadly police force and that no charges should be brought against officer Kenny," Ozanne said in a 25-minute statement, during which he repeatedly mopped his face. The shooting in Madison, Wisconsin's capital, was one of a number of officer-involved deaths that have led to increased scrutiny of police use of force in the United States, particularly against young black men.

Jeb Bush backs off support of Iraq invasion Posted: 12 May 2015 03:57 PM PDT Republican Jeb Bush said on Tuesday that "mistakes were made" in the Iraq war, moving to disavow a controversial statement he made in support of the 2003 invasion ordered by his brother, then-President George W. Bush. The former Florida governor, who is likely to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, had told Fox News in an interview broadcast on Sunday that "I would have" authorized the invasion. The comment fed a narrative pushed by Democrats that Jeb Bush is little different from his brother, who left office in early 2009 with his popularity weakened by the Iraq war and a faltering U.S. economy. Jeb Bush on Tuesday went on the talk radio show conducted by conservative Sean Hannity to try to quiet the controversy.

Obama targets hedge funds in personal remarks on poverty, race Posted: 12 May 2015 03:06 PM PDT By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama addressed U.S. struggles with class and race in personal terms on Tuesday and renewed his call to close tax loopholes enjoyed by wealthy hedge fund managers as a way to reduce poverty among Americans. "The top 25 hedge fund managers made more than all the kindergarten teachers in the country," Obama said at a panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University. He advocated for a higher tax rate on the fees that hedge fund managers collect. "If we can't ask from society's lottery winners to just make that modest investment, then, really, this conversation is for show." With police shootings of unarmed black men in the news and roughly a year and a half left in the White House to shape his legacy, Obama and his wife, Michelle, have become increasingly open in their remarks about race.

Bird flu outbreak hits Nebraska poultry farm; 16th state reports it Posted: 12 May 2015 02:21 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The fast-spreading avian flu virus was confirmed for the first time in Nebraska, at a commercial egg-laying farm that housed a flock of 1.7 million chickens, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. The confirmed case in Dixon County, Nebraska brings the number of states involved in the outbreak to 16, and the tally to more than 32 million birds that have either died or will be killed to contain the virus' spread. (Reporting By P.J. Huffstutter; Editing by Diane Craft)

Prosecutor: No charges against Wis. officer in fatal shooting of unarmed teen Posted: 12 May 2015 01:50 PM PDT MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A white Wisconsin police officer won't face criminal charges for fatally shooting an unarmed 19-year-old biracial man who witnesses say was acting erratically and had assaulted two people, a prosecutor announced Tuesday.

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