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U.S. Top News: Navy picks up U.S. family with sick baby from sailboat in Pacific

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04/7/2014
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Navy picks up U.S. family with sick baby from sailboat in Pacific
(Reuters) - Rescuers plucked a seriously ill American baby girl and her family from a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday and transferred them to a U.S. Navy frigate that will take them back to California, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
U.S. justices decline photo company's free speech case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether a New Mexico photography company had free speech grounds to refuse to shoot the commitment ceremony of a same-sex couple.
Girl missing after storm sparks flash flooding in Mississippi
(Reuters) - Authorities in Mississippi searched early Monday for a 9-year-old girl thought to have been swept away in flash-flood waters triggered by severe storms that were expected to spread north into the eastern United States.
U.S. defense chief, in first, visits China's aircraft carrier
QINGDAO, China (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel took a two-hour tour around China's sole aircraft carrier on Monday, in an unprecedented opening by Beijing to a potent symbol of its military power.
New York police, firefighters brawl at charity hockey match: reports
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A charity hockey match between New York City firefighters and police officers devolved into a brawl on the ice on Sunday, according to videos and photographs posted online and a local newspaper.
U.S. top court declines to hear Iowa campaign finance challenge
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ducking a new case on the divisive issue of campaign finance, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to an Iowa law that bans corporate contributions in state elections.
U.S. lawmaker urges easing gun rules on bases after Fort Hood shooting
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers should look at arming commanders and easing restrictions for carrying weapons on military posts in the United States in the wake of a deadly shooting at the Fort Hood base in Texas, a prominent congressman said on Sunday.
Victims of U.S. mudslide are remembered in first funeral services
ARLINGTON, Washington (Reuters) - A school custodian killed in Washington state's mudslide was described as a tough-minded animal lover on Saturday and a popular librarian was memorialized, as mourners gathered in the first of a series of services for the over two dozen dead.
More than 100 arrested as California street party turns violent
(Reuters) - More than 100 people were arrested when an annual spring break party in California turned violent, with police using chemical spray and foam bullets to disperse crowds, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday.
Obama to launch executive actions on equal pay for women
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will launch two new executive actions this week aimed at increasing transparency about women's pay in a continuing effort to ensure women are paid equally to their male counterparts for similar work, the White House said on Sunday.
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