Pay Bulger 'rent' or die, ex-bookies testify
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - James "Whitey" Bulger made it clear to Boston bookmakers that murder was among his violent...
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Newtown to mark 6 months since shootings with ceremony, new push on guns
By Edith Honan (Reuters) - Six months after a gunman killed 26 children and adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school, fam...
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Detroit creditors brace for haircuts, or worse, at meeting to avoid bankruptcy
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit's creditors will begin to learn on Friday morning what they can recover without driving the financially ...
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Farewell note found on body of California gunman who killed five
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A three-page farewell note was found on the body of a California gunman who shot five people...
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Miami bar deck collapses, tipping scores into water
By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - An outdoor deck at a Miami area sports bar partially collapsed late on Thursday, spilling dozens of...
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Son of Louisiana senator arrested for drunken driving, hit and run
By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - The 21-year-old son of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu was arrested and charged on Thursday with drunken d...
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While working for spies, Snowden was secretly prolific online
By John Shiffman, Mark Hosenball and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON (Reuters) - While working for U.S. intelligence agencies, Edward Sno...
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Arizona lawmakers pass Medicaid expansion
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion age...
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Governor takes heat after vetoing bill to strengthen gun background checks
By Alexia Shurmur LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Thursday vetoed Democratic-backed legislation that would ...
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Rulings push jury selection in Trayvon Martin case into second week
By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A judge's decision to sequester jurors for the murder trial of a Florida neighborhood...
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