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• A third of Fortune 500 firms now cover transgender health care
• Missouri executes Leon Taylor for 1994 killing
• Big snowstorm hits New York; rest of US feels cold
• Could Obama cut Keystone deal? Don’t rule it out
• Missouri executes man who killed gas station attendant
• Source: Obama to ease immigration rules on millions of undocumented
• Senate blocks NSA phone records measure
• Controversy flares at Guantanamo over female guards

A third of Fortune 500 firms now cover transgender health care Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:44 PM PST A new report highlights dramatic changes in how corporations treat trans employees.

Missouri executes Leon Taylor for 1994 killing Posted: 18 Nov 2014 11:03 PM PST BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A man who killed a suburban Kansas City gas station attendant in front of the worker's young stepdaughter in 1994 was put to death early Wednesday — the ninth execution in Missouri this year.

Big snowstorm hits New York; rest of US feels cold Posted: 18 Nov 2014 11:57 PM PST BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A ferocious storm dumped massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways, as temperatures in all 50 states fell to freezing or below.

Could Obama cut Keystone deal? Don’t rule it out Posted: 19 Nov 2014 12:27 AM PST The president might be open to using the pipeline as leverage with Republicans.

Missouri executes man who killed gas station attendant Posted: 19 Nov 2014 01:28 AM PST By Carey Gillam (Reuters) - Missouri on Wednesday executed a Kansas City man convicted of killing a gas station attendant in front of the attendant's stepdaughter during a robbery 20 years ago. Leon Taylor, 56, was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m. at a Missouri state prison after a lethal injection, Missouri Department of Corrections spokesman Mike O'Connell said in a statement. Taylor shot Robert Newton, 53, in the head as Newton's 8-year-old stepdaughter watched at an Independence, Missouri, gas station in 1994. She testified that Taylor had tried to shoot her as well but the gun jammed. ...

Source: Obama to ease immigration rules on millions of undocumented Posted: 18 Nov 2014 06:05 PM PST By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is poised to give relief from deportation to millions of undocumented immigrants who are parents of U.S. citizens or of permanent legal residents, according to a source familiar with White House deliberations. Obama has promised to lay out the details of an executive order on immigration. The action could come as early as this week. The source, who asked not to be identified, said some details were not yet available on which parents of citizens or permanent residents would be included. ...

Senate blocks NSA phone records measure Posted: 18 Nov 2014 08:25 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday blocked a bill to end bulk collection of American phone records by the National Security Agency, dealing a blow to President Barack Obama's primary proposal to rein in domestic surveillance.

Controversy flares at Guantanamo over female guards Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:57 PM PST In the recently released "Camp X-Ray," "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart plays a soldier assigned to Guantanamo Bay who ends up befriending one of the detainees. Zach, a US citizen of Jordanian descent, was hired by the Pentagon to serve as a link between the detainees and the men and women who guard them.

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