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04/22/2014

Reuters Election 2012 Daily round-up of the day's top news from the campaign trail, the White House and all the politics in between

Keflezighi wins Boston Marathon, first U.S. victor in decades

By Scott Malone, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Richard Valdmanis

Missouri plans execution after Oklahoma stay over drug secrecy

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Lawyers for a Missouri death row inmate on Tuesday were seeking to halt his execution over concerns about the state's secret lethal injection drugs a day after an Oklahoma court stopped two executions there over similar issues.

Boy Scouts revoke Seattle church's charter over gay scout leader

(Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America has severed ties with a Seattle church that has insisted on allowing a gay man to remain as a troop leader, the youth organization said on Monday.

Jurors hear cleric's praise for September 11 attacks

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a video of radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri shown to jurors at his trial on Monday, he did not hesitate when a television interviewer asked him about the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States that killed nearly 3,000 people.

Two wounded in gunfire near Washington, D.C., zoo

(Reuters) - Two men were wounded on Monday by gunshots near a Washington, D.C., zoo shortly after it hosted an annual Easter event that drew thousands of people, police said.

Gang trial defendant fatally shot in Utah court by U.S. marshal

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - An accused street gang member standing trial in federal court in Salt Lake City was shot to death by a deputy U.S. marshal on Monday as the defendant attacked a witness who was testifying against him, federal law-enforcement officials said.

Death toll in Washington state mudslide rises to 41

(Reuters) - The death toll from a mudslide in Washington state last month rose to 41 on Monday after search teams pulled two more bodies from the mud and rubble, county officials said.

Lawyer appointed for Utah mother accused of killing six newborns

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - A Utah mother accused of killing six of her newborn babies over the course of a decade made her first appearance in court on Monday and was appointed a public defender after telling the judge she has not earned an income in two years.

U.S. airlines rank lowest in satisfaction among travel sectors: poll

(Reuters) - U.S. airlines lag hotels and online travel agencies in customer satisfaction as travelers face increasingly cramped airplanes and poor in-flight service, a poll published on Tuesday showed.

Alaska pot legalization vote pushed back to November

JUNEAU, Alaska (Reuters) - A ballot initiative that could make Alaska the third U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana will go before voters in a general election in November rather than in August as previously scheduled, officials said on Monday.