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06/14/2013
Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between
Arizona lawmakers pass Medicaid expansion
PHOENIX (Reuters) - A divided Arizona Senate passed a key piece of President Barack Obama's Medicaid expansion agenda on Thursday, handing Republican Governor Jan Brewer a policy victory over fierce opposition from conservatives in her party.
Almost 500,000 without power in U.S. Mid-Atlantic
(Reuters) - Almost half a million homes and businesses, mostly in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic states, were still without power early Friday following a series of severe storms on Thursday, according to local power companies.
Nevada governor vetoes bill to strengthen gun background checks
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval on Thursday vetoed Democratic-backed legislation that would have strengthened gun-control rules by requiring background checks on customers in all gun sales in the state, including private transactions.
Judge expected to rule on accused Fort Hood gunman's request to delay trial
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A military judge is expected to rule on Friday on whether to grant accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan more time to prepare as he represents himself in a murder trial for a 2009 Texas shooting rampage that killed 13 people.
Farewell note found on body of California gunman who killed five
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A three-page farewell note was found on the body of a California gunman who shot five people to death last week in Santa Monica, apologizing for killing his father and brother, who were among those slain, police said on Thursday.
Newtown victim's sister turns gun control 'accidental activist'
(Reuters) - Jillian Soto was stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic on a New England highway when she learned over Facebook that her older sister Vicky, a first-grade teacher in Newtown, Connecticut, had died in a shooting.
Trial of accused mobster 'Whitey' Bulger turns to bookmakers
BOSTON (Reuters) - Testimony in the murder and racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger will shift on Friday to some of the small-time Boston bookmakers from whom the accused mob boss's gang demanded tribute payments.
Newtown to mark 6 months since shootings with ceremony, new push on guns
(Reuters) - Six months after a gunman killed 26 children and adults at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school, families and local officials will mark the day by honoring the victims and renewing the fight for stricter gun control.
Miami bar deck collapses, tipping scores into water
MIAMI (Reuters) - An outdoor deck at a Miami area sports bar partially collapsed late on Thursday, spilling dozens of people into Biscayne Bay and injuring 24, two of them seriously, authorities said.
U.S. top court bars patents on human genes unless synthetic
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday prohibited patents on naturally occurring human genes but allowed legal protections on synthetically produced genetic material in a compromise ruling hailed as a partial victory for patients and the biotechnology industry.
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