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• Prosecution, defense deliver closing arguments in Boston bombing trial
• Untangling Rolling Stone reporter's key mistakes
• Jeb Bush once said he was Hispanic on voter registration form
• Accused Boston bomber followed brother's lead, defense argues
• Virginia fraternity chapter says it will sue Rolling Stone
• Exclusive: Safety concerns rise at big Texas refinery a decade after disaster
• Clinton to focus on contact with voters at start of 2016 bid
• Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power
• Tough sell: Obama ramps up lobbying campaign on Iran deal
• Obama defends Iran deal as 'once in a lifetime' opportunity

Prosecution, defense deliver closing arguments in Boston bombing trial Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:41 PM PDT The jury is expected to begin deliberating Tuesday morning.

Untangling Rolling Stone reporter's key mistakes Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:19 PM PDT On the heels of the Columbia Journalism Review's blistering investigation that found Rolling Stone failed in its "reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking" of its explosive 2014 report about an alleged gang rape on the University of Virginia campus, journalism experts are weighing in on the case.

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Accused Boston bomber followed brother's lead, defense argues Posted: 06 Apr 2015 12:27 PM PDT By Scott Malone and Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev followed his older brother's lead in carrying out the 2013 bombing that killed three people, rather than acting on his own motivation, one of his attorneys argued on Monday. Tsarnaev, 21, could be sentenced to death if a jury finds him guilty of carrying out the April 15, 2013, attack and fatally shooting a police officer three days later as he and his brother, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, tried to flee the city. Following the prosecution's closing argument, that the ethnic Chechen defendant was an extremist who had "wanted to punish America" with the bombing attack, Tsarnaev's lawyers argued that he had been in the thrall of his older brother. Defense attorney Judith Clarke, who opened the trial last month by admitting that her client had committed all the crimes of which he is accused, repeated that assertion on Monday.

Virginia fraternity chapter says it will sue Rolling Stone Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:31 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - The University of Virginia fraternity chapter at the center of Rolling Stone magazine's retracted article "A Rape on Campus" said on Monday that it planned to sue the magazine for what it called "reckless" reporting that hurt its reputation. The chapter of Phi Kappa Psi said in a statement that it would pursue all available legal action, a day after a team from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism concluded the magazine failed to follow basic journalistic safeguards in publishing the story. (Reporting by David Ingram; Editing by Alan Crosby)

Exclusive: Safety concerns rise at big Texas refinery a decade after disaster Posted: 06 Apr 2015 12:26 PM PDT By Erwin Seba TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. workplace regulators are probing accident data reported by Marathon Petroleum Corp at its huge Texas refinery, as laborers and union representatives raise concerns that safety practices implemented a decade ago following a deadly explosion are being rolled back. The inspection by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration at Marathon's Galveston Bay Refinery, where the worst U.S. refining accident of the last 30 years occurred under former owner BP Plc, came "in response to a complaint regarding the recording of workplace injuries and illnesses," a Labor Department official said. BP sold the plant, which used to be known as the BP Texas City refinery, to Marathon in 2013 as part of a $2.4 billion deal. Marathon, the country's third-largest refiner with seven plants nationwide, confirmed "OSHA initiated an investigation regarding the proper classification of a handful of incidents." OSHA investigations are fairly common at the nation's 142 refineries and the launch of a probe does not necessarily mean the agency believes there has been wrongdoing.

Clinton to focus on contact with voters at start of 2016 bid Posted: 06 Apr 2015 01:33 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of anticipation, Hillary Rodham Clinton is expected to launch her presidential campaign sometime in the next two weeks with an initial focus on intimate events putting her in close contact with voters.

Ukrainian leader lifts objections to vote on regional power Posted: 06 Apr 2015 04:11 AM PDT KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday publicly lifted his objections to a referendum that could give more powers to the restive regions engulfed in more than a year of warfare, reversing his government's previous position. Russia-backed separatists, however, dismissed Poroshenko's gesture as meaningless.

Tough sell: Obama ramps up lobbying campaign on Iran deal Posted: 06 Apr 2015 02:35 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama ramped up lobbying Monday for a framework nuclear deal with Iran, one of the toughest sells of his presidency. Yet critics from Jerusalem to Washington warned they won't sit idly by while Obama and world leaders pursue a final accord that would leave much of Iran's nuclear infrastructure intact.

Obama defends Iran deal as 'once in a lifetime' opportunity Posted: 05 Apr 2015 06:39 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama staunchly defended a framework nuclear agreement with Iran as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to prevent a bomb and bring longer-term stability to the Middle East. He insisted the U.S. would stand by Israel if it were to come under attack, but acknowledged that his pursuit of diplomacy with Tehran has caused strain with the close ally.

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