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      |   |     |     |  | 12/31/2013 |  |        |  |    |  |        |  |           |  |        |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | (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. |  |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |        |       |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |        |       |    |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | (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. |  |  |  |        |       |       |  |    | (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. |  |  |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |        |   |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |        |       |   |  |       |  |    | 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. |  |  |  |  |       |  |    |           |  |          |  |                    |           | 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 |  |  |  |  |  | 
          
           
 
 
 
          
      
 
 
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