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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

U.S. Top News: U.S. still in fiscal deadlock, but glimmers of hope emerge

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10/8/2013

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

U.S. still in fiscal deadlock, but glimmers of hope emerge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A few faint glimmers of hope surfaced on Monday in the U.S. fiscal standoff, both in Congress and at the White House, with President Barack Obama saying he would accept a short-term increase in the nation's borrowing authority to avoid a default.

Boston school bus drivers walk off job; city calls move 'illegal'

BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston school students woke up on Tuesday to learn that most city school buses were not running due to what city officials described as an "illegal" strike by bus drivers who transport about 33,000 students each day.

Man who set himself on fire in U.S. capital was from N.J.: police

(Reuters) - The man who died after setting himself on fire in the heart of the U.S. capital's tourist area last week has been identified as a New Jersey resident, according to Washington, D.C. police, who continued to investigate what prompted the act.

Ohio Amish girl ordered to resume chemotherapy despite pleas of parents

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio hospital can force a 10-year-old Amish girl with leukemia to resume chemotherapy over the protests of her parents who decided to stop treatment, an appeals court ruled.

Fourth arrest in motorcycle gang beating on New York highway

(Reuters) - A fourth suspect was arrested on Monday for his alleged role in an attack on an SUV driver who was chased for miles along a Manhattan highway by dozens of motorcycle riders, police said.

Arizona plans to require citizenship proof for state elections

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona, long at odds with Washington over immigration policy, plans to require voters to show proof of citizenship to vote in state polls, even after it lost a high court battle to demand such documentation for federal elections.

California governor vetoes jury service for non-citizens

SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - California's Democratic governor vetoed a bill on Monday that would have allowed legal immigrants who are not citizens to serve on juries in the most populous U.S. state, saying such work was an obligation that went along with citizenship.

Hate crime ruled out in U.S. soldier's stabbing death; three arrested

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Three U.S. Army soldiers have been arrested over the stabbing death of a fellow serviceman in Washington state that police initially described as a possible hate crime, but which authorities later concluded stemmed from "trash talk" that got out of hand.

Ohio prosecutors say man scammed donors of millions in bogus Navy charity

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - A man who donated to several Republican political campaigns was operating a bogus charity for Navy veterans that he used to defraud donors of nearly $100 million, prosecutors told an Ohio court on Monday.

Ohio school employee indicted for hindering rape probe

(Reuters) - A school employee was arrested Monday on charges he hindered the investigation into the rape of a drunk teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio by two high school football players who were ultimately convicted.