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• U.S. federal agencies refuse to testify about OPM hack
• FanDuel stops letting New Yorkers play paid games
• Germany-Netherlands match called off shortly before kickoff
• Obama: ‘I would’ve enjoyed campaigning against Trump'
• White House, U.S. governors to discuss Syrian refugees: reports
• Real estate heir Robert Durst expected to plead guilty to gun charge
• Man shot by Minneapolis police dies: report
• New York City settles inmate death lawsuit for $3.8 million
• Passengers removed from flight at Baltimore airport
• Obama talks about sports, post-White House life in GQ interview
• Judge finds Boston police test discriminated against minorities
• Ex 'Two and A Half Men' star Charlie Sheen says he is HIV positive
• Chicago in tough battle to overturn ruling on pension reforms
• In SF Bay Area, tech companies still lag on gender diversity
• More than 100 flights canceled as blizzard conditions grip Colorado
• Russia says jet that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a bomb
• Why the Paris attacks overshadowed Beirut bombings
• U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant
• Six killed in Texas campsite incident, suspect in custody
• Can governors legally reject Syrian refugees?
• Harvard University sounds all clear, no bombs found after threat
• U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant
• Growing number of states refuse to accept Syrian refugees in wake of Paris attacks
• Search ends for data recorder of sunken cargo ship El Faro: official

U.S. federal agencies refuse to testify about OPM hack Posted: 17 Nov 2015 01:06 PM PST By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Officials from the U.S. government's personnel agency unexpectedly refused on Tuesday to attend a closed-door congressional briefing on their handling of a massive computer breach that affected more than 22 million federal workers. The breach last year at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) underscored Washington's online vulnerabilities amid threats from perpetrators ranging from foreign governments to terrorist groups and various amorphous hacktivist collectives. OPM, the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Management and Budget all declined to appear at the classified meeting due to concerns that the conversation would be transcribed, according to the House Armed Services Committee.

FanDuel stops letting New Yorkers play paid games Posted: 17 Nov 2015 12:04 PM PST Daily fantasy sports site FanDuel said on Tuesday it would no longer let people in New York enter its paid contests in response to efforts by the state's attorney general to declare the games illegal gambling. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed earlier in the day for a temporary injunction that would shut down daily fantasy sports leaders FanDuel and DraftKings in the state in the latest blow to the fast-growing, multibillion-dollar industry. A hearing on the injunction is scheduled to be heard by a New York state court on Nov 25.

Germany-Netherlands match called off shortly before kickoff Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:33 AM PST The friendly soccer game was canceled after a suspicious object was found at the stadium on Tuesday.

Obama: ‘I would’ve enjoyed campaigning against Trump' Posted: 17 Nov 2015 11:03 AM PST

White House, U.S. governors to discuss Syrian refugees: reports Posted: 17 Nov 2015 10:32 AM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House plans to hold a conference call with U.S. governors on Tuesday to discuss the Syrian refugee situation, CNN and NBC News reported.

Real estate heir Robert Durst expected to plead guilty to gun charge Posted: 17 Nov 2015 09:46 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Robert Durst, a real estate scion accused of murder in Los Angeles, may be poised to plead guilty to a federal gun charge in New Orleans, potentially speeding his return to California to face charges in the death 15 years ago of a longtime friend, according to court documents.

Man shot by Minneapolis police dies: report Posted: 17 Nov 2015 09:31 AM PST (Reuters) - A 24-year-old black man said to be unarmed who was shot by Minneapolis police on Sunday has died, a local television station reported on Tuesday, citing his brother.

New York City settles inmate death lawsuit for $3.8 million Posted: 17 Nov 2015 08:45 AM PST New York City has agreed to pay $3.8 million to the family of a mentally ill inmate at its troubled Rikers Island jail complex who died in 2012 after swallowing corrosive detergent, a city official said on Tuesday. Family members of Jason Echevarria have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed in 2013 contending that guards ignored pleas by the 25-year-old robbery suspect for medical help after he ingested a "soap ball," a toxic disinfectant detergent used to clean cells. The settlement came five months after a federal judge in Manhattan sentenced Terrence Pendergrass, a former supervising guard at Rikers, to five years in prison for deliberately ignoring Echevarria's medical needs.

Passengers removed from flight at Baltimore airport Posted: 17 Nov 2015 07:45 AM PST Four passengers were removed from a Spirit Airlines Inc flight at Baltimore's airport on Tuesday after "suspicious activity" aboard the plane, the airline said. Spirit Airlines Flight 969 from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Chicago O'Hare International Airport was halted just before takeoff, Spirit said in a statement. "While the aircraft was taxiing to the runway, a passenger alerted a flight attendant of a passenger engaged in suspicious activity on board," it said.

Obama talks about sports, post-White House life in GQ interview Posted: 17 Nov 2015 07:13 AM PST Looking ahead to life after his 15 remaining months in the White House, President Barack Obama said he does not have the temperament to be a U.S. Supreme Court justice, but has fantasized about owning a professional basketball team. "Well, I'm best suited for basketball," Obama, an avid sports fan, said in an interview with sports writer Bill Simmons published by GQ magazine on Tuesday. In a conversation heavy on sports, Obama said his "guilty pleasure" television viewing is "Big Break," a Golf Channel reality show he watches late at night while running on the treadmill.

Judge finds Boston police test discriminated against minorities Posted: 17 Nov 2015 06:58 AM PST A U.S. federal judge has ruled that a test the Boston Police Department required for sergeants seeking promotion to lieutenant discriminated against minority candidates and urged the city and the 10 plaintiffs to reach a settlement deal. The 10 black police sergeants filed the lawsuit in 2012, asserting that the multiple-choice tests required for lieutenant candidates in 2005 and 2008 rejected minority candidates at a greater rate than white applicants. U.S. District Judge William Young wrote in an 82-page decision issued late on Monday that the tests appeared to have discriminated, though not deliberately, against minority applicants.

Ex 'Two and A Half Men' star Charlie Sheen says he is HIV positive Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:55 AM PST Former "Two and A Half Men" star Charlie Sheen said on Tuesday he is HIV positive. Sheen, 50, told NBC's "Today" show in a television interview that he was diagnosed about four years ago. "I am here to admit I am HIV positive," Sheen said.

Chicago in tough battle to overturn ruling on pension reforms Posted: 17 Nov 2015 04:25 AM PST Cash-strapped Chicago faces an uphill fight before the Illinois Supreme Court on Tuesday to try to salvage a law aimed at boosting funding and lowering costs for two of its retirement systems. The state's highest court in May tossed out a 2013 law that reduced retirement benefits for state workers to ease Illinois' huge $105 billion unfunded pension liability. All seven justices agreed that the Illinois Constitution protected state workers against pension benefits cuts.

In SF Bay Area, tech companies still lag on gender diversity Posted: 17 Nov 2015 02:39 AM PST By Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Gender diversity in the San Francisco Bay Area technology sector has improved over the last five years, but the region's most gender-diverse businesses are in the retail, biopharmaceuticals and financial services sector, a new study from the University of California, Davis, found. Out of the 223 largest publicly traded companies headquartered in the Bay Area, more than one third had either zero or just one top position held by a woman, the study found. ...

More than 100 flights canceled as blizzard conditions grip Colorado Posted: 17 Nov 2015 02:23 AM PST (Reuters) - More than 100 flights were canceled at Denver International Airport early on Tuesday as a powerful storm system dropped snow over the Rocky Mountains, while tornadoes were reported from Texas to Nebraska, officials said. A blizzard warning was issued for a large swath of northeastern Colorado and western Kansas, with a storm system that originated in Alaska forecast to drop up to 12 inches of snow on the Denver metropolitan area by midday Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.

Russia says jet that crashed in Egypt was brought down by a bomb Posted: 17 Nov 2015 01:06 AM PST The head of Russia's FSB security service blames the crash on a "terrorist act."

Why the Paris attacks overshadowed Beirut bombings Posted: 16 Nov 2015 07:14 PM PST The social media response to suicide bombings that killed more than 40 people in Beirut one day before the Paris attacks was minimal, but does that mean Americans chose to ignore it?

U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant Posted: 16 Nov 2015 06:28 PM PST By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday. After a 26-hour surgery performed at the New York hospital in August, 41-year-old Patrick Hardison is living with the face of 26-year-old David Rodebaugh, a BMX extreme bicycling enthusiast from Brooklyn who was pronounced brain dead after a cycling accident. Now, for the first time since that raging fire in Senatobia, Mississippi in 2001, Hardison can blink and even sleep with his eyes closed - key steps to sparing his blue eyes from blindness that previously seemed all but inevitable, said Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, the plastic surgeon who led the 150-person medical team that performed the procedure.

Six killed in Texas campsite incident, suspect in custody Posted: 16 Nov 2015 05:26 PM PST Six people were killed over the weekend at an east Texas campsite and a suspect has been taken into custody for suspected murder, the Anderson County Sheriff's office said on Monday. A man and a woman were found dead in a travel trailer at the crime scene near Palestine, about 170 miles northeast of Austin. William Hudson, 33, was arrested without incident on Sunday and charged with one count of murder.

Can governors legally reject Syrian refugees? Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:55 PM PST

Harvard University sounds all clear, no bombs found after threat Posted: 16 Nov 2015 04:24 PM PST BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Monday that a search of four campus buildings targeted by an "unconfirmed" bomb threat had turned up no explosives and that the buildings had reopened for normal business.

U.S. firefighter gets world's most extensive face transplant Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:49 PM PST By Barbara Goldberg NEW YORK (Reuters) - A volunteer firefighter from Mississippi whose face was burned off during a home fire rescue received the world's most extensive face transplant, New York University Langone Medical Center said on Monday. After a 26-hour surgery performed at the New York hospital in August, 41-year-old Patrick Hardison is living with the face of 26-year-old David Rodebaugh, a BMX extreme bicycling enthusiast from Brooklyn who was pronounced brain dead after a cycling accident. Now, for the first time since that raging fire in Senatobia, Mississippi in 2001, Hardison can blink and even sleep with his eyes closed - key steps to sparing his blue eyes from blindness that previously seemed all but inevitable, said Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez, the plastic surgeon who led the 150-person medical team that performed the procedure.

Growing number of states refuse to accept Syrian refugees in wake of Paris attacks Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:33 PM PST A growing number of states are refusing to take in Syrian refugees amid heightened security concerns following Friday's terrorist attacks in Paris, but they may have no choice but to accept them, according to a State Department spokesman. Michigan and Alabama were the first states in the country to refuse relocating Syrian refugees on Sunday, and they have now been joined by Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, Arizona, North Carolina, Florida, Wisconsin, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Georgia, some of which say more information is needed before accepting more refugees. Rick Snyder of Michigan, Robert Bentley of Alabama, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas said in separate statements Sunday and today that their states would not be relocating refugees from the war-torn country until the U.S. Department of Homeland Security fully reviewed its screening procedures.

Search ends for data recorder of sunken cargo ship El Faro: official Posted: 16 Nov 2015 02:18 PM PST U.S. authorities ended the search off the Bahamas for the missing voyage data recorder of the sunken cargo ship El Faro, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said on Monday. The El Faro sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas on Oct. 1 while on a weekly cargo run between Florida and Puerto Rico. The NTSB said a video survey ship's debris field on the ocean floor had been completed but the vessel's voyage data recorder was not located.

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