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	Click to View in Browser 10/14/2013 Senate leader sees chance for breaking fiscal impasse WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate negotiations to bring a fiscal crisis to an end showed signs of progress on Sunday, but there were no guarantees the federal government shutdown was about to end or that a historic debt default would be avoided. San Francisco transit unions postpone strike for 24 hours SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Unions representing transit workers in the San Francisco area agreed on Sunday night to postpone for 24 hours a planned walkout that could cripple a rail system serving 400,000 riders a day. Gabrielle Giffords eyes new N.Y. gun show background check SARATOGA SPRINGS, New York (Reuters) - Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was in New York on Sunday to tour her first gun show since being shot in the head to review new measures that require background checks for buyers. U.S. justices to hear race case; one side has two voices WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will delve into a decades-old debate over university admissions policies that favor racial minorities, hearing a Michigan case that picks up where the justices left off last session in a dispute from the University of Texas. Chevron goes to trial in New York over $18 billion Ecuador award NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp will try to convince a U.S. judge this week that a group of Ecuadorean villagers and their U.S. lawyer used bribery to win an $18 billion judgment against Chevron from a court in Ecuador, in the latest chapter in a long-running fight over pollution in the Amazon jungle. Statue of Liberty, closed by shutdown, reopens to tourists NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Statue of Liberty, shuttered by the federal government shutdown, reopened to visitors on Sunday morning after New York State agreed to give money to the National Park Service to pay its workers to be there. Nine missing New Mexico teens accounted for-police (Reuters) - Nine teenage boys who were missing from a ranch for troubled youths in southern New Mexico that has been under investigation for alleged abuse have been accounted for, police said on Sunday. Cuban-American novelist Oscar Hijuelos dies at 62: New York Times (Reuters) - Cuban-American writer Oscar Hijuelos, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his best-selling novel "The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love," has died at the age of 62, the New York Times reported on Sunday. Two arrested in shooting of five at Hmong festival in Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Two men have been arrested for allegedly shooting five people at a weekend festival in Tulsa, Oklahoma, held to celebrate the Hmong New Year, police said on Sunday. Austin City Limits music festival rained out day early in Texas (Reuters) - Organizers of the Austin City Limits music festival cut short the festival a day early on Sunday because of heavy rain and warnings of flash floods in the Texas capital. Related Video India stampede toll rises Breakingviews: Peugeot needs cash, but not governments Great Debate A new Paul Ryan? Helping the victims of American sex trafficking 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