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07/25/2014
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Arizona killer was given two doses of drugs in drawn-out execution
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona executioners had to administer at least two full doses of a two-drug lethal injection cocktail to a convicted killer before he finally succumbed nearly two hours after his execution began, the state's assistant attorney general said on Thursday.
Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes off Alaska -USGS
LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck on the coast of Alaska on Friday, the United States Geological Survey reported.
California attorney general asks lawyers to help immigrant children
SACRAMENTO Calif. (Reuters) - California's attorney general has personally asked several major law firms to provide pro bono services to unaccompanied immigrant children flooding the U.S. border with Mexico, a signal that California views the growing crisis as a humanitarian issue.
Exclusive: Exxon weighs expansion of Beaumont, Texas, refinery - sources
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil Corp <XOM.N > is weighing a possible multibillion-dollar expansion of its 344,600 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery that could make it the nation's largest by 2020, according to sources familiar with the company's deliberations.
Colorado appeals court denies bid to block gay marriages in Boulder County
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado appeals court on Thursday denied a motion by the state's top lawyer seeking to block a county clerk from issuing same-sex marriage licenses until the long-running legal battle is resolved by higher courts.
Federal inspector to examine Alaska tour train derailment site
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - A federal inspector has been sent to examine the Alaska site where a tourism train derailed this week, leaving 19 people with minor injuries, a U.S. Transportation Department spokesman said on Thursday.
Groundwater levels drop in Southwestern U.S. in ongoing drought
(Reuters) - Underground stores of water in the southwestern United States have receded dramatically amid ongoing drought that has parched states from Oklahoma to the Pacific Coast and is costing California billions in lost crops and jobs, a new study shows.
Navajo president calls slayings of two Native men a hate crime
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) - The president of the Navajo Nation condemned the beating deaths of two Native American homeless men in New Mexico as a hate crime, and called on Thursday for a federal investigation into slayings that police have blamed on three teenagers.
Milwaukee barber sentenced for role in Stradivarius violin theft
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A Milwaukee barber received a 3-1/2-year prison sentence on Thursday for supplying a stun gun used in the theft of a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin from a concert violinist.
Sanity exam of accused Colorado theater gunman can be filmed: judge
DENVER (Reuters) - A second psychiatric examination of accused Colorado theater gunman James Holmes, who says he was insane when he shot dead 12 moviegoers two years ago, can be recorded on video, a judge overseeing the case ruled on Thursday.
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