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• Illinois policeman committed suicide, embezzled funds: officials
• San Diego police surround 'contained' gunman, flights affected
• Full ground stop issued at San Diego airport: report
• Chipotle's E. coli outbreak threatens sales, emboldens critics
• Ex-U.S. State Department official gets 32 months for voyeurism
• Oklahoma woman charged in parade crash that killed 4
• Teen can face trial on murder charge: Massachusetts judge
• Plane diverted to Kansas after disruptive passenger
• Washington police probe death of handcuffed man in custody
• Officials to announce Illinois policeman's death was suicide: reports
• Buffett's BNSF helped lead fight to delay train safety technology
• San Francisco voters poised to defeat measure to limit Airbnb rentals
• Trump has some thoughts on Clinton, Fiorina and gender equality
• Official: Illinois cop's death will be declared a suicide
• Obama's counterterrorism chief takes fresh stab at closing Guantanamo
• Houston voters reject civil rights measure for LGBT community
• Republicans win governor's races in Mississippi, Kentucky
• Health exchange hopes to move past troubles in 3rd go-round
• Illinois policeman died of apparent suicide: newspaper
• Ohio voters reject measure legalizing recreational marijuana use
• Chipotle now linked to 35 confirmed E. coli cases
• Canada ranks first for personal freedom, social tolerance

Illinois policeman committed suicide, embezzled funds: officials Posted: 04 Nov 2015 12:59 PM PST The northern Illinois policeman whose September death prompted an extensive manhunt for murder suspects committed "a carefully staged suicide" as authorities began an audit that would have exposed his embezzling public funds, authorities said on Wednesday. Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz used public funds for personal purchases, stealing and laundering money over the past seven years, and forging signatures on documents, Lake County Major Crime Task Force Commander George Filenko said. The investigation "strongly indicates criminal activity on the part of at least two other individuals," Filenko said, adding that because the investigation was ongoing he would not comment further.

San Diego police surround 'contained' gunman, flights affected Posted: 04 Nov 2015 11:37 AM PST (Reuters) - San Diego police SWAT team members surrounded an apartment on Wednesday where they said a man armed with a high-powered rifle was "contained" after shooting at officers responding to a domestic incident, police and local media said. "We have him contained," a police spokesman told reporters at the scene in footage broadcast by CNN. The San Diego Police Department said two local schools were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure due to an active shooter incident in the city's Midtown area.

Full ground stop issued at San Diego airport: report Posted: 04 Nov 2015 11:21 AM PST (Reuters) - A full ground stop was issued at San Diego International Airport, with no flights departing or arriving, KSWB-TV in San Diego reported on Wednesday.

Chipotle's E. coli outbreak threatens sales, emboldens critics Posted: 04 Nov 2015 10:32 AM PST By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc's food poisoning outbreak in Washington state and Oregon threatens to scare diners away from the popular burrito chain and has become fodder for one of its most vocal critics. Health officials are scrambling to identify the cause of the E. coli food poisoning that has sickened 35 people who ate at eight Chipotle restaurants in the greater Seattle and Portland areas. All of Chipotle's 43 outlets in those cities have been closed since Oct. 31.

Ex-U.S. State Department official gets 32 months for voyeurism Posted: 04 Nov 2015 09:59 AM PST A former U.S. State Department counterterrorism official was sentenced on Wednesday to 32 months in prison for surreptitiously filming women in their Washington homes, prosecutors said. Daniel Rosen, 45, of Washington, was sentenced in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on six counts of voyeurism and five counts of stalking, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement. Rosen filmed more than 500 videos over a four-year period beginning in 2010, prosecutors said.

Oklahoma woman charged in parade crash that killed 4 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 08:50 AM PST STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — A woman accused of running a red light and purposely driving around a barricade and over a police motorcycle before crashing into spectators at Oklahoma State University's homecoming parade was formally charged Wednesday with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of felony assault.

Teen can face trial on murder charge: Massachusetts judge Posted: 04 Nov 2015 08:02 AM PST A Massachusetts judge on Wednesday ruled that a teenager accused of murdering a teacher at his high school is competent to stand trial, despite arguments from his attorneys that the 16-year-old defendant had shown signs of mental disturbance. Jury selection in the trial of Philip Chism was suspended early last month after defense attorneys raised the competency question. Chism faces charges of raping and murdering Colleen Ritzer, who had been a popular 24-year-old math teacher at his high school in 2013 in Danvers, Massachusetts, a town of 26,000 people about 20 miles north of Boston.

Plane diverted to Kansas after disruptive passenger Posted: 04 Nov 2015 07:45 AM PST (Reuters) - An American Airlines flight from Phoenix to New York was diverted to Wichita, Kansas, because of a disruptive passenger, the company said on Wednesday.

Washington police probe death of handcuffed man in custody Posted: 04 Nov 2015 07:29 AM PST Washington police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old man found handcuffed in the custody of special officers, authorities said. The man, Alonzo Smith, was discovered by officers on Sunday unconscious and not breathing at a residential building, the Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement late on Tuesday. The police officers had responded to a report of an assault.

Officials to announce Illinois policeman's death was suicide: reports Posted: 04 Nov 2015 06:23 AM PST Officials are expected to announce on Wednesday that a northern Illinois policeman, whose early September death prompted an extensive manhunt for murder suspects, died of an apparent suicide, according to media reports that cited unnamed sources. The Lake County Sheriff's Office has scheduled a news conference for 10 a.m. CST to discuss "significant new information" in the investigation into the death of Fox Lake Police Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. Gliniewicz was found wounded on Sept. 1 after reporting that he was pursuing suspects on foot.

Buffett's BNSF helped lead fight to delay train safety technology Posted: 04 Nov 2015 05:15 AM PST By David Morgan and Nick Carey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia in May, killing eight people and injuring scores more, the railroad industry's campaign to delay a Dec. 31 deadline to install technology to prevent such disasters appeared to be finished. Not, as it turned out, if billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, had anything to do with it. Thune chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, which oversees the rail industry.

San Francisco voters poised to defeat measure to limit Airbnb rentals Posted: 04 Nov 2015 02:27 AM PST San Francisco voters were poised on Tuesday to defeat a controversial ballot measure to curb short-term home and apartment rentals, handing a victory to companies such as Airbnb, early results showed. With about 65,000 ballots counted, about 61 percent of voters had moved against Proposition F, which would cut the number of nights San Francisco homes or bedrooms can be rented to 75 each year, among other limitations. F's failure is a victory for home- and apartment-rental company Airbnb, the tech firm targeted by the measure put forward by affordable housing advocates and tenants' rights attorneys.

Trump has some thoughts on Clinton, Fiorina and gender equality Posted: 04 Nov 2015 01:00 AM PST

Official: Illinois cop's death will be declared a suicide Posted: 03 Nov 2015 11:53 PM PST CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities will announce that a northern Illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September killed himself, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press.

Obama's counterterrorism chief takes fresh stab at closing Guantanamo Posted: 03 Nov 2015 10:26 PM PST By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new U.S. plan to close the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is likely to be unveiled in the coming days, with much at stake not only for President Barack Obama but also his counterterrorism chief, Lisa Monaco. As a top Justice Department official in 2009, Monaco was summoned to the White House Situation Room in the first weeks of Obama's tenure to discuss how to fulfill his campaign promise to shutter a facility that had drawn condemnation worldwide. Nearly seven years later, most of those who were present at that first meeting have left the government, but Monaco is still there and charged with completing the unfinished task.

Houston voters reject civil rights measure for LGBT community Posted: 03 Nov 2015 09:02 PM PST By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Voters in Houston, the fourth most populous U.S. city, rejected a measure that have would banned discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation, protections not guaranteed under Texas law. The Houston Equal Rights Ordinance was backed by outgoing Mayor Annise Parker, the first open lesbian to be elected as mayor of a major U.S. city and local business, while prominent Republicans and Christian pastors rallied against the proposal also called HERO. The ordinance would ban discrimination in city employment and city services, city contracts, public accommodations, private employment and housing based on criteria including an individual's sexual orientation and gender identity.

Republicans win governor's races in Mississippi, Kentucky Posted: 03 Nov 2015 08:29 PM PST Matt Bevin wins in Kentucky while Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant wins a second term.

Health exchange hopes to move past troubles in 3rd go-round Posted: 03 Nov 2015 07:56 PM PST It's survived an IT meltdown and attempts to kill it in the Legislature. It's now facing the loss of two insurance carriers and an effort to constitutionally ban it. But leaders of the Silver State Health ...

Illinois policeman died of apparent suicide: newspaper Posted: 03 Nov 2015 07:39 PM PST The Lake County Sheriff's Office plans a news conference on Wednesday to discuss new items of "significant interest" concerning the results of its investigation into the death of Lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. A few weeks after the incident, authorities investigated the case as a homicide but did not rule out the possibility of suicide, Lake County Major Crime Task Force Commander George Filenko said. The shooting drew hundreds of local, state and federal officers to search in and around Fox Lake, about 60 miles (100 kms) north of Chicago and near the Wisconsin border.

Ohio voters reject measure legalizing recreational marijuana use Posted: 03 Nov 2015 07:05 PM PST By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio voters on Tuesday rejected a measure that would have made it the first U.S. Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, local media projections said. Issue 3, which would have added an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes both the personal and medical use of marijuana for those over 21 years old, was defeated by nearly a two-to-one margin, the projections said. The states that have legalized the recreational usage of marijuana are Alaska, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia.

Chipotle now linked to 35 confirmed E. coli cases Posted: 03 Nov 2015 04:23 PM PST By Lisa Baertlein and Suzannah Gonzales LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The number of confirmed E. Coli food poisoning cases linked to Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc in Oregon and Washington state rose to 35 on Tuesday, as the company announced steps to improve food safety. Chipotle, which is grappling with its third food safety incident this year, has closed all its 43 restaurants located in and around Seattle and Portland because of the E. coli O26 outbreak. Eight Chipotle restaurants have been tied to the outbreak.

Canada ranks first for personal freedom, social tolerance Posted: 03 Nov 2015 03:10 PM PST The Legatum Institute ranked Canada the number one country worldwide in terms of personal freedom in its 2015 Prosperity Index.

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• Eight Virginia officers injured in fight with naked man
• Top New York lawmaker 'betrayed' people for own profit -prosecutors
• Three-quarters of U.S. OPM hack victims still in dark
• Police arrest California university football player over shooting threat
• Clinton, Carson lead, Rubio and Cruz on the rise: polls
• Robin Williams was 'disintegrating' before suicide, widow says
• VW opposing UAW skilled trades worker vote at Tennessee plant
• Ohio voters to decide on legalizing recreational marijuana use
• Pennsylvania officer who shot, killed prone suspect heads to trial
• U.S. orders girls' locker room access for transgender Illinois student
• Being married to Bernie
• TransCanada asks US to suspend pipeline application review
• Activision buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion
• Woman drops sex assault case against U.S. venture capitalist
• JPMorgan settles California debt collection charges
• Pentagon spends $43 million to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog

Eight Virginia officers injured in fight with naked man Posted: 03 Nov 2015 12:41 PM PST Eight Virginia police officers were recovering on Tuesday from injuries during an attack by a naked man who allegedly set fire to his apartment, police said. The incident took place when Fairfax County police officers responded to a domestic incident on Monday at an apartment in Fairfax, a Washington suburb, police said in a statement. Hussani White, 26, of Fairfax, who was naked, allegedly attacked two officers in a stairwell and hit them several times.

Top New York lawmaker 'betrayed' people for own profit -prosecutors Posted: 03 Nov 2015 12:08 PM PST Sheldon Silver, one of New York State's most influential lawmakers for two decades, abused his position to earn millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks, federal prosecutors told a jury on Tuesday. "This is a case about a powerful politician who betrayed those he was supposed to serve in order to line his own pockets," Assistant U.S. Attorney Carrie Cohen said as Silver's criminal trial began in a Manhattan courthouse, just steps from the Lower East Side district that Silver has represented in the state Assembly since 1976.

Three-quarters of U.S. OPM hack victims still in dark Posted: 03 Nov 2015 10:59 AM PST By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer than a quarter of 21 million federal workers hit by a major computer hack have been officially told that their personal information was compromised, six months after the breach was detected, a U.S. government official said on Tuesday. About 5 million notifications about the hack have been sent out so far, a spokesperson for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) told Reuters in an email. After it fell victim to two successive cyberattacks, both begun in 2014 and revealed earlier this year, OPM was roundly criticized by lawmakers for its response.

Police arrest California university football player over shooting threat Posted: 03 Nov 2015 10:06 AM PST Christian Pryor, 18, was arrested on Monday afternoon by Fresno State University police and charged with making a "terrorist threat" after allegedly making the anonymous threat on the social media application, the school said in a statement.

Clinton, Carson lead, Rubio and Cruz on the rise: polls Posted: 03 Nov 2015 09:47 AM PST

Robin Williams was 'disintegrating' before suicide, widow says Posted: 03 Nov 2015 08:43 AM PST Comedian Robin Williams had been planning to undergo neurological testing the week before he committed suicide last year, and likely only had three years to live, his widow said on Tuesday. In her first interview since Williams hanged himself with a belt at their California home, Susan Williams described how the "Good Morning, Vietnam" Oscar winner was "just disintegrating" physically and mentally in the months before his death. Williams died in August 2014 at age 63 and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease three months prior.

VW opposing UAW skilled trades worker vote at Tennessee plant Posted: 03 Nov 2015 05:56 AM PST Volkswagen AG opposes a union representation vote by a portion of workers at the automaker's sole U.S. vehicle assembly plant, according to a letter to Chattanooga, Tennessee, employees issued Monday night. Volkswagen has been the most open to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union among foreign manufacturers with assembly plants in the southern United States. The U.S. National Labor Relations Board will hold a hearing Tuesday morning in Chattanooga to gather information before deciding whether to allow the UAW's petition to hold an election for about 165 skilled trades workers.

Ohio voters to decide on legalizing recreational marijuana use Posted: 03 Nov 2015 04:47 AM PST Ohio voters will decide on Tuesday whether to become the first U.S. Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, although a rival ballot measure could kill the law before it takes effect. Issue 3 would add an amendment to the state constitution that legalizes both the personal and medical use of marijuana for those over 21 years old. If it passes, Ohio would become the fifth and most populous state to legalize the recreational usage of marijuana, following Alaska, Colorado, Washington and Oregon, as well as the District of Columbia.

Pennsylvania officer who shot, killed prone suspect heads to trial Posted: 03 Nov 2015 04:29 AM PST HARRISBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - - Opening arguments are expected to begin on Tuesday in the murder trial of a Pennsylvania police officer who shot and killed a suspect last February as he lay face down in the snow, immobilized by a Taser charge. The shooting death of David Kassick, 59, by Officer Lisa Mearkle, 37, was captured on the video camera in her Taser, police say. Judge Deborah Curcillo of the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas granted his request, saying the media could not see the video before the jury views it.

U.S. orders girls' locker room access for transgender Illinois student Posted: 03 Nov 2015 04:11 AM PST The U.S. government on Monday found that a Chicago suburban high school district discriminated against a transgender student and gave the school a month to provide full access to girls' locker rooms or lose federal funding. After an investigation stemming from a 2013 complaint by the ACLU, and months of negotiations, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights found Township High School District 211 was violating federal non-discrimination rules. The case is seen as clarifying federal rules on locker-room access at a time of expanding awareness of transgender issues.

Being married to Bernie Posted: 03 Nov 2015 03:03 AM PST Jane Sanders is her husband's closest adviser and the people person to his curmudgeon.

TransCanada asks US to suspend pipeline application review Posted: 03 Nov 2015 01:08 AM PST TORONTO (AP) — After waiting seven years for a decision, the company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas has asked the U.S. State Department to suspend its review of the project. The move comes as the Obama administration increasingly appears likely to reject the pipeline permit application before leaving office in January 2017.

Activision buys Candy Crush maker King for $5.9 billion Posted: 02 Nov 2015 11:58 PM PST Activision Blizzard announced today it will acquire King Digital Entertainment, the company behind mobile hits Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga, in a $5.9 billion deal. The acquisition of King will make Activision Blizzard "one of the largest global entertainment networks with over half a billion combined monthly active users in 196 countries," according to a release. The acquisition is subject to approval by King's shareholders and the Irish government, but is expected to be complete by spring 2016, Activision Blizzard said.

Woman drops sex assault case against U.S. venture capitalist Posted: 02 Nov 2015 06:48 PM PST By Dan Levine and Sarah McBride SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A woman who accused prominent U.S. venture capitalist Joseph Lonsdale of sexual assault in a civil lawsuit has dropped all of her legal claims against him, according to a court filing on Monday. Lonsdale, who had denied plaintiff Elise Clougherty's allegations, also dropped counterclaims against her, including defamation, and each side will bear their own costs and expenses connected to the lawsuit, according to a joint filing. Clougherty, who started dating Lonsdale in 2012 while she was a Stanford University student and he was her mentor, accused him of sexual assault and related charges in a lawsuit filed in January.

JPMorgan settles California debt collection charges Posted: 02 Nov 2015 01:28 PM PST California was one of three U.S. states, along with Mississippi and Wyoming, that did not join JPMorgan's $216 million settlement in July of related charges by the federal government, the other 47 states and Washington, D.C. The California settlement includes a $5 million fine plus $45 million to be used at Harris' discretion, court papers show.

Pentagon spends $43 million to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog Posted: 02 Nov 2015 12:47 PM PST By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday. The Pentagon "charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world's most expensive gas station," said John Sopko, head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a congressionally mandated body. The gas station in Sheberghan, Afghanistan opened in 2012 and was created to show that compressed natural gas could be used in Afghanistan in cars effectively.

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