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	Click to View in Browser 09/9/2013 U.S. tapped into networks of Google, Petrobras, others: report RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. government tapped into computer networks of companies including Google Inc. and Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA, according to leaked U.S. documents aired by Globo, Brazil's biggest television network. Toddler shot to death in Yellowstone was killed by father's pistol SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - The first child to die from gunfire in Yellowstone National Park in three-quarters of a century was a 3-year-old girl killed over the weekend by a bullet shot from her father's handgun at a popular lakeside campsite, park officials said on Sunday. Fire near San Francisco forces evacuation of dozens of homes SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Authorities in northern California went door-to-door on Sunday to order the evacuation of dozens of homes in the path of a small but fast-growing brush fire near Mount Diablo State Park, northeast of San Francisco. Carnival ride malfunction leaves 18 hurt at Connecticut festival MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Eighteen people, most of them children, were injured at a fair in Connecticut on Sunday when a carnival-style swing ride twirling them through the air in circles broke down, sending riders crashing into each other and tumbling to the ground, police said. NAACP president to step down by year-end: statement WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The president of the NAACP, Benjamin Jealous, will step down on December 31 after five years in the post, the civil rights group said on Sunday in a statement posted on its web site. 107-year-old Arkansas man killed in shootout with police LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - A 107-year-old man was killed in a shootout with a police SWAT team at a home in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he had earlier threatened two people with a gun, authorities said on Sunday. Time Warner to move U.S. retirees to healthcare exchanges NEW YORK (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc is planning to transfer its U.S. retirees from company-sponsored health plans and move them to private insurance exchanges. Remote U.S. Border Patrol bases plug gaps on Mexico frontier SAN BERNARDINO VALLEY, Arizona (Reuters) - For U.S. Border Patrol agent Frank Dixon, getting to work on the 4 p.m. to midnight shift is simple: He drives out of Hedglen Forward Operating Base and is already in the heart of the cactus-studded wilderness he is tasked with securing. NYC Comptroller's race: borough boss vs. Wall St. sheriff NEW YORK (Reuters) - In most election years, the campaign for New York City's top financial job is a sideshow affair compared with the larger battle for the mayor's office. Insight: Tax law fuels, then kills, a discount-tobacco industry AUBURN, Washington (Reuters) - Jean and Larry Wood weren't thinking about politics when they opened Butt's Tobacco in a tidy strip mall south of Seattle in February 2011. Related Video Kerry, Hague discuss Syria Moscow elections – Putin's Pyrrhic victory? Great Debate The endless debate over genetic engineering For Obama, a contradiction too many 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