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U.S. Top News: Nearly 36,000 runners ready for first Boston Marathon since bomb attack

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04/21/2014
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Nearly 36,000 runners ready for first Boston Marathon since bomb attack
By Scott Malone, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Richard Valdmanis
NHTSA closes four-year probe of Ion steering issues after GM recall
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators closed a four-year probe into power steering problems in almost 335,000 older Saturn Ions after General Motors Co recalled the cars, which are also part of an unrelated recall of defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths.
Supreme Court declines to revive Arizona immigration law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a provision in an Arizona law that sought to criminalize the harboring and transportation of illegal immigrants.
Justices to review Jerusalem birthplace law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh the constitutionality of a U.S. law that was designed to allow American citizens born in Jerusalem - the historic holy city claimed by Israelis and Palestinians - to have Israel listed as their birthplace on passports.
Marijuana fans pack 4/20 events in Colorado, Washington state
(Reuters) - Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered in Colorado and Washington state over the weekend for an annual celebration of cannabis culture with rallies, concerts and trade shows in the first two U.S. states to legalize recreational marijuana.
Sleeping California teen killed when car plows into apartment
(Reuters) - A 16-year-old girl asleep in her bed was killed early Sunday when a suspected drunk driver careened into an apartment building in southern California, law enforcement officials said.
Brother, sister, both four, die in New York house fire on Easter morning
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A house fire that left two young children dead early Easter Sunday in New York City was sparked accidentally, possibly by a child playing with a lighter or matches, emergency officials said.
Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter, U.S. boxer famous in folk song, dies at 76
TORONTO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who spent 19 years in prison for murder and then was released after it was determined he did not get a fair trial, died on Sunday at the age of 76, according to his friend and caretaker John Artis.
Teenager survives flight over Pacific in jet wheel well: FBI
(Reuters) - A teenage boy who ran away from home survived a five-hour flight in the freezing wheel well of a jetliner that reached 38,000 feet as it traveled from California to Hawaii, the FBI said.
Former U.S. soldier says his friendly-fire shots might have killed Tillman
(Reuters) - A former U.S. Army Ranger who was in the same platoon as ex-NFL player Pat Tillman has stated in a television interview that he believes he might have fired the shots that killed Tillman in a 2004 friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan.
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