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	Click to View in Browser 04/4/2013 New York fast-food workers turn up heat in bid for better pay (Reuters) - Hundreds of fast-food restaurant workers in New York City are expected to walk off the job on Thursday in what organizers said would be their largest rally yet for better pay. In wake of Newtown, Connecticut Governor due to sign new gun law (Reuters) - Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is expected on Thursday to sign a tough new gun law that restricts sales of the sort of high-capacity ammunition clips that a gunman used to massacre 26 people in minutes in a December attack on a school. Texas to honor slain prosecutor and wife at public memorial KAUFMAN, Texas (Reuters) - Texans will pay honor on Thursday to slain prosecutor Mike McLelland and his wife, who were shot dead in their home over the weekend in an unsolved crime that has shocked this community on the outskirts of Dallas. Two white supremacists sought in probe of Colorado prison chief's slaying DENVER (Reuters) - Colorado authorities probing the killing of the state's prisons chief, who was shot at the door of his home last month, were seeking two members of a white supremacist prison gang in connection with the case, a sheriff's spokesman said on Wednesday. At fundraisers Obama talks climate, regaining U.S. House SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used fundraisers on Wednesday to assuage supporters' concerns about a transnational oil pipeline and his commitment to tackling climate change, while urging them to drive Republicans out of power in Congress in 2014. One person killed in shooting at Fort Knox Army post CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A man who worked as a civilian Army employee was shot to death on Wednesday in a parking lot at the Fort Knox Army base in Kentucky in an incident that prompted a security lockdown there, officials said. Kansas abortion clinic reopens four years after doctor's murder KANSAS CITY, Kan (Reuters) - A Kansas abortion clinic closed since the 2009 murder of its doctor, one of the few physicians in the country who performed late-term abortions, reopened on Wednesday in Wichita, the owner of the clinic said. Rutgers fires basketball coach after abuse video surfaces NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Rutgers University fired the head of its men's basketball team on Wednesday after the release of video showing him shoving players, hurling balls at their heads and berating them with homophobic slurs. Detroit emergency manager disavows letter on union contracts DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's new state-appointed emergency manager on Wednesday disavowed letters sent by the mayor's office saying that the city would stop honoring contracts with its police, fire and paramedics' labor unions. Fargo, North Dakota, braces for major Red River flooding FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Fargo residents began filling 1 million sandbags on Wednesday as the North Dakota city braced for major flooding along the Red River for the fourth time in the past five years. Related Video North Korea threatens U.S. with nuclear strike Swedish judge supports Assange Great Debate In Venezuela, an election about the future is haunted by the past Social Security as solution, not problem 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