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U.S. Top News: Alabama marks anniversary of racial bombing that sparked change

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09/16/2013
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Alabama marks anniversary of racial bombing that sparked change
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Fifty years after a bomb ripped through a church basement, killing four girls and shocking a racially divided nation, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, on Sunday commemorated the tragedy that marked a shift in the country's battle over civil rights.
Four people shot in Washington Navy Yard incident: police
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gunman shot four people at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, including a District of Columbia police officer, a police spokesman said.
Judge to weigh whether 9/11 case at Guantanamo should be halted
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The judge in the Guantanamo war crimes court is to decide this week whether to halt pretrial hearings in the September 11 case until next year so technicians can fix computer problems that defense lawyers say are stymieing their work.
Hundreds stranded by Colorado's raging waters
DENVER (Reuters) - The death toll from historic flooding in eastern Colorado stands at four and will likely increase, authorities said on Sunday, as rescuers struggled to reach hundreds of people stranded or displaced by fierce floodwaters.
Police charge suspect after chase that injured two bystanders in NYC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Police on Sunday said a man who caused two police officers to open fire as he ran through traffic in New York's crowded Times Square on Saturday night would be booked on several charges, including resisting arrest and rioting.
Man and five children die in Ohio trailer fire
(Reuters) - A fire that engulfed a trailer killed five children and a man on Sunday morning in Tiffin, Ohio, police said.
N.C. police shoot unarmed man who survived car accident
(Reuters) - Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, shot dead an unarmed man who was running toward police officers and may have been just trying to get help after crashing his car, authorities said.
Five years after Lehman, Americans still angry at Wall Street: Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few years ago, Larry Summers, then the director of President Barack Obama's National Economic Council, held a private meeting with some of Wall Street's top bankers and executives.
New Jersey to give burned boardwalk businesses $15 million for repairs
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Two New Jersey beach towns will get $15 million in state aid to repair damage from a boardwalk fire that devastated the resorts that had to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy, Governor Chris Christie said on Saturday.
World's oldest man dies at 112 in New York state
(Reuters) - The world's oldest man, a gin rummy-playing, one-time sugarcane worker born in Spain, has died at 112 in New York state, a funeral home said on Saturday.
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