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U.S. Top News: U.S. accuses currency exchange of laundering $6 billion

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05/29/2013
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U.S. accuses currency exchange of laundering $6 billion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have filed an indictment against the operators of digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve, accusing the Costa Rica-based company of helping criminals around the world launder more than $6 billion in illicit funds linked to everything from child pornography to software for hacking into banks.
Spelling bee youngsters face new test: what's the word mean?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Young contestants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee face off on Wednesday with the new challenge of not only having to spell obscure words correctly, but also knowing what they mean.
California 12-year-old accused of killing sister expected to deny charges
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A 12-year-old boy accused of stabbing his younger sister to death in a crime that traumatized their Northern California town is due to appear in court on Wednesday where his attorney said he would likely deny charges of second-degree murder.
Accused Fort Hood gunman plans to represent self at trial
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan will ask a U.S. military court on Wednesday to rule he can represent himself at his trial this summer which could bring the death penalty on charges he killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage.
Man charged with killing couple, raping toddler hours after release from prison
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A 24-year-old man has been charged with killing an elderly couple and raping their 2-year-old great-grandchild, in a crime that occurred just hours after he was released from prison in a separate sexual-assault case, state officials said on Tuesday.
Dry ice likely led to evacuation at California's Disneyland
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - What sounded like a small explosion on Tuesday in a trash can at Disneyland in California appears to have come from dry ice in a plastic bottle and may have been a prank, police said.
Sister of Boston bomb suspects pleads not guilty in drug case
NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - A sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects pleaded not guilty on Tuesday in a Hackensack, New Jersey, court to marijuana-related charges, her attorney said.
Colorado governor signs recreational marijuana regulations into law
DENVER (Reuters) - Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed into law measures to regulate the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado, including blood-level limits for motorists and setting up a voter referendum to impose a tax on the non-medical sale of cannabis.
Oregon school-bomb suspect charged with attempted murder
CORVALLIS, Oregon (Reuters) - An Oregon high-school student accused of making bombs and plotting a massacre like that carried out at Columbine High School in Colorado 14 years ago was charged on Tuesday with 19 criminal counts, including attempted murder.
CSX train derails outside Baltimore, one hurt
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A freight train carrying hazardous chemicals and a variety of other materials collided with a truck northeast of Baltimore on Tuesday, injuring the truck driver and sparking a fire, authorities said.
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