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	Click to View in Browser 10/2/2012 Chicago teachers vote whether to ratify deal that ended strike CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago public school teachers vote on Tuesday whether to ratify an agreement with Mayor Rahm Emanuel that ended a strike of more than a week in the nation's third-largest school district. Amtrak train derails in central California, 30 injured LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Some 30 people were injured on Monday when a tractor-trailer truck crashed through a rail crossing signal and collided with an Amtrak passenger train in central California, causing the train to derail, authorities said. U.S. retail trade group sees holiday sales growth slowing (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales should rise 4.1 percent this holiday season, slower growth than in the past two years as mixed economic data and political uncertainty weigh on consumers, the world's largest retail trade association said. Kin of Colorado theater victims want guns discussed in presidential debate DENVER (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a Colorado movie theater shooting rampage demanded on Monday that President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney address gun violence in their first presidential debate this week in Denver. California governor signs cap-and-trade revenue bills SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 2 (Reuters Point Carbon) - California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills related to the use of revenue raised through the sale of carbon allowances, although details of how the money will be spent won't be determined until next year. California lawmaker offers to revise "anti-Arizona" immigration bill LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California lawmaker offered on Monday to revise a proposed law to shield some illegal immigrants from federal status checks, a day after the state's Democratic governor vetoed the bill as "fatally flawed." Man who kidnapped Tennessee sisters said to be "obsessed" with girl (Reuters) - The wife of a man accused of abducting two Tennessee girls after killing their mother and older sister told authorities that he was obsessed with one of the younger girls and planned the crime for over a year, a state investigator testified on Monday. American Alan Gross, jailed in Cuba, may have cancer: lawyer HAVANA (Reuters) - Alan Gross, the American government contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state, could be suffering from an untreated cancer, according to an independent review of his medical records, his U.S. lawyer said on Tuesday. Judge orders competency tests for accused Oakland shooter SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge ordered mental competency tests on Monday for a former nursing student accused of killing seven people and wounding three in an April shooting rampage at a Christian college in Oakland. High chance of cyclone west-southwest of Cape Verde islands (Reuters) - A low pressure area located about 800 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde islands now has a 60 percent chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said early Tuesday, up from 30 percent earlier. Related Video Wealth Strategies: Stocks to "Re-Rally" in Q4 Philippines' battle for birth control Great Debate The long tail of Lego Punch Sulzberger and the trouble with media dynasties A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend