U.S. Top News: Obama: surveillance safeguards worked, but must be improved

	Click to View in Browser 08/23/2013 Obama: surveillance safeguards worked, but must be improved (Reuters) - Safeguards to ensure that U.S. surveillance measures are not abused have worked but must be improved as technology advances, President Barack Obama said in an interview with CNN that aired on Friday. Closing arguments expected in case of U.S. soldier who killed 16 Afghans TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Closing arguments are expected on Friday in the sentencing hearing that will determine the fate of a decorated U.S. soldier who gunned down 16 unarmed Afghan civilians in a pre-dawn rampage last year. Jury to resume deliberations in Fort Hood court-martial FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Jurors were set to resume deliberations on Friday in the court-martial of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan, the psychiatrist who has admitted shooting dead 13 people and wounding 31 in a rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009. Goldman Sachs banker charged with rape in New York state (Reuters) - A New York-based Goldman Sachs managing director was arrested and charged with raping a 20-year-old woman while on vacation in the up-market Hamptons resort in New York state. Nevada couple held in plot to kidnap, kill police: report (Reuters) - A Las Vegas couple has been arrested for allegedly plotting to capture and kill a police officer, and authorities say they were part of the anti-government "sovereign citizen" movement, a television station reported. Firefighters struggle in rough terrain to tame huge blaze near Yosemite SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters struggling in rough terrain lost ground against a raging wildfire that on Thursday had reached the western edge of Yosemite National Park in California, one of America's premier outdoor destinations, the U.S. Forest Service said. Ex-paramedic jailed after Texas explosion released on bail DALLAS (Reuters) - A former paramedic who responded to a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant in April, only to be charged weeks later with unlawful possession of pipe bomb components, was released from a county jail on Thursday. NYC comptroller debate: Spitzer to work for a dollar, Stringer sings NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eliot Spitzer, trying to rebound from a sex scandal that cost him the New York governorship, promised to work for a dollar a year while his opponent tried to sing a chorus from David Bowie's "Heroes" as part of Wednesday's debate between the two Democratic candidates for New York City's comptroller. U.S. wildfire managers weigh help from military, foreign countries SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - U.S. wildfire managers facing increasingly strained resources have opened talks with Pentagon commanders and Canadian officials about possible reinforcements of personnel and aircraft to battle dozens of blazes raging across the drought-parched American West. 50 years after, Martin Luther King's 'Dream' still not realized in U.S.: poll NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fifty years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, nearly half of those who responded to a new poll said a lot more needs to be done before people in the United States would "be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Related Video Israel bombs Lebanon in retaliation for rocket fire Fishing banned off Fukushima coast Great Debate Time for action on Syria A moment of truth in Damascus and Washington 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