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U.S. Top News: NBA panel agrees to act swiftly on bid to oust Clippers owner

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05/2/2014
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NBA panel agrees to act swiftly on bid to oust Clippers owner
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The National Basketball Association on Thursday launched its bid to oust Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers for racist comments as a panel of 10 fellow team owners or their proxies unanimously agreed to proceed "as expeditiously as possible," the NBA said.
Broke Shamokin, Pennsylvania, seeks state crutch that few cast off
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Shamokin, Pennsylvania, tucked away in the coal country about 120 miles northwest of Philadelphia, has $800,000 of unpaid bills and can't get a loan from a bank. It's so broke, the gas service to city hall was temporarily cut off last month.
U.S. to build gasoline reserves for New York, Northeast states: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to increase its stores of gasoline in response to shortages in New York and other nearby states in the wake of Superstorm Sandy in late 2012, a report on Friday said.
Teen accused of murder before Connecticut prom to appear in court
MILFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Connecticut boy accused of murdering a female classmate hours before their high school's junior prom is set to make his first public appearance in court on Friday.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Sterling battling cancer: report
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, newly banned from basketball over racist comments attributed to him, has been battling prostate cancer, sports network ESPN and other media reported on Thursday.
Ranbaxy recalls nearly 30,000 packs of allergy-relief drug in U.S.
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd started recalling 29,790 packs of an allergy-relief medicine in the United States in February, after finding defects in the packaging, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
Flood warnings in place after record rains soak eastern U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Flood warnings were posted across the eastern United States on Thursday after a powerful storm system unleashed record amounts of rain from New England to Florida, and as the death toll rose from ferocious storms earlier in the week in the U.S. South.
Utah ranchers sue to force reduction in wild horse population
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A group of Utah ranchers has asked a judge to order the Bureau of Land Management to reduce the number of wild horses roaming public grazing lands, saying the agency has failed to manage the herds which area decimating grasses needed for grazing cattle.
Phoenix veterans hospital chief put on leave, care delay probed
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The top official at a Phoenix veterans hospital was placed on indefinite leave on Thursday while regulators probe whistleblowers' claims that delayed care may have led to the deaths of as many as 40 veterans, the head of U.S. veterans affairs said.
Trial to begin Friday in murder of missing Virginia girl
LOVINGSTON, Virginia (Reuters) - Opening arguments are set to begin Friday in the murder trial of a 48-year-old handyman accused of abducting and killing a Virginia girl whose body has never been found.
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