U.S. Top News: Prosecutors near done laying out case against accused Colorado gunman

	Click to View in Browser 01/9/2013 Prosecutors near done laying out case against accused Colorado gunman CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Prosecutors were expected to finish presenting their case to a Colorado judge on Wednesday in the preliminary hearing of a former graduate student charged with shooting 12 people to death and wounding 58 others in a movie theater last summer. Commuter ferry crash in New York injures 17 people NEW YORK (Reuters) - A commuter ferry crashed into a pier in lower Manhattan early Wednesday, injuring 17 people, the New York City Fire Department said. Rains to ease drought in Delta; cold snap for Plains CHICAGO (Reuters) - Heavy rains in the Delta and southeast over the next week will provide some relief from the worst drought in over 50 years while a cold snap early next week is posing a threat to the struggling wheat crop in the U.S. Plains States, an agricultural meteorologist said on Wednesday. Boeing Dreamliner incidents raise concerns about jet NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jet on Tuesday suffered its second mishap in two days, with the same airline and at the same U.S. airport - the latest in a series of setbacks that have heightened safety concerns over the new aircraft. 2012 was hottest year on record in U.S., climate agency says CHICAGO (Reuters) - The year 2012 was the warmest on record for the contiguous United States, beating the previous record by a full degree in temperature, a government climate agency said on Tuesday. NRC staff recommends costly filtered vents at some U.S. reactors (Reuters) - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff on Wednesday will brief the commission on its recommendation to require nuclear operators to spend tens of millions of dollars to install filtered vents at more than two dozen reactors. Texas school can force teenager to wear locator chip: judge SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A public school district in Texas can require students to wear locator chips when they are on school property, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a case raising technology-driven privacy concerns among liberal and conservative groups alike. Alaska militia leader sentenced to nearly 26 years in prison ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The leader of an anti-government militia in Alaska who proclaimed that "God's law" trumps "man's law" was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 26 years in prison for a plot to kill government employees he portrayed as his enemies. WikiLeaks soldier's sentence reduced - if convicted (Reuters) - A military judge on Tuesday reduced by 112 days any sentence that accused WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning might receive as compensation for harsh treatment he received in military detention, a Department of Defense spokesman said. California governor says cancer treatment over, "rarin' to go" SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, who has been undergoing a course of radiotherapy for early-stage prostate cancer, said on Tuesday that he had completed his treatment and was "rarin' to go." Related Video U.S. Morning Call: Dish makes $2.28 bln bid for Clearwire Market Pulse: UBS on the naughty step, shares rally Great Debate Shared sacrifice – except for CEOs The real fiscal cliff winner? Bush 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