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U.S. Top News: Asiana crash pilots knew speed was low, hesitated

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12/12/2013
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Asiana crash pilots knew speed was low, hesitated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the crucial minutes before an Asiana Airlines flight crashed in San Francisco last summer, the pilots voiced concern about the plane's low speed but did nothing to correct it until just before it hit the ground.
Missouri executes man for killing good Samaritan motorist in 1994
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri on Wednesday executed a man convicted of killing a motorist who had stopped on a highway to help him and two others whose car had broken down in 1994.
Washington's American University lifts lockdown, no arrest
(Reuters) - American University on Wednesday lifted a lockdown triggered by the report of a man with a gun on campus after an investigation found that the suspect was an off-duty police officer with a gun, according to D.C. Police.
For some Obamacare shoppers, a brief grace period on premiums
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As a deadline approaches for people to sign up for medical insurance under President Barack Obama's healthcare law, some insurers and state-run online marketplaces are giving shoppers an extra week to pay their first premiums.
California man suspected of slaying wife, then sister in possible mercy killing
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man killed his ailing wife in their home and later walked into a Los Angeles convalescent hospital on Wednesday and shot to death his 58-year-old invalid sister in a possible mercy killing, police said.
In Arkansas, crucial Obamacare hub draws little notice
ROGERS, Arkansas (Reuters) - In an unmarked building on the outskirts of this old railroad town, hundreds of workers are going about the unglamorous work of expanding the United States' social safety net.
California given two-month extension to reduce prison crowding
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California will have an extra two months to reduce crowding in its prison system, a panel of three federal judges ruled on Wednesday, in the latest twist in a decades-long dispute over conditions and medical care for inmates.
Federal judge sets hearing for Texas same-sex marriage case
DALLAS (Reuters) - A federal judge has agreed to hear a case filed by two same-sex couples in Texas seeking to overturn a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, their lawyer said on Wednesday.
Amid slight data, Michigan's right-to-work law fight rages on
LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - When Michigan became the 24th right-to-work state in December 2012, conservatives hailed it as a sign the Rust Belt state was "open for business," union workers decried the law as "union busting" and labor leaders vowed to use it to quash Republican Governor Rick Snyder's reelection bid in 2014.
As U.S. gov't cuts back on biofuel, some rue 'collateral damage'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ben Wootton was just getting ready to bring his company out of bankruptcy last month when word from Washington stopped him in his tracks.
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