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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

U.S. Top News: Sikh temple gunman was ex-soldier linked to racist group

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08/7/2012
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Sikh temple gunman was ex-soldier linked to racist group
OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The gunman who killed six worshipers at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin was identified as a 40-year-old U.S. Army veteran and authorities said they were investigating possible links to white supremacist groups and his membership in skinhead rock bands.
America needs "soul searching" on gun violence: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that mass killings like the shooting rampage at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin were occurring with "too much regularity" and should prompt soul searching by all Americans, but he stopped short of calling for new gun-control laws.
Alleged Colorado gunman's doctor reached police before rampage: ABC
(Reuters) - The psychiatrist who treated suspected movie-theater shooter James Holmes contacted a University of Colorado police officer to express concerns about Holmes's behavior several weeks before his alleged rampage, ABC News reported, citing unnamed sources.
Drought socks crops despite recent showers
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Crop-friendly showers and cooler temperatures are expected this week in much of the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop region but a return to heat and dryness is likely by next week, an agricultural meteorologist said on Tuesday.
Fed's Rosengren sees little inflation risk from QE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren on Tuesday repeated his call for the U.S. central bank to expand monetary policy, saying the economy is only treading water and inflation is not a problem.
Big Bay Area refinery blaze extinguished; plant idled
RICHMOND, California (Reuters) - A massive fire that shut down Chevron Corp's large Richmond, California, refinery on Monday, was extinguished by the early hours of Tuesday, Chevron said, leaving residents and oil traders seeking answers to the hours-long blaze.
U.S. nuns meet to decide how to respond to Vatican rebuke
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The largest group for American nuns begins a four-day meeting in St. Louis on Tuesday to consider a response to the Vatican's decision to assign effective control of the group to a trio of bishops because the nuns had strayed from church doctrine.
Home prices rose in June: CoreLogic
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices rose in June, boosted by tighter inventory, in a fresh sign the recovery in the housing market was gaining traction, data from CoreLogic Inc showed on Tuesday.
Fighter jets intercept two small planes in Obama airspace
(Reuters) - Two F-15 fighter jets intercepted two small planes that strayed into President Barack Obama's airspace during a campaign visit to Connecticut on Monday and the planes landed without incident, media reports said.
Accused Tucson gunman due in court, expected to plead guilty
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - A 23-year-old college dropout accused of killing six people and wounding 13 others, including then-U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, in a Tucson shooting rampage last year was expected to plead guilty on Tuesday if a judge finds him mentally competent, a person familiar with the case said.
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