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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

U.S. Top News: Ex-NFL star Hernandez involved in jail house scuffle -official

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02/26/2014
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Ex-NFL star Hernandez involved in jail house scuffle -official
BOSTON (Reuters) - Former National Football League star Aaron Hernandez, charged with shooting a friend to death last year, was involved in a Massachusetts jailhouse scuffle with another inmate that left neither man seriously injured, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.
Obama: 4 million have signed up for insurance under Obamacare
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that some 4 million people had signed up for health insurance through exchanges provided by his signature healthcare law known as Obamacare.
Majority of Americans now support gay marriage, survey finds
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Support for gay marriage has surged in the United States in the decade since it first became legal in Massachusetts, with just over half of Americans now supporting the idea, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Washington state expected to enact college aid for undocumented immigrants
OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - Washington is set to become the fifth state to offer college financial aid to students brought into the country illegally by their parents.
Killer of Missouri schoolgirl executed after appeals dismissed
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - A Missouri man was executed early on Wednesday for raping and murdering a 15 year-old school girl, authorities said after the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a flurry of petitions seeking a stay.
Florida man to be executed for trooper's 1992 pipe-bomb death
TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A South Florida drug dealer, who was convicted in the pipe-bomb killing of a state highway patrolman during a traffic stop 22 years ago, is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday.
Obama to outline plan to fix crumbling roads, rail, bridges
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will fly to St. Paul, Minnesota, on Wednesday to propose a four-year, $302 billion plan to create jobs by fixing the nation's crumbling roads, bridges, rail and transportation infrastructure.
Data breach at Indiana University exposes information of 146,000
(Reuters) - The personal data of 146,000 students and recent graduates of Indiana University, including their social security numbers and addresses, may have been exposed during a data breach, the university said in a statement.
California city tests waters for soft drinks tax
BERKELEY, California (Reuters) - A California city is to consult its citizens on whether to impose a soda tax on sugary drinks, following failed bids by other local governments to pass similar measures.
Mexican drug kingpin Guzman dodges U.S. extradition for now
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman won a temporary injunction to block his extradition to the United States where he faces narcotics and arms trafficking charges, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
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