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08/21/2013
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WikiLeaks soldier Manning to learn his fate today
FORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - Bradley Manning, the U.S. soldier convicted of the biggest breach of classified data in the nation's history, will be told on Wednesday how much of his life will be spent in a military prison.
Two more Afghans due to testify in U.S. soldier Bales' massacre case
TACOMA, Washington (Reuters) - Two more Afghans were set to testify on Wednesday in the second day of the sentencing hearing in a U.S. military court for the Army soldier who has pleaded guilty to killing 16 unarmed civilians last year in Afghanistan.
Woman charged after causing Detroit-to-Shanghai flight diversion
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A woman who screamed profanities and disobeyed crew orders on a Detroit-to-Shanghai flight, causing the pilot to divert to Anchorage, Alaska, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with flight crew members and attendants.
Analysis: Obamacare, tepid U.S. growth fuel part-time hiring
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. businesses are hiring at a robust rate. The only problem is that three out of four of the nearly 1 million hires this year are part-time and many of the jobs are low-paid.
Marches, events to mark anniversary of King's 'dream' speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Marches, speeches and global bell-ringing are set to mark the 50th anniversary this month of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream" speech, a key event in the struggle of African Americans for racial equality.
NSA surveillance covers 75 percent of U.S. Internet traffic: WSJ
(Reuters) - The National Security Agency's surveillance network has the capacity to reach around 75 percent of all U.S. Internet communications in the hunt for foreign intelligence, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Britain defends detention of journalist's partner
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government, accused of abusing media freedom, said on Tuesday police were right to detain a journalist's partner if they thought lives might be at risk from data he was carrying from fugitive U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.
Dolphins football legends reap White House praise 40 years late
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They clambered gingerly up the riser behind President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House, white-haired, bespectacled, their coach in a motorized chair, former athletes there to receive an accolade 40 years late.
Pilot in Connecticut crash was in contact with airport - report
MILFORD, Ct (Reuters) - The pilot of a small plane that crashed into two Connecticut homes this month, killing him, his son and two children, told airport personnel just before the crash he had "visual contact" with the airport and was preparing to land, according to a preliminary report released on Tuesday.
Suspect arrested after shooting at Atlanta-area school; no injuries
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Police arrested a 20-year-old man on Tuesday for opening fire with an AK-47 inside an elementary school in the Atlanta suburbs, forcing the evacuation of 800 students who were all reunited with their parents without injury, officials said.
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