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U.S. Top News: WikiLeaker Manning says wants to live as a woman

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08/22/2013
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WikiLeaker Manning says wants to live as a woman
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier sentenced to 35 years in military prison for the biggest breach of classified documents in the nation's history, said on Thursday he is female and wants to live as a woman named Chelsea.
Obama unveils plan that aims to make college more affordable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed a new plan to tackle soaring higher education costs with a system that would rate colleges and universities based on their value for the money students spend and tie those ratings to disbursement of federal student aid.
San Diego mayor accused of harassment reaches proposed settlement
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - San Diego Mayor Bob Filner and the city reached a proposed settlement on Wednesday in a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by his former press secretary, the city attorney told reporters.
Doctors to take stand for U.S. soldier's defense in Afghan massacre case
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Attorneys for the U.S. soldier who massacred 16 unarmed Afghan civilians last year will call witnesses on Thursday as they try to show he suffered a breakdown under the pressure of his final deployment to Afghanistan.
Ex-NFL player Hernandez due back in Mass. court in murder case
BOSTON (Reuters) - Former National Football League player Aaron Hernandez is scheduled to appear in a Massachusetts court on Thursday for a probable cause hearing related to a June murder he has been charged with committing, according to local prosecutors.
New York town warned over pension payment deferrals
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Debt ratings agency Moody's has warned that Huntington, Long Island, could lose its top credit rating if the town funnels more money away from public pensions to meet short-term spending needs, a controversial practice that has skyrocketed among New York's cash-strapped municipalities.
NSA collected 56,000 emails by Americans a year: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency may have unintentionally collected as many as 56,000 emails of Americans per year between 2008 and 2011 in a program that a secret U.S. court subsequently said may have violated U.S. law and the Constitution, according to documents released on Wednesday.
Kidnapped California teen taken to Idaho calls herself a survivor
(Reuters) - Hannah Anderson, a 16-year-old California girl kidnapped by a man and taken to Idaho after he killed her mother and younger brother, said in a television interview that she considers herself a survivor who was raised to be strong.
Brave school clerk talked man out of U.S. school shooting bloodbath
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A woman credited with convincing a gunman holed up in an Atlanta-area school to lay down his assault rifle and surrender to police says the man was suicidal and preparing to die in a bloodbath before she talked him out of it.
Reality TV star becomes latest woman to accuse San Diego mayor of groping
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A former star of a reality TV show on Wednesday became the 18th woman to publicly accuse San Diego Mayor Bob Filner of groping or other inappropriate behavior, as settlement talks in a sexual harassment suit against him entered a third day.
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