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U.S. Top News: North Dakota town mostly evacuated after fiery oil train crash

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12/31/2013
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North Dakota town mostly evacuated after fiery oil train crash
(Reuters) - Most of a small North Dakota town has been evacuated after a train carrying crude oil crashed into another train that had derailed, officials said on Tuesday.
Brain-dead California girl ordered kept on ventilator for week longer
OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - The family of a California girl who was declared brain dead after complications from a tonsillectomy won an 11th-hour court order on Monday requiring doctors to keep her connected to a breathing machine for at least another week.
Controversial Idaho hunting contest ends with no wolves killed
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A controversial hunting contest in Idaho targeting wolves and coyotes has ended with nearly two dozen coyotes killed but no wolves shot, though rancor over the event remains undiminished.
ACLU sues for details of U.S. surveillance under executive order
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Monday, seeking to force the U.S. government to disclose details of its foreign electronic surveillance program and what protections it provides to Americans whose communications are swept up.
Walgreen offers month of prescriptions to backlogged Obamacare enrollees
(Reuters) - Walgreen Co said on Monday it will provide a month's supply of certain prescriptions at no upfront cost to U.S. participants who have not yet received a plan identification number under President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
Oklahoma doctor held for nine deaths linked to prescription drugs
(Reuters) - Texas police have arrested a former Oklahoma doctor on nine counts of homicide and 43 counts of illegal drug distribution for prescribing large doses of addictive medicines to patients he hardly knew in return for bribes, officials said on Monday.
Cleveland man confesses to murders, rapes, sentenced to 445 years
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A former neighbor of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro pleaded guilty on Monday to murders and rapes committed nearly two decades ago and was sentenced to more than 400 years in prison with no chance of parole, prosecutors said.
Colorado shooter went bowling, entered school by unlocked door
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - The teenage gunman who killed a classmate at a Colorado high school before taking his own life this month went bowling before the attack then drove to school and entered through a door that should have been locked, a sheriff disclosed on Monday.
NYC sues FedEx for illegally shipping cigarettes to homes
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing it of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people's homes and seeking $52 million in fines and unpaid taxes.
NY City mayor-elect names former teacher to lead schools
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio on Monday named Carmen Farina, a longtime teacher and administrator, as the next chancellor of the nation's largest public school system.
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