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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

U.S. Top News: Police search for leads after marathon blast rocks Boston

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04/16/2013
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Police search for leads after marathon blast rocks Boston
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Boston-area apartment was one focus of a wide-ranging police investigation on Tuesday as authorities pursued clues into who carried out a bombing attack that killed three people and wounded more than 100 others at the storied Boston Marathon.
Senators unveil bipartisan immigration bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of senators on Tuesday unveiled long-awaited landmark legislation to remove the threat of deportation for millions of illegal immigrants and give them an opportunity to eventually become U.S. citizens.
Mississippi's sole abortion clinic wins federal court stay
(Reuters) - Mississippi's only abortion clinic was granted a temporary reprieve from closure on Monday when a federal judge blocked enforcement of a state law that required its doctors to have the right to admit patients to local hospitals.
After blast horror, many Bostonians extend kindness to runners
(Reuters) - As smoke cleared from the deadly explosions at the Boston Marathon finish line, horrified runners were comforted by acts of kindness carried out by city residents offering aid.
Immigration bill increases visas for skilled workers, tightens rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate immigration bill outlined Tuesday attempts to meet long-sought demands from America's technology sector for more high-skilled workers from abroad to fill the gap created by a shortage of American candidates.
Boston hospitals scramble to care for wounded after blasts
BOSTON (Reuters) - At Boston Children's Hospital, the list of the wounded included a 2-year-old boy with a head injury, a 9-year-old girl with leg trauma and six other children under the age of 15.
After blasts, financial firms seek to reopen Boston offices on Tuesday
(Reuters) - Financial services firms like Wells Fargo and Loomis Sayles said they are hoping to re-open their Boston offices on Tuesday, but will also allow employees to work remotely as a part of the center of the city is likely to remain cordoned off by authorities investigating twin blasts that ripped through the crowd attending the Boston Marathon.
U.S. soldier sentenced to prison in Alaska espionage case
ANCHORAGE (Reuters) - A U.S. soldier was sentenced to 19 years in prison for attempted espionage and related charges after he admitted to trying to pass on classified information to someone he believed was a Russian agent, federal officials said.
Dead California teen's family sue suspects in sexual assault case
SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A California teen who family members say killed herself after classmates circulated a photo of her being sexually assaulted by three boys was also scribbled with "markings" that "served to taunt and demean her," her parents' lawyer said on Friday.
Shut Guantanamo prison by end of 2014, U.S. group urges
MIAMI (Reuters) - The indefinite detention of prisoners at the Guantanamo detention camp is "abhorrent and intolerable" and should end by the time U.S. troops leave Afghanistan next year, an independent U.S. task force said in a report released on Tuesday.
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