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U.S. Top News: Hearing on accused Boston bomber's friends focuses on FBI agents

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05/14/2014
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Hearing on accused Boston bomber's friends focuses on FBI agents
BOSTON (Reuters) - Attorneys for one of the accused Boston Marathon bomber's three friends charged with hampering the investigation will question an FBI agent on Wednesday as they try to prevent early statements by their client from being read at his upcoming trial.
Pentagon considers options for Chelsea Manning detention
JEDDAH (Reuters) - The U.S. military is considering options for the detention of a transgender soldier who is serving 35 years in prison for turning over secret files to WikiLeaks and has requested hormone therapy, including moving the private to a civilian prison, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.
New York's September 11 Memorial Museum readies for its close-up
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A museum commemorating the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington is on the verge of opening, with wrenchingly familiar sights as well as artifacts never before on public display.
Florida MERS patient sat in busy ER for hours
ORLANDO (Reuters) - The second U.S. patient to be diagnosed with the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) spent at least four hours in the public waiting room of a busy Florida emergency department before he was seen by a doctor, a hospital official said.
As U.S. trucks revved up amid train traffic jam, a capacity crisis revealed
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As a polar vortex snarled North America's railroads and upended freight flows this winter, everyone from agricultural giant Cargill to Dow Chemical rushed to secure the next-best form of hauling goods: trucks.
Frugal U.S. consumers make it tough for food companies to raise prices
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rebecca Sumrow is one of the customers food and restaurant company executives have in mind when they consider raising prices to offset higher costs as meat and milk soar to record highs.
Suspect charged in shooting of five near Atlanta high school
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A 17-year-old suspect has been charged in the shooting of five people near an Atlanta-area high school on Tuesday, police and a media report said.
U.S. judge orders fired executive to leave Pacifica Foundation office
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has ordered the fired executive director of California's Pacifica Foundation Radio in Berkeley to leave the office she has been occupying around the clock for the last two months, saying she was trespassing.
Fire crews gain ground on San Diego wildfire, evacuation orders lifted
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - California fire crews were gaining ground late on Tuesday on a wind-whipped wildfire that blackened more than a square mile in San Diego county, allowing authorities to lift thousands of evacuation orders in the area.
U.S. judge overturns Idaho ban on gay marriage
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A U.S. federal judge struck down Idaho's ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, saying it relegated same-sex couples to a second-class status in violation of constitutional guarantees of equal protection under the law.
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