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Massive storm Sandy crashes ashore in New Jersey
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NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain on Monday near the gambling resort of Atlantic
www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/30/us-storm-sandy-hurricane-idUSBRE89N16J20121030
Google rejects White House request to pull Mohammad film clip
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc rejected a request by the White House on Friday to reconsider its decision to keep online a controversial YouTube movie clip that has ignited anti-American protests
www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/14/us-protests-google-idUSBRE88D1MD20120914
FAA grounds Boeing 787 over battery concerns
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WASHINGTON/SEATTLE (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Wednesday it would temporarily ground Boeing Co's 787s after a second incident involving battery failures caused one of the Dreamliner
www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/17/us-boeing-dreamliner-idUSBRE90F1N820130117
Exclusive: Apple hit by hackers who targeted Facebook last week
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BOSTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc computers were attacked by the same hackers who targeted Facebook Inc, but no data appeared to have been stolen, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented
www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-apple-hackers-idUSBRE91I10920130219
Mexico's old rulers claim presidential election win
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's old rulers claimed victory in a presidential election on Sunday after exit polls showed their candidate Enrique Pena Nieto primed to restore to power the party that dominated
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/02/us-mexico-election-idUSBRE85S1G320120702
U.N. testimony that Syrian rebels used sarin gas but The United States has "varying degrees of confidence" that sarin has been used by Syria's government. who do you believe? www.reuters.com 1743 TWEETS
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have gathered testimony from casualties of Syria's civil war and medical staff indicating that rebel forces have used the nerve agent sarin, one of the
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-un-idUSBRE94409Z20130505
It's a boson: Higgs quest bears new particle
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GENEVA (Reuters) - Scientists at Europe's CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe, which appears to be the boson imagined and named half a century
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/04/us-science-higgs-idUSBRE86008K20120704
U.S. Ambassador to Libya And Three Staff Are Killed in Rocket Attack in Benghazi www.reuters.com 1721 TWEETS
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on their car, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building
www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-libya-usa-attack-idUSBRE88B0EI20120912
U.S. State Department says information indicates U.S. citizens among hostages in raid on Algeria gas plant www.reuters.com 1694 TWEETS
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Islamist militants seized five Japanese nationals and a French citizen from an oil facility in southern Algeria on Wednesday, local and diplomatic sources said.The foreigners were
www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/16/us-algeria-kidnap-idUSBRE90F0HB20130116
Budget crisis eases as Republicans seek to avoid shutdown www.reuters.com 1672 TWEETS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Republicans announced a plan on Monday to avoid a government shutdown later this month, seeking to calm the waters after months of budget fights that ended in a failure
www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/05/us-usa-fiscal-idUSBRE91P0W220130305
Ten killed in Denver movie shooting: local radio
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DENVER, Colorado (Reuters) - A masked gunman shot dead 10 people and wounded 30 to 40 others at a showing of new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises at a movie theater in the U.S. city of Denver, local
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/20/us-usa-shooting-denver-idUSBRE86J0AM20120720
George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting www.reuters.com 1633 TWEETS
SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A pit bull named Big Boi began menacing George and Shellie Zimmerman in the fall of 2009.The first time the dog ran free and cornered Shellie in their gated community in Sanford,
www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-usa-florida-shooting-zimmerman-idUSBRE83O18H20120425
Israel strikes Syria again, rocking Damascus
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Israel carried out its second air strike in days on Syria early on Sunday, a Western intelligence source said, in an attack that shook Damascus with a series of powerful blasts and drove
www.reuters.com/article/2013/05/05/us-syria-crisis-blasts-idUSBRE94400020130505
UPDATE 4-US appeals court rules against Defense of Marriage Act
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* Court says key part of marriage law is unconstitutional* Supreme Court could take up the issue in its current termBy Terry BaynesNEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court in NewYork ruled
www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/18/usa-gaymarriage-appeal-idUSL1E8LI86M20121018
An 8.9 magnitude quake off Aceh triggers Indian Ocean tsunami warning | Reuters www.reuters.com 1491 TWEETS
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia issued a tsunami warning after a huge 8.9 magnitude earthquake off its westernmost province Aceh, leading panicked locals to scramble out of their houses to
www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/11/us-indonesia-earthquake-idUSBRE83A0BB20120411
Four dead in townhouse shooting in Aurora, Colorado
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AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman who barricaded himself inside a townhouse after killing three people in the home was shot to death by police on Saturday in Aurora, Colorado, the same Denver suburb where
www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/05/us-usa-shooting-colorado-idUSBRE90408W20130105
Pope will have security, immunity by remaining in the Vatican www.reuters.com 1453 TWEETS
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict's decision to live in the Vatican after he resigns will provide him with security and privacy. It will also offer legal protection from any attempt to prosecute him
www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-pope-resignation-immunity-idUSBRE91E0ZI20130215
U.S. cites fronts for Iran's tanker and shipping companies - Reuters www.reuters.com 1424 TWEETS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States identified dozens of Iranian front companies, ships and banks on Thursday that it said were helping Tehran evade Western sanctions aimed at stopping Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/12/us-usa-iran-sanctions-idUSBRE86B12I20120712
