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U.S. Top News: Americans mark Thanksgiving Day with travel, parades, shopping

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11/28/2013
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Americans mark Thanksgiving Day with travel, parades, shopping
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans gathered on Thursday to celebrate Thanksgiving, stuffing turkeys for feasts, braving high winds along parade routes and planning for the holiday shopping season, which starts one day earlier this year.
Eyeing holiday sales, more U.S. retailers to open on Thanksgiving
(Reuters) - Macy's Inc and a slew of other U.S. retailers are opening on Thanksgiving for the first time ever in a bare-knuckled brawl for a bigger slice of overall holiday sales.
Cardiologists strongly back Obamacare, worry over rocky start
DALLAS (Reuters) - American cardiologists appear staunch in their support for President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, although some fear that its rocky launch could derail efforts to improve preventive care for needy patients.
Details emerge on three girls held captive in Arizona home
TUCSON, Arizona (Reuters) - Three sisters who escaped after being held captive in Arizona for up to two years by their mother and stepfather were confined in filthy conditions in a house with elaborate security and crudely sound-proofed rooms, police said.
Turkeys avoid Thanksgiving fate with U.S. presidential pardon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Taking a break from weighty matters of state and pitched battles with political foes, President Barack Obama exercised the lighter side of his authority Wednesday by sparing two magnificent turkeys the fate of becoming someone's Thanksgiving dinner.
U.S. nears decision to split leadership of NSA, Cyber Command: sources
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is nearing a decision on splitting up the eavesdropping National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, which conducts cyber warfare, a proposed reform prompted in part by revelations of NSA's widespread snooping, individuals briefed on the matter said on Wednesday.
Georgia men used toy helicopter in botched prison smuggling -police
(Reuters) - Four men from the U.S. state of Georgia have been arrested after allegedly using a remote-controlled toy helicopter to smuggle contraband into a state prison, officials said.
Gunman in California wounds policeman, holds hostages in suburban home
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A gunman shot and wounded a police officer responding to a domestic violence call in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood on Wednesday and the shooter barricaded himself inside the home with a number of hostages, police said.
U.S. Navy suspends business with second maritime services firm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Navy said on Wednesday it has suspended a maritime services company from doing business with the U.S. government due to questionable conduct, the second firm barred in a widening corruption probe that has resulted in action against seven Navy officials.
Two couples file federal suit to overturn Texas same-sex marriage ban
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Two same-sex couples in Texas filed a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn that state's eight-year-old constitutional amendment that bars gay marriage, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
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