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	Click to View in Browser 02/20/2013 Kansas City restaurant fire rubble searched for missing woman KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Firefighters on Wednesday resumed searching the rubble of a popular Kansas City, Missouri, restaurant destroyed by a natural gas blast and fire that injured up to 16 people and left a female employee missing. "Amazon tax" payoff starts to arrive in some U.S. states (Reuters) - Sales tax from Internet commerce, a prize pursued for years by U.S. state governments, is starting to arrive in California and a few other states, providing millions of dollars in new revenue, though not as much as a benchmark study once forecast. Alaska suspect in two Coast Guard slayings pleads not guilty ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A former U.S. Coast Guard employee accused of shooting two colleagues to death at a remote Kodiak Island communications station last year pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder charges in the 10-month-old case. Body found in LA hotel water tank may be missing Canadian tourist LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A body found in a large water tank on top of a downtown Los Angeles hotel on Tuesday may belong to a 21-year-old Canadian woman who went missing under suspicious circumstances while staying there late last month, police said. Four dead, including gunman, in California shooting spree TUSTIN, California (Reuters) - A part-time college student armed with a shotgun went on a shooting rampage in southern California on Tuesday, killing a woman at his home and slaying two others during a series of carjackings before taking his own life, police said. Married couple in LAPD describes fear of ex-cop during manhunt LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Los Angeles Police Sergeant Emada Tingirides first got a call from her husband telling her something was wrong, what struck her most was the fear she heard over the phone. General John Allen to retire, won't take NATO nomination WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Marine General John Allen, who led NATO forces in Afghanistan and was caught up but later cleared in the scandal that forced CIA chief David Petraeus to resign, said Tuesday he will retire and forgo his nomination to become NATO's supreme allied commander because of his wife's health. Joe Biden's tip for self-defense: Get a shotgun WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's advice for self-defense: Buy a shotgun, not an assault rifle. New Florida law makes many foreign tourists illegal drivers ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - State officials in Florida plan to amend a new state law that has turned thousands of unwitting foreign tourists into illegal drivers and may make it hard for them to collect insurance claims if they get in auto accidents while visiting the state. Georgia inmate called "mentally retarded" granted stays of execution ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia man convicted of killing two people and described by his attorneys as mentally disabled was granted last-minute stays of execution on Tuesday by a U.S. federal appeals court and a state appeals court, his lawyer said. Related Video U.S. Morning Call: Sony to unveil new PlayStation console Match fixing tarnishes the beautiful game Great Debate The future of free-market healthcare Banks thrive, while homeowners still suffer 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