U.S. Top News: Chicago Mayor goes to court over teachers strike

	Click to View in Browser 09/17/2012 Chicago Mayor goes to court over teachers strike CHICAGO (Reuters) - The confrontation between striking teachers and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel moves to court on Monday where lawyers for the mayor will seek to end the walkout in President Barack Obama's home city just weeks before the November 6 U.S. election. Occupy Wall Street marks anniversary with NYSE protest NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few hundred Occupy Wall Street activists gathered in New York's financial district on Monday but police kept them well back from the New York Stock Exchange, which they had threatened to surround as part of a day of protests marking the movement's one-year anniversary. Alabama's segregation for inmates with HIV faces court scrutiny BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Alabama, one of two U.S. states that segregate inmates with HIV from the rest of their prison population, will seek to defend the policy against a class action lawsuit headed to trial in federal court on Monday. Analysis: Chicago mayor court move raises stakes in teachers strike CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel raised the political stakes on Sunday in a fight with unionized teachers by requesting a court injunction to end a weeklong strike affecting 350,000 public school students, analysts said. Boy Scouts face release of damaging child sex abuse files (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America could face a wave of bad publicity as decades of records of confirmed or alleged child molesters within the U.S. organization are expected to be released in coming weeks. NY Fed manufacturing contracts in Sept, lowest in 3-1/2 years NEW YORK (Reuters) - Factory activity in New York state contracted for a second month in a row in September, falling to its lowest level in nearly 3-1/2 years as new orders shrank further, a report from the New York Federal Reserve showed on Monday. Stocks, more than housing, seen as initial QE3 winners WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's new economic stimulus plan involves printing vast sums of money to help people buy homes, but over the next year the program could do more to boost the economy by lifting stock prices. U.S. state officials in stealth mode on health exchanges WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mississippi insurance commissioner Mike Chaney is in a tight spot. Groups race against time to get Florida voters registered WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voting-rights groups that virtually stopped registering voters in Florida for a year as they challenged the state's new restrictions on elections now are scrambling to get people there registered for the November 6 election. Five killed in Missouri crash of private airplane KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - The owner of an insulation company, three of his children and the owner of an environmental consulting company were killed early on Saturday when a small airplane crashed in a southwestern Missouri field, authorities said. Related Video Wealth Strategies: Size matters, Megacaps deliver returns U.S. Morning Call: Investors come down after Fed euphoria Great Debate A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend