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	Click to View in Browser 08/14/2013 U.S. schools face tough decisions on Obamacare benefits WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hit by years of budget cuts, some U.S. public school boards are looking to avoid providing health benefits to substitute teachers and supporting staff under President Barack Obama's reform law, education officials say. U.S. soldier Manning could break silence as WikiLeaks trial nears end (Reuters) - U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, convicted of providing secret files to WikiLeaks in the biggest data breach in U.S. history, could break a long silence on Wednesday as the sentencing phase of his court-martial wraps up. Gunman and hostage killed in Louisiana bank standoff NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A U.S. police SWAT team stormed a rural Louisiana bank early on Wednesday, killing a gunman after he shot two hostages, one of whom later died. Two dead in crash of UPS cargo jet in Birmingham, Alabama BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - A large UPS cargo plane crashed early Wednesday morning near the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, killing the pilot and co-pilot, in the latest in a series of aviation accidents in the United States this year. Pilot and co-pilot killed in Alabama UPS cargo plane crash: mayor (Reuters) - The pilot and co-pilot of a large UPS cargo plane were killed in a crash Wednesday morning near the airport in Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor William Bell said. Oklahoma governor says won't intervene quickly in Cherokee adoption case (Reuters) - Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin said on Tuesday that she will not intervene quickly in a dispute over a Cherokee Indian girl named Veronica whose adoption by a South Carolina couple is being challenged by her Native American biological father in Oklahoma. Wildfire threatens two Idaho mountain towns; evacuations ordered SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A wildfire nipping at the edges of two Idaho mountain resort towns has destroyed about a dozen homes, prompting authorities to intensify calls to hundreds of residents to heed mandatory orders to evacuate, fire officials said on Tuesday. Lawyers for U.S. soldier in Afghan rampage seek prosecutors' ouster TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Lawyers for a U.S. soldier who pleaded guilty in June to the slaughter of 16 Afghan civilians sought the dismissal of the prosecution team at a hearing on Tuesday, saying a document they saw could compromise the fairness of the upcoming sentencing proceeding. Utah beauty queen accused of throwing bombs resigns title (Reuters) - A Utah beauty queen accused along with three friends of throwing homemade bombs in a Salt Lake City suburb resigned her Miss Riverton title on Tuesday, according to a statement posted on the city's website. California man behind anti-Islam film released to halfway house LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The man behind a film that stoked anti-U.S. protests across the Muslim world has been moved from prison to a halfway house to serve the remaining weeks of his sentence for probation violations stemming from his role in making the video, federal officials said on Tuesday. Related Video Typhoon Utor hits China U.S. Morning Call: Icahn says Apple can shine at $700/share Great Debate The Supreme Court 's Gilded Age redux Why is Bloomberg keeping New Yorkers smoking? 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