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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

U.S. Top News: Massive, tornado-producing storms lash the U.S. Southeast

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04/29/2014
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Massive, tornado-producing storms lash the U.S. Southeast
TUPELO, Mississippi (Reuters) - A storm system that killed more than 20 people continued its march across a large swath of the U.S. Southeast on Tuesday, packing baseball-sized hail, damaging winds and the threat of more tornados, meteorologists said.
At least six hurt in shooting at FedEx facility in Georgia: local media
ATLANTA (Reuters) - At least six people were hurt in a shooting at a FedEx Corp. facility at an airport in Kennesaw, Georgia, early on Tuesday, WSB-TV reported.
Oklahoma to execute two convicts after ending court case on drugs
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma is set to put to death two men convicted of murder and rape in unrelated cases in a double execution on Tuesday after ending a several weeks' long legal fight over the secrecy concerning the state's lethal injection procedure.
Connecticut house tied to aviation pioneer meets wrecking ball
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Gustave Whitehead is not a household name in the United States, but fans of the aviation pioneer who contend he conducted a manned flight with a powered engine before Orville and Wilbur Wright say he should be.
Ohio increases death penalty drug dosages after execution review
(Reuters) - Ohio's prison department said it would increase the amount of two death penalty drugs it uses in executions after reviewing a case in which a condemned inmate was seen convulsing and gasping for breath for some time after being injected.
U.S. immigration agency ignoring requests for data, complaint records: ACLU
April 29 - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has ignored repeated requests for stop-and-search data and other information related to its "extensive but largely opaque" border-patrol operations in southern Arizona, a civil rights group alleged in a lawsuit filed on Monday.
In cell phone cases, U.S. top court to take up digital privacy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday confronts the question of whether the increasing amount of deeply personal information kept on mobile devices means police officers need a warrant before they can search an arrested suspect's cell phone.
Alleged shooter to plead guilty in California hair salon rampage
(Reuters) - A former tugboat worker accused of killing his ex-wife and seven others at a California hair salon will change his plea to guilty just weeks before the start of a trial over the largest mass shooting in Orange County history, newspapers reported.
Hundreds of US inmates sentenced to death are innocent, researchers say
(Reuters) - As many as 300 people who were sentenced to death in the United States over a three-decade period were likely innocent, according to a study published in a leading science journal on Monday.
At Nixon library, tension over how to portray a disgraced president
YORBA LINDA, California (Reuters) - Nearly 40 years after President Richard Nixon resigned in disgrace because of the Watergate scandal, the debate over how his legacy should be defined seems as vibrant as ever - at Nixon's presidential library, at least.
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