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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

U.S. Top News: Friend of accused Boston bomber due back on witness stand

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06/3/2014
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Friend of accused Boston bomber due back on witness stand
BOSTON (Reuters) - A friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber is due back on the stand on Tuesday as his attorneys try to prove his early statements to police should not be heard at his upcoming trial on charges of obstructing the probe into the deadly blasts.
Donald Sterling sued over alleged sexual harassment of former aide
(Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Monday against Donald Sterling accuses the embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner of repeatedly subjecting a woman who worked for him to sexual demands and racist comments and says he ultimately fired her when she protested.
Republicans demand hearings in Congress over soldier's release
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama set a dangerous precedent by swapping five Taliban prisoners for a captured U.S. soldier in Afghanistan and may have broken the law, members of Congress said on Monday as they pressed for public hearings on the issue.
Six shot at Chicago laundry facility
(Reuters) - Six people, two of them teens, were shot and another person was injured at a laundromat on Chicago's South Side on Monday evening, officials said.
Auction of skull of Civil War soldier found at Gettysburg canceled
HARRISBURG Pa. (Reuters) - Facing wide criticism, including from the National Parks Service, an auction house has canceled plans to sell the skull of a Civil War soldier and military relics found near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
California consultant described as armed and dangerous arrested: FBI
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police have arrested a San Francisco public relations consultant who was the subject of a nationwide manhunt after federal authorities found explosive materials in a weekend raid on his apartment, authorities said.
Ex-Brooklyn district attorney may have misused public funds -report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investigation into former six-term Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes found his office spent more than $200,000 in seized criminal funds on consultant services for his failed reelection campaign last year, a report said on Monday.
White powder scare at Minnesota governor's mansion
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - Two employees at the Minnesota governor's mansion were decontaminated as a precaution on Monday after staff members opened a letter and found a small amount of white powder, a state spokesman said.
Acting VA chief vows to get U.S. veterans into clinics, stop abuses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The acting chief of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday pledged to swiftly address medical scheduling abuses at the agency and get thousands of veterans off waiting lists and into clinics for care.
Police arrest protesters who stormed Albuquerque mayor's office
ALBUQUERQUE N.M. (Reuters) - Police in New Mexico arrested more than a dozen protesters including a University of New Mexico professor who stormed and briefly occupied the Albuquerque mayor's office on Monday in a demonstration against what they called police brutality.
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