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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

U.S. Top News: New York enacts gun-control law, first since Newtown attack

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01/16/2013
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New York enacts gun-control law, first since Newtown attack
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed into law one of the nation's toughest gun-control measures and the first to be enacted since the mass shooting last month at an elementary school in neighboring Connecticut.
Snow, sleet glaze roads, shut schools in Northeast
(Reuters) - A wintry mix of snow and sleet pelted the Northeast early Wednesday, making for a sloppy morning commute that snarled roadways but delighting schoolchildren with a surprise day off.
Dozens rounded up in New York and New Jersey extortion probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dozens of individuals whom federal authorities identified as New York-area organized crime figures were arrested Wednesday following an investigation of alleged extortion of local garbage haulers, a federal official confirmed Wednesday.
Ex-subway chief leads New York Republicans in mayoral poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The man who stepped down as head of the New York City subway system to run for mayor of New York led rivals this month in a possible Republican primary battle but was far behind potential Democratic candidates, a poll released on Wednesday showed.
St. Louis college student shoots school employee: police
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A student armed with a pistol opened fire at a college in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday, shooting a school employee and then turning the gun on himself, police said.
Oprah's OWN network gets ad premium for Armstrong confession
(Reuters) - Oprah Winfrey's cable network OWN is close to selling out advertising time at premium prices for the highly anticipated televised doping confession by former cycling champion Lance Armstrong, a senior network executive said.
Missouri museum faces criminal probe over spending, document shredding
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Known for its collections on the Lewis & Clark expedition, aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh and the Louisiana Purchase, the Missouri History Museum is coming under fire for a more recent land deal.
House passes $50.5 billion in Sandy aid, Republicans trim items
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but not before Republicans flexed their budget-cutting muscle to strike some spending provisions.
FBI says Oregon bomb suspect originally wanted to blow himself up
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - A Somali-born man charged in a Christmas-season bomb plot in Oregon was eager to "martyr" himself in a suicide mission, but FBI agents posing as al Qaeda operatives talked him into a plan to set off explosives remotely instead, one of them testified on Tuesday.
Two dead, one wounded in shooting at Kentucky college
LOUISVILLE, Ky (Reuters) - Two people were killed and a third wounded when gunfire broke out in the parking lot of a community college in the eastern Kentucky mountains, authorities said.
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