U.S. Top News: Coastal, riverbank homeowners brace for U.S. flood insurance hike

	Click to View in Browser 09/24/2013 Coastal, riverbank homeowners brace for U.S. flood insurance hike ORLANDO (Reuters) - More than a million homeowners living in older houses along the coastlines and riverbanks of the United States are being jolted by federal flood insurance rate hikes under a law passed in the wake of devastating storms. Police at North Carolina university shoot gunman near campus WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - Police at North Carolina Central University shot and killed a gunman in an incident that prompted a three-hour lockdown at the school, university officials and a local television station said on Tuesday. Obama says quit smoking because he was 'scared of my wife' NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he quit smoking for a reason that many husbands can relate to: "I'm scared of my wife." New York man faces charges after three-year-old dies in sofa bed NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York City man has been charged with endangering the welfare of a 3-year-old girl who died while she was trapped inside his sofa bed, police said Tuesday. Sikh who teaches at Columbia University beaten in possible hate crime NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Columbia University professor who wears a beard and turban in keeping with his Sikh religion was savagely beaten by teen attackers who shouted anti-Muslim taunts in what police described as a possible hate crime. Burger King to offer lower-fat French fries (Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Inc, known for its "Whopper" hamburgers, is introducing lower-fat French fries, as consumer groups in the United States increase pressure on the food industry to offer healthier alternatives. Boston voters to winnow field in first round of crowded mayor race BOSTON (Reuters) - Voters in Boston head to the polls on Tuesday to choose among a dozen candidates for mayor in a preliminary round of voting in the city's most wide-open mayoral election in decades. Two men charged in connection with Chicago shooting that wounded 13 CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two men were charged in connection with a shooting in Chicago last week that injured 13 people, including a 3-year-old boy, but neither are believed to have been the gunman, Chicago police said on Monday. Cherokee girl in U.S. adoption battle transferred to adoptive parents OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A 4-year-old Cherokee girl known as "Baby Veronica," who is at the center of a cross-country custody battle, was handed back to her adoptive non-Native American family on Monday, Cherokee Nation officials told Reuters. Search for Colorado flood survivors winds down DENVER (Reuters) - Search teams in flood-ravaged parts of Colorado have accounted for all but a half dozen people, down from hundreds reported missing nearly two weeks ago, and officials said on Monday that a man earlier presumed killed in the disaster has turned up alive and well. Related Video Brush fire burns parts of southern California Questions remain about conclusion of standoff Great Debate For U.S.-Iran deal, devil is in the details The minister who dreams of a reindustrialized France 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