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California shooting rampage death toll rises to five
(Reuters) - A college student shot during a gunman's rampage in Santa Monica, California, died on Sunday, the school said, two days after her father and three other people were killed in the same attack.
Philadelphia crane operator held without bail following collapse
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A crane operator who police said tested positive for marijuana use on the job was ordered held without bail on Sunday on charges stemming from a Philadelphia building collapse that killed six people.
Disclosures on NSA spying alarm lawmakers, tech companies
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Recent revelations about the National Security Agency's expansive data-collection efforts have underscored the power of electronic surveillance in the Internet era and renewed an historic debate over how far the government should go in spying on its own people.
Support growing to close Guantanamo prison: senator
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Senator John McCain said on Sunday there is increasing public support for closing the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and moving detainees to a facility on the U.S. mainland.
Trayvon Martin murder case goes to trial in Florida
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - Jury selection begins on Monday in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012 and then famously walked free for 44 days, triggering nationwide protests and calls for his arrest.
New Jersey police officer charged with murder in road-rage shooting
(Reuters) - A police officer assigned to a county prosecutor's office in New Jersey has been charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter for allegedly shooting a man to death in Maryland in what police describe as an incident of road rage.
Insight: Ethanol lobby sees red over a yellow gas hose in Kansas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - At a handful of gas stations in eastern Kansas, the intensifying fight between major oil refiners and the ethanol industry over the future of America's fuel supply has found a new focus: the color of the gas hose.
Nuclear plant shutdown to increase California's reliance on natural gas
NEW YORK (Reuters) - California's growing reliance on natural gas to fuel its power plants will increase and power prices will remain elevated following Southern California Edison's decision to retire a crippled nuclear power plant.
Attorney general under pressure to open more leak inquiries
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder appears to have little choice but to launch a new round of investigations into media leaks, the very issue that consumed him for the last month and led to renewed calls for his resignation.
Spy agency seeks criminal probe into leaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence agency requested a criminal probe on Saturday into the leak of highly classified information about secret surveillance programs run by the National Security Agency, a spokesman for the intelligence chief's office said.
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