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U.S. Top News: Analysis: Two factors key to lawsuits over New York train crash

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12/5/2013
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Analysis: Two factors key to lawsuits over New York train crash
NEW YORK (Reuters) - For lawyers preparing to sue over Sunday's deadly New York commuter rail accident, their success in court may depend largely on two factors: whether human error caused the derailment and if state or federal law governs railroad safety in the case.
Russia launches criminal inquiry into U.S. child trafficking
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has begun a criminal inquiry into suspected child trafficking in the United States following a Reuters investigation which found that adopted children, some born in Russia, were being traded via the Internet.
JPMorgan warns 465,000 card users on data loss after cyber attack
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co is warning some 465,000 holders of prepaid cash cards issued by the bank that their personal information may have been accessed by hackers who attacked its network in July.
NSA gathers data on cellphone locations globally: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency gathers nearly 5 billion records a day on the location of mobile telephones worldwide, including those of some Americans, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing sources including documents obtained by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
Objectors in Detroit bankruptcy ask to appeal directly to circuit court
DETROIT (Reuters) - Organizations that objected to Detroit's bankruptcy separately asked the U.S. judge overseeing the case late on Wednesday to allow an appeal of the case to go directly to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Obama says he's not allowed iPhone for 'security reasons'
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The troubled mobile phone maker BlackBerry still has at least one very loyal customer: U.S. President Barack Obama.
Google's mystery barge in San Francisco Bay under investigation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The agency that oversees development in the San Francisco Bay in California has begun a formal investigation into the construction of a secretive Google Inc barge on an island in the bay.
Derailed NY train had alert mechanism, but not in driver's car: source
(Reuters) - The New York commuter train that derailed killing four people on Sunday had a safety system designed to keep its engineer alert but it was not installed in the car from which he was controlling the train, a source familiar with the railroad's operations said.
Newtown massacre recordings reveal calm, anguish and gunshots
DANBURY, Connecticut (Reuters) - A teacher calmly explains she has been shot in the foot. Another woman, sounding anguished, pleads for help. A custodian relays information from officers at the scene to a police operator.
Growing wealth gap in U.S. cities hurting economic mobility: study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. cities are increasingly divided between the rich and the poor, hampering residents' ability to move up the economic ladder, according to a study released on Wednesday.
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