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U.S. Top News: Judge to set jury selection for convicted murderer Jodi Arias

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08/26/2013

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Judge to set jury selection for convicted murderer Jodi Arias

PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona judge presiding over the high-profile murder trial of Jodi Arias could on Monday schedule jury selection to begin in September to decide whether the former waitress from California should be executed for slaying her ex-boyfriend.

Fort Hood jury to begin weighing fate of convicted shooter

FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The fate of a convicted U.S. Army psychiatrist hangs in the balance as a military jury on Monday begins to hear evidence on whether to sentence him to death for firing on unarmed soldiers, killing 13 and wounding 31 in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.

Chicago students begin new term with fewer teachers, schools

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Three months after Chicago Public Schools' controversial decision to close 50 schools, the new term will begin with sharp cutbacks in staff and more children squeezed into fewer classrooms as the nation's third-largest school system makes do with fewer buildings.

Famed King speech almost didn't include 'I have a dream': author

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Clarence Jones was sitting 50 feet behind his boss, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the brilliant, sunny day in 1963 when King delivered the speech that would forever change the course of race relations in the United States.

Yosemite wildfire grows, fueling dangerous winds

(Reuters) - A colossal wildfire raging across the western edge of Yosemite National Park swept further into the park on Sunday and forced the evacuation of some its camps due to heavy smoke, according to a park spokesman.

In bustling Houston, it's a case of 'Build, baby, build!'

HOUSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - With Texas one of the few bright spots in the U.S. economy, the skyline of swaggering Houston is where the action is as builders and global oil companies, from Phillips 66 to Exxon Mobil Corp, look past previous busts and spend billions on gleaming new buildings.

Muriel Siebert, first woman to buy seat on NYSE, dies at 80

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Muriel Siebert, the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has died of complications from cancer, Leonard Leiman, a director at her firm Siebert Financial Corp., said on Sunday. She was 80.

Father fears 2007 movie inspired missing son to flee into Oregon woods

Olympia, Washington (Reuters) - An Arizona teenager who appears to have vanished into the remote woods of Oregon may have been inspired by the 2007 movie "Into the Wild," based on the true story of a young man who ventured into the Alaskan wilderness and died there, his father said on Sunday.

Judge to rule on San Bernardino bankruptcy, pensions loom

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The city of San Bernardino is expected to learn on Wednesday if it is eligible for bankruptcy protection despite the opposition of California's powerful public pension system - an important test for the federal law used by Detroit and other U.S. cities burdened by pension payment costs.

U.S. spy agency bugged U.N. headquarters: Germany's Spiegel

BERLIN (Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has bugged the United Nations' New York headquarters, Germany's Der Spiegel weekly said on Sunday in a report on U.S. spying that could further strain relations between Washington and its allies.