Morning Digest: Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer

	Click to View in Browser 04/24/2013 Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer BOSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the ceremony.. Italy president calls centre-left official Letta ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano called Enrico Letta, deputy head of the center-left Democratic Party, to the Quirinale Palace, indicating he was likely to be asked to form a new coalition government.. Stock index futures indicate higher open LONDON (Reuters) - Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq 100 futures all up 0.2 percent at 0455 EDT ( 0855 GMT).. Ang Lee, Kidman join Cannes Film Festival jury LONDON (Reuters) - Double Oscar-winning director Ang Lee and Australian actress Nicole Kidman will be on the nine-member jury at this year's Cannes Film Festival, organizers said on Wednesday.. Bahrain says thwarted attacks, found petrol bombs before F1 race DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain security forces thwarted attacks and found caches of weapons including 1,000 petrol bombs in the run-up to last weekend's Formula One race, state media said as protests and sectarian tensions continued to simmer in the island kingdom.. Facebook to build data center near Des Moines, Iowa SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is building a data center near Des Moines, Iowa, to bolster its computing power as it rolls out new services and as the growing use of smartphones increase the pressure on its infrastructure.. Campaigners call for ban on "killer robots" LONDON (Reuters) - Machines with the ability to attack targets without any human intervention must be banned before they are developed for use on the battlefield, campaigners against "killer robots" urged on Tuesday.. Oops! N.Y.'s Suffolk County accidentally defaults on debt NEW YORK (Reuters) - As if Suffolk County, home of the Hamptons and playground of the rich and famous on New York's Long Island, didn't have enough financial problems already.. Related Video Tamerlan Tsarnaev: The making of a militant Apple dips into its piggybank; Stocks up Great Debate What Boston bombers manhunt revealed about the FBI Boston bomber acted as 'enemy combatant' 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