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| | 08/6/2013 | | | | | | | | | | (Reuters) - Former U.S. President George W. Bush underwent a surgical procedure at a Dallas hospital on Tuesday to have a stent placed in his heart for a blocked artery, U.S. media reported. | | | | | | FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The court-martial of Nidal Hasan begins on Tuesday, with the U.S. Army major facing charges he killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, the worst non-combat attack in history at a U.S. military base. | | | | | (Reuters) - Three people were killed and three wounded on Monday during a shooting rampage by an allegedly disgruntled resident at a public meeting in a government building in rural Pennsylvania, police said. | | | | | | | MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Hundreds of mourners gathered on Monday for a candlelight vigil at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee to commemorate the lives of six worshippers killed there a year ago by a white supremacist during a mass shooting. | | | | | BOSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said it used a helicopter to pull a father and son from chest-deep mud near a pond in Rhode Island on Monday, where the duo had gotten stuck overnight. | | | | | | | (Reuters) - The Trump Organization said it is planning a $200 million redevelopment of the iconic Old Post Office Building in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel. | | | | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Bus drivers for a major San Francisco-area transit agency threatened on Monday to strike over pay and conditions, less than 24 hours after California's governor intervened to avert a massive commuter rail strike in the area. | | | | | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The seaside community of Venice Beach on Monday mourned an Italian woman who was killed there on her honeymoon and 11 other people who were injured when a man plowed a car through a crowd of weekend revelers at the boardwalk. | | | | | | (Reuters) - CBS Corp Chief Executive Officer Les Moonves on Tuesday rejected the latest proposal by Time Warner Cable Inc to end its blackout of the network's shows. | | | | | | | DENVER (Reuters) - The U.S. Forest Service banned the use of exploding shooting targets on drought-parched national forests and grasslands in five states on Monday, after authorities blamed the devices for sparking 16 wildfires since last year. | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | | |
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