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• Armed men take $4 million in gold from armored truck in North Carolina: police
• Texas nurse sues Dallas hospital over Ebola infection
• Twist in Obamacare Supreme Court case: Weak plaintiffs
• Prosecutors to seek death penalty for N.C. man in Muslims' killings
• Florida group to sue FBI in death of friend of Boston bombing suspect
• Amish to be resentenced after hate crime convictions overturned
• U.S. judge rules Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
• Democratic Sen. Mikulski to announce retirement
• Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial openings loom
• Right-to-work legislation advances in Wisconsin statehouse
• At 20, Yahoo celebrates and looks ahead
• Reality hits North Dakota's pricey apartment market; rents drop
• Exclusive: Spy freed by U.S. awaits 'next order' from Castro
• Netanyahu arrives in U.S., signs of easing of tensions over Iran speech
• Israel's Netanyahu brings Iran nuclear fight to Washington
• Iraq state TV: Operation to retake Tikrit begins
• Americans say keep politics out of the Fed
• Still more snow and ice snarling airline traffic for Northeast
• North Korea test fires short-range missiles
• Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon
• Brrr! February brought record cold, snow to Northeast

Armed men take $4 million in gold from armored truck in North Carolina: police Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:29 PM PST (Reuters) - Three armed men are on the run after they allegedly stole $4 million worth of gold from a tractor-trailer carrying a shipment along Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina, police said Monday. Two armed security guards employed by the transport company, TransValue Inc, reported the robbery around 6:45 p.m. on Sunday to Wilson County sheriff's deputies. The guards told officers that earlier in the evening, as they were passing through Wilson County about 50 miles east of Raleigh, their truck carrying the shipment of gold and silver had mechanical problems, so they pulled it to the side of the road.

Texas nurse sues Dallas hospital over Ebola infection Posted: 02 Mar 2015 11:28 AM PST DALLAS (Reuters) - A nurse filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Texas hospital where she worked, saying it did not do enough to prevent her from being infected with Ebola and invaded her privacy after she was diagnosed with the virus. In the suit, Nina Pham brought against Texas Health Resources in Dallas County Court, she claims the hospital did not initially provide nurses with proper protective equipment or properly train staff on how to treat the disease. (Reporting by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Bill Trott)

Twist in Obamacare Supreme Court case: Weak plaintiffs Posted: 02 Mar 2015 10:22 AM PST New revelations about the four plaintiffs fighting the Affordable Care Act may put their case on shaky ground and dramatically shift the course of the case Wednesday, when the Supreme Court will hear both sides present their arguments for the first time.

Prosecutors to seek death penalty for N.C. man in Muslims' killings Posted: 02 Mar 2015 10:05 AM PST Craig Hicks, 46, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

Florida group to sue FBI in death of friend of Boston bombing suspect Posted: 02 Mar 2015 07:52 AM PST A Florida Islamic group announced on Monday it has filed a formal notice with the FBI that it plans to sue the agency over the death of Ibragim Todashev, a friend of one of the Boston Marathon bomb suspects. Todashev, a Chechen immigrant, was shot dead in an Orlando apartment in May 2013 during FBI questioning over his links with the Boston bombing suspects. The notice was filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations Florida (CAIR-Florida) on behalf of Todashev's parents.

Amish to be resentenced after hate crime convictions overturned Posted: 02 Mar 2015 07:35 AM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Sixteen members of a breakaway Amish group were due to be resentenced on Monday after an Ohio appellate court ruled in August that they did not commit a hate crime when they cut the beards and hair of fellow members of their religious faith. Eight members of the group, who already have completed their prison sentences, will not be given additional time, according to an email that U.S. District Court Judge Aaron Polster sent to defense attorneys last week. Wendi Overmyer, attorney for Samuel Mullet, 69, leader of the sect, has asked for time served for her client. Mullet is three years into a 15-year sentence, the longest of the group.

U.S. judge rules Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional Posted: 02 Mar 2015 07:19 AM PST (Reuters) - Nebraska's ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, a U.S. District judge ruled on Monday in a challenge brought by seven same-sex couples in the state.

Democratic Sen. Mikulski to announce retirement Posted: 02 Mar 2015 07:02 AM PST The longest serving woman in the history of Congress is ready to leave Washington.

Accused Boston Marathon bomber due in court as trial openings loom Posted: 02 Mar 2015 06:10 AM PST Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due in court on Monday for a hearing in which defense lawyers and federal prosecutors will tussle over a few remaining logistical matters before opening statements later this week. On Tuesday, attorneys will make the final cuts from the remaining pool of about 70 qualified jurors to pick the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates to hear the case.

Right-to-work legislation advances in Wisconsin statehouse Posted: 02 Mar 2015 04:30 AM PST By Brendan O'Brien MADISON, Wis. (Reuters) - A Wisconsin legislative panel was due on Monday to review a state Senate-passed bill that would allow private-sector employees to avoid joining a union or paying union dues even when working under union-negotiated contracts. The measure, which would make Wisconsin the 25th state to enact such a "right-to-work" law, has been cast by supporters as an incentive for keeping and attracting businesses and jobs, while unions brand it as a thinly disguised assault on organized labor. The legislation was narrowly approved on Wednesday by the Wisconsin Senate, which like the state Assembly is led by a Republican majority. Governor Scott Walker, a potential Republican presidential candidate, also supports the legislation.

At 20, Yahoo celebrates and looks ahead Posted: 02 Mar 2015 04:13 AM PST A daylong celebration of Yahoo's 20th birthday honors its 1 billion-plus global users and highlights the Internet giant's rich history, which in many ways mirrors the history of the Internet itself.

Reality hits North Dakota's pricey apartment market; rents drop Posted: 02 Mar 2015 03:55 AM PST By Ernest Scheyder WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - It is getting cheaper to rent an apartment in North Dakota's oil patch. Prices, which only last year rivaled levels in New York City and Geneva, have slipped about 15 to 20 percent in the past two months as dozens of new apartment buildings opened in Williston, Watford City and other oil hub cities. Growth in demand has slipped because the plunge in crude oil prices has led to cuts in capital spending by energy producers.     There are still about 1,800 energy-related jobs unfilled in the No. 2 U.S. oil-producing state, and there is still demand for apartments. "You're starting to see prices fall this year as more units come online," said Terry Metzler of Granite Peak Development, which has built apartments and a shopping center in Williston, considered capital of the state's oil boom, and has an additional 480 apartments and houses under construction.

Exclusive: Spy freed by U.S. awaits 'next order' from Castro Posted: 02 Mar 2015 02:31 AM PST A top Cuban spy tells Yahoo's Michael Isikoff he is ready to serve his country again.

Netanyahu arrives in U.S., signs of easing of tensions over Iran speech Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:24 AM PST By Matt Spetalnick and Dan Williams WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Israel showed signs of seeking to defuse tensions on Sunday ahead of a speech in Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he will warn against a possible nuclear deal with Iran. Policy differences over the negotiations with Iran remained firm, however, as Netanyahu arrived in the United States on Sunday afternoon for a speech to Congress, which has imperiled ties between the two allies.

Israel's Netanyahu brings Iran nuclear fight to Washington Posted: 02 Mar 2015 01:07 AM PST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ramps up his mission to foil an emerging White House-backed nuclear deal with Iran with a speech on Monday to the powerful pro-Israel AIPAC lobby. Netanyahu has infuriated the White House and Democratic lawmakers by accepting an invitation by President Barack Obama's Republican foes to speak on Capitol Hill Tuesday. Also addressing the 16,000 AIPAC delegates are Washington's United Nations envoy Samantha Power and National Security Advisor Susan Rice, who last week slammed Netanyahu's move to speak before a joint session of the US Congress without the blessing of the administration.

Iraq state TV: Operation to retake Tikrit begins Posted: 02 Mar 2015 12:32 AM PST Backed by allied Shiite and Sunni fighters, Iraqi security forces began a large-scale military operation against Islamic State extremists.

Americans say keep politics out of the Fed Posted: 01 Mar 2015 10:29 PM PST By Michael Flaherty WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most Americans don't know who runs the Federal Reserve, but they do believe that elected officials should stay out of its business, according to a Reuters-Ipsos poll.     Just 24 percent of those polled said Congress should be allowed to have detailed oversight of the Fed, the poll shows. More than double that amount said the central bank should be left alone.     The poll of 1,388 Americans was conducted from Feb 20-24 to measure whether people supported proposed legislation that would expose the Fed to a full government audit, a move being led by Rand Paul, a likely 2016 presidential candidate.     The Republican Senator from Kentucky held an "Audit the Fed" rally in Iowa last month, and his spokesman told Reuters that polls showed Americans want the central bank to be audited.     Supporters of the campaign say the Fed needs more transparency and accountability.

Still more snow and ice snarling airline traffic for Northeast Posted: 01 Mar 2015 09:40 PM PST Although less intense than the harshest winter storms of the past month, snow fell from the nation's capital to New England, with southern sections of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts hardest hit, according to the National Weather Service. A winter storm warning was posted for those areas. Three to six inches of snow was expected to accumulate around Cape Cod and along the south coast of Massachusetts, with up to 8 inches in some spots, before tapering off or changing to freezing rain early on Monday, said meteorologist Frank Nocera of the Boston-area Weather Service office.

North Korea test fires short-range missiles Posted: 01 Mar 2015 07:45 PM PST Pyongyang vows "merciless strikes" against the U.S. and South Korea.

Australia says hunt for missing MH370 jet may be called off soon Posted: 01 Mar 2015 05:34 PM PST By Matt Siegel CANBERRA (Reuters) - The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 cannot go on forever, Australia's deputy prime minister said, and discussions are already under way between Australia, China and Malaysia as to whether to call off the hunt within weeks. No trace has been found of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared a year ago this week carrying 239 passengers and crew, in what has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. The search of a rugged 60,000 sq km (23,000 sq mile) patch of sea floor some 1,600 km (1,000 miles) west of the Australian city of Perth, which experts believe is the plane's most likely resting place, will likely be finished by May. Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss told Reuters that a decision would have to be taken well before then as to whether to continue into the vast 1.1 million sq km area around the primary search zone if nothing has been found.

Brrr! February brought record cold, snow to Northeast Posted: 01 Mar 2015 04:12 PM PST ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Hardy souls who shivered and shoveled their way through February in the Northeast now have evidence of just how brutal the weather was, with record cold in at least eight cities and record snowfall in Boston.

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• Funeral set for four Missouri shooting victims as probe continues
• U.S. astronauts speed through spacewalk
• Baseball legend Minnie Minoso dead at 90: Chicago Tribune
• Life and death at the heart of Boston bombing trial
• U.S.-Israel ties fraying over Netanyahu's planned Iran speech
• 'I am not afraid': Russians march in memory of murdered Putin critic
• Israel's Netanyahu heads to Washington for Congress speech
• NYT: U.S. moving to deport Bosnians tied to war crimes
• Who was Boris Nemtsov and why was he murdered?
• Homeland Security funding drama darkens U.S. fiscal outlook
• 'Jihadi John' contemplated suicide in 2010: report
• Venezuela to shrink U.S. Embassy staff, require tourist visas
• Investigators search for what triggered Missouri rampage
• Chicago protesters demand probe of what they call police 'black site'
• Giant, cross-border smuggling tunnel found under Arizona house
• Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll

Funeral set for four Missouri shooting victims as probe continues Posted: 01 Mar 2015 12:08 PM PST By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - Funeral services for four of seven people slain last week in a small town in Missouri are scheduled for Thursday as authorities seek a motive in the killings. The four are members of a family killed in the shootings on Thursday in Tyrone, Missouri. Their funeral will take place at the First General Baptist Church in Willow Springs, Missouri, according to the Elliott-Gentry-Carder Funeral Home.

U.S. astronauts speed through spacewalk Posted: 01 Mar 2015 11:18 AM PST Two US astronauts on Sunday made speedy work of their third spacewalk to get the International Space Station ready for the arrival of more commercial spacecraft in the coming years. Tethered to the outside of the orbiting outpost, space station commander Barry Wilmore and flight engineer Terry Virts reported no problems with their spacesuits during the outing, but Virts discovered a small amount of water building up in his helmet after he re-entered the space station. A similar problem occurred after Wednesday's spacewalk, when about three inches of water collected in Virts' headpiece, but NASA said the problem did not put the astronauts in danger.

Baseball legend Minnie Minoso dead at 90: Chicago Tribune Posted: 01 Mar 2015 07:43 AM PST (Reuters) - Baseball great Minnie Minoso died on Sunday at the age of 90, the Chicago Tribune and other media outlets reported. Minoso, a legendary player with the Chicago White Sox, was the city's first black major league player, according to the Tribune. (Reporting by Letitia Stein; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

Life and death at the heart of Boston bombing trial Posted: 01 Mar 2015 06:39 AM PST By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - From the moment U.S. prosecutors stand up on Wednesday and begin their case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, their minds and those of their defense counterparts will be focused on just one thing: The death penalty. Tsarnaev, 21, is accused of killing three people and injuring 264 with a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs left at the race's crowded finish line on April 15, 2013, in the largest mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001. "The bottom line is you're not going to get a not guilty in this case," said Jules Epstein, a Widener University School of Law professor who has represented defendants in federal and Pennsylvania death penalty cases. So every move is with an eye on the end game and that is avoiding death." Tsarnaev has pleaded not guilty to all charges and his attorneys have offered little detail on their case, with the bulk of both prosecution and defense filings under seal in Boston federal court.

U.S.-Israel ties fraying over Netanyahu's planned Iran speech Posted: 01 Mar 2015 06:22 AM PST By Matt Spetalnick and Dan Williams WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Signs are growing that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned speech to Congress against a possible nuclear deal with Iran could damage his country's broad alliance with the United States. The right-wing leader's acceptance of a Republican invitation to address the U.S. legislature already brought Netanyahu's long-strained relations with President Barack Obama to a new low due to the overture's partisan nature. Israel fears that Obama's Iran diplomacy, with an end-of-March deadline for a framework nuclear agreement, will allow its arch foe to develop an atom bomb. Previously Israel has always been careful to navigate between the Republican and Democrat camps.

'I am not afraid': Russians march in memory of murdered Putin critic Posted: 01 Mar 2015 05:16 AM PST By Katya Golubkova and Alexander Winning MOSCOW (Reuters) - Holding placards declaring "I am not afraid", thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has widened a split in society that some say could threaten Russia's future. Families, the old and young walked slowly, with many carrying portraits of Nemtsov, an opposition politician and former deputy prime minister who was shot dead while walking home from a restaurant in central Moscow on Friday night. "If we can stop the campaign of hate that's being directed at the opposition, then we have a chance to change Russia. If not then we face the prospect of mass civil conflict," Gennady Gudkov, an opposition leader, told Reuters before the march.

Israel's Netanyahu heads to Washington for Congress speech Posted: 01 Mar 2015 03:54 AM PST In a contentious address, the prime minister will press his case against an emerging deal on Iran's nuclear program.

NYT: U.S. moving to deport Bosnians tied to war crimes Posted: 01 Mar 2015 01:30 AM PST The United States is moving to deport at least 150 Bosnians suspected of taking part in war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, the New York Times reported Saturday.

Who was Boris Nemtsov and why was he murdered? Posted: 28 Feb 2015 11:51 PM PST The gunning-down of Russian opposition leader Boris Y. Nemtsov has some pundits consumed with the whodunit. "The biggest theory which dumbfounded me is the notion that Nemtsov's own party ordered his murder because that's just absolutely ridiculous and I can't even believe it's being dignified," Knight says. Ms. Knight has a PhD degree in Russian politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Homeland Security funding drama darkens U.S. fiscal outlook Posted: 28 Feb 2015 10:29 PM PST By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the U.S. domestic security agency late on Friday night, but the forces behind the chaotic episode remain - fractious Republicans and House Speaker John Boehner's lack of control over them. In five to seven months, the federal debt ceiling will again be reached, and by October Congress must pass spending bills to keep the government running in the new fiscal year. Failing to deal effectively with these issues could have much more damaging repercussions - such as a broad government shutdown or a debt default - than a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Some conservatives speak of ousting Boehner, but it is unlikely they can muster enough votes, while others made clear on Friday that they were willing to take big risks to score ideological points.     Brinkmanship like this, reminiscent of 2013's 16-day federal government shutdown, was supposed to be over.

'Jihadi John' contemplated suicide in 2010: report Posted: 28 Feb 2015 09:41 PM PST The London man believed to be Islamic State executioner "Jihadi John" told a journalist four years ago that surveillance by British security services had left him contemplating suicide, it emerged Saturday. Mohammed Emwazi, named by media and experts as the militant thought to have beheaded at least five Western hostages held by the IS group, told the Mail on Sunday reporter that he felt like a "dead man walking". Prime Minister David Cameron and a former head of foreign spy agency MI6 strongly rejected the idea, while London mayor Boris Johnson accused Cage of an "apology for terror".

Venezuela to shrink U.S. Embassy staff, require tourist visas Posted: 28 Feb 2015 08:03 PM PST President Nicolas Maduro says "gringo" meddling forced him to adopt new requirements.

Investigators search for what triggered Missouri rampage Posted: 28 Feb 2015 06:08 PM PST By Kevin Murphy and Carey Gillam KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Reuters) - What led Joseph Aldridge to gun down seven people in a southern Missouri hamlet remained uncertain on Saturday, though authorities speculated that the death of the gunman's mother from cancer could have triggered the rampage. Aldridge, 36, embarked on a shooting spree late on Thursday in the rural community of Tyrone, going door-to-door in the wintry night, killing four relatives and three neighbors, and wounding another, before fatally shooting himself, police said. The massacre unfolded shortly after Aldridge's mother, 74-year-old Alice Aldridge, died from complications of metastatic lung cancer. Texas County Coroner Tom Whittaker said an autopsy revealed the fatal condition.

Chicago protesters demand probe of what they call police 'black site' Posted: 28 Feb 2015 05:18 PM PST British newspaper The Guardian said in a report earlier this week the Chicago Police Department holds suspects and witnesses for long periods of time at a former warehouse called Homan Square, without giving them access to attorneys or phone calls to family and without recording their detention. The piece was the subject of intense debate in recent days in Chicago, with some criminal justice experts saying it was exaggerated and others giving it credence. Chicago police spokesman Martin Malone did not immediately return a call requesting comment on Saturday. Earlier in the week, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) in a statement said it "abides by all laws, rules and guidelines pertaining to any interviews of suspects or witnesses" at Homan Square and other facilities.

Giant, cross-border smuggling tunnel found under Arizona house Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:59 PM PST Police pulled over a U-haul carrying 4,700 pounds of marijuana this week. When they traced the truck's route to a house on the border, they discovered the longest drug smuggling tunnel the region has ever seen.

Rand Paul wins CPAC straw poll Posted: 28 Feb 2015 03:11 PM PST The Kentucky senator is voted the top GOP candidate for the third consecutive year.

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