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Monday, March 17, 2014

U.S. Top News: U.S. Army general in sex crimes case to plead to lesser charges

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03/17/2014
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U.S. Army general in sex crimes case to plead to lesser charges
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina (Reuters) - The United States has agreed to drop charges of sexual assault brought against an Army general in exchange for him pleading guilty to lesser charges including "mistreatment" of his accuser, a junior officer, the general's lawyer said on Sunday.
U.S. Naval Academy midshipman faces trial in rape case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Naval Academy football player goes on trial on Monday on charges of sexually assaulting a female midshipman, as the issue of sexual misconduct allegations in the U.S. military remains under scrutiny.
Winter storm blasts U.S. mid-Atlantic days before spring
(Reuters) - A winter storm landed a final punch on the U.S. mid-Atlantic states on Monday just days before spring begins, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places, shutting schools and federal offices and cancelling flights.
Inked in memory: Photos showcase Boston bombing tattoos
BEVERLY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - As he sat in a tattoo artist's chair a few days after the Boston Marathon bombing having a line-drawing of the city's skyline inked onto his arm, Christopher Padgett looked at the people around him and got an idea.
U.S. retirees return to reverse mortgages, big banks stay away
(Reuters) - U.S. baby boomers desperate for retirement income are increasingly turning back to a financial product that, after the housing bust, had been left for dead: the reverse mortgage.
Crews focus on gas lines in New York building explosion
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emergency crews clearing debris from the site of two New York City apartment buildings leveled in a gas explosion four days ago said they expected to reach an underground area on Sunday where natural gas lines could reveal what caused the deadly blast.
Owners of recalled GM cars feel angry, vindicated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As details emerge about how General Motors Co dealt with faulty ignition switches in some of its models, car owners are increasingly angry after learning that the automaker knowingly allowed them to drive defective vehicles.
A plunge in U.S. preschool obesity? Not so fast, experts say
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If the news last month that the prevalence of obesity among American preschoolers had plunged 43 percent in a decade sounded too good to be true, that's because it probably was, researchers say.
Guinness pulls out of NY's St. Patrick's parade over ban on gays
BOSTON (Reuters) - Irish brewer Guinness said on Sunday that it would not participate in New York City's St. Patrick's Day parade this year because gay and lesbian groups had been excluded, costing organizers a key sponsor of the annual event.
Founder of Westboro church in Kansas excommunicated, on death bed: son
(Reuters) - The founder of a fundamentalist church known for picketing military funerals and political events with anti-gay signs was excommunicated last year and is near death in a Kansas hospital, his son said on social media on Sunday.
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