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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

U.S. Top News: Defense poised to open in New York "cannibal cop" kidnap conspiracy trial

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03/5/2013
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Defense poised to open in New York "cannibal cop" kidnap conspiracy trial
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For more than a week, jurors in the federal kidnapping conspiracy trial of so-called New York "cannibal cop" Gilberto Valle have been exposed to talk, imagery and video detailing extraordinary brutality against women.
Snowstorm disrupts travel in upper Midwest
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A blizzard dumped heavy snow on the midwestern United States, disrupting highway and air travel on Tuesday as it moved east toward the Ohio Valley and the mid-Atlantic states.
Napolitano: Airports feel impact from spending cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Monday cautioned airline passengers to get to the airport extra early because U.S. spending cuts have already led to long lines at some security checkpoints, and said the coming furloughs will only make the situation worse.
Dominican woman recants sex claims on Senator Menendez, lawyer says
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - A Dominican woman who previously stated in a video that she was paid to have sex with Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey now says the allegations were false, according to a sworn statement released by a lawyer on Monday.
Los Angeles mayoral candidates square off in primary
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles voters head to the polls on Tuesday in a primary election to choose a new mayor, with the top candidates trumpeting the need to reduce business taxes to grow the economy.
Suspect in Vegas Strip shooting fights extradition from California
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man accused of fatally shooting an aspiring rapper as he drove a Maserati along the Las Vegas Strip, touching off a fiery car crash that killed two other people, challenged his extradition back to Nevada from California on Monday.
Mennonite minister sentenced in international kidnapping case
(Reuters) - A Mennonite minister was sentenced in Vermont on Monday to more than two years in prison for helping a woman flee to Nicaragua with her daughter to evade court orders granting visitation rights to the woman's former lesbian partner.
St. Louis mayor favored to win primary; fourth term in sight
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (Reuters) - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay is favored to win a three-way Democratic primary on Tuesday that could clear the way for him to become the longest serving mayor in the city's history and the first to be elected to four terms.
Mountain snow blamed for two major highway pileups in Colorado
DENVER (Reuters) - Whiteout conditions from heavy snow and high winds caused two major traffic pile-ups on Monday involving more than 50 vehicles in total in the Colorado mountains near the ski resort of Vail, authorities said.
Second sinkhole appears in Tampa area
SEFFNER, Florida (Reuters) - A second sinkhole appeared in the Tampa area on Monday, just miles from one that opened beneath a home last week and swallowed a man from his bed, though the latest one appeared not to pose immediate danger, police said.
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