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U.S. Top News: U.S. says Islamic State video of journalist's killing is authentic

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U.S. says Islamic State video of journalist's killing is authentic
TALLINN (Reuters) - An Islamic State video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff in reprisal for U.S. air strikes in Iraq is authentic, U.S. National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said on Wednesday.
Suburban Detroit man to be sentenced for fatal porch shooting
DETROIT (Reuters) - A white suburban Detroit homeowner could face at least 17 years in prison when he is sentenced on Wednesday for fatally shooting an unarmed black teenager on his front porch.
Islamic State issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show the beheading of a second American hostage, journalist Steven Sotloff, raising the stakes in its confrontation with Washington over U.S. air strikes in Iraq.
Man arrested as police probe shooting spree in Kansas City
(Reuters) - Police in Kansas City on Wednesday said they are investigating whether a man arrested for alleged assaults at a motel is connected to a triple homicide in another part of the city on Tuesday.
Three killed, two injured in Kansas City shooting
KANSAS CITY Mo. (Reuters) - Three people were killed and two more critically injured in a shooting spree in a south Kansas City neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Key hearing on Detroit's historic bankruptcy begins in U.S. court
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit will not recover, and it may not survive as a major city if its debts are not significantly reduced during bankruptcy, a city attorney told a federal judge at the start of a critical phase of the case on Tuesday.
'Java Juggs' coffee-stand brothel operator pleads guilty
SEATTLE (Reuters) - The owner of Seattle-area drive-up coffee stands that offered caffeine and sex acts and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in tips for her baristas pleaded guilty to felony charges of fraud and promotion of prostitution, the county prosecutor's office said on Tuesday.
Senator Begich pulls campaign commercial using grisly murder, rape
JUNEAU Alaska (Reuters) - Alaska Democrat Mark Begich has canceled a re-election campaign attack commercial citing grisly murders and child rape after the victims' family complained, the latest standoff in a key race for Republicans' bid to recapture control of the U.S. Senate.
Despite dangers, U.S. journalist Sotloff was determined to record Arab Spring's human toll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even for a freelance journalist covering the tumult in the Arab world, Steven Sotloff's travels seemed nonstop.
Hawaii tropical fish collector denies scuba diving attack
KONA Hawaii (Reuters) - A Hawaii man who collects tropical fish for aquariums pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge stemming from an unusual underwater scuffle in which he is accused of ripping the breathing apparatus from the mouth of another scuba diver.
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