| The mystery moneymen behind Ted Cruz’s super-PACs Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:32 AM PDT  A Texas billionaire who moved his residence to Puerto Rico after its island government carved out a lucrative new tax haven for wealthy U.S. investors is a prime fundraiser for a network of super-PACs backing Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for president, according to sources close to Cruz's campaign.
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| Kansas man accused of plotting Ft. Hood-type attack Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:03 AM PDT  A 20-year-old Kansas man allegedly joined the U.S. Army last year so he could launch an ISIS-inspired attack on American soldiers like the deadly strike on Ft. Hood, Texas, in 2009, federal authorities announced today. John T. Booker of Topeka, Kansas, was arrested after a lengthy FBI investigation and was charged with attempted use of WMD (a bomb), attempt to provide material support to ISIS, and attempt to destroy US property, officials said. It was not immediately clear if Booker had an attorney. Booker came to the FBI's attention after an unidentified citizen complained to federal authorities about messages he had posted on his Facebook page.
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| Radon levels increase in homes near Pennsylvania fracking sites: Study Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:53 AM PDT Environmental scientists say that notably high levels of radon in Pennsylvania homes are linked to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. |
| Stage being set for historic Obama-Castro meeting Saturday Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:44 PM PDT  The call sets the stage for a historic encounter between the two leaders at a summit.
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| Purple Hearts awarded to victims of Fort Hood rampage Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:47 AM PDT  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Dozens of people who survived a 2009 shooting rampage at the Fort Hood U.S. Army base in central Texas and relatives of those who were killed received Purple Heart and Defense of Freedom medals on Friday after years of lobbying by politicians and lawyers. In February, the U.S. Army cleared the way for the military and civilian distinctions after the shooting was declared an act of international terrorism.. Nearly 50 awards were handed out at the base. In addition to the medals, the awards also confer additional benefits, from Veterans Health Administration health care and combat-related special compensation to burial privileges at Arlington National Cemetery, lawyers for the group have said. Of our honorees, it can truly be said that all gave some and some gave al on that terrible day," Lieutenant General Sean MacFarland, the commanding general of III Corps and Fort Hood, said at the ceremony.
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| Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run this weekend Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:11 PM PDT  By Steve Holland and Jonathan Allen WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will announce her second run for the presidency on Sunday, starting her campaign as the Democrats' best hope of fending off a crowded field of lesser-known Republican rivals and retaining the White House. The overwhelming favorite for the Democratic presidential nomination, Clinton will nonetheless face multiple challenges as she returns to the campaign trail seven years after losing the nomination in 2008 to Barack Obama. She has been a high-profile figure in American politics for more than two decades since her husband, Bill Clinton, won the presidency in 1992, and her fame still eclipses the other likely Democratic contenders and Republican opponents. She will try to get past a controversy over her use of personal email while secretary of state, and find a way to connect with ordinary Americans after her years as the top U.S. diplomat.
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| 2 women killed in Illinois tornadoes were neighbors, friends Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:03 PM PDT FAIRDALE, Ill. (AP) — The two women killed by a devastating tornado system that barreled through northern Illinois shared a friendship, favors and, ultimately, a neighborhood that turned out to be a prime target of a twister that also leveled much of their rural hamlet. |
| Officials release video of Boston cop shooting Posted: 10 Apr 2015 04:09 PM PDT  By Elizabeth Barber BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts officials on Friday released video footage showing the near-fatal shooting of a Boston police officer last month by a man who was subsequently shot dead by other officers. "It is in everyone's best interest to share (this) information as soon as possible in order to tamp down speculation and rumors meant to inflame and not inform," Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said at a news conference.
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| Convicted Boston bomber's death penalty phase to begin April 21 Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:49 PM PDT  By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Marathon bombing trial enters a new phase on April 21 as federal prosecutors begin to mount their case for putting Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for killing three people and injuring 264 others in the 2013 attack.
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| South Carolina officer's lawyer embraces infamous cases Posted: 10 Apr 2015 03:50 PM PDT  When a South Carolina policeman was acquitted of manslaughter after beating a suspect to death in 1987 in a station house, his lawyer was Andy Savage, who has built his reputation on taking cases many others would avoid at all costs. Savage's latest client is another South Carolina officer, the patrolman charged with murder after being caught on a bystander's cell phone video firing eight rounds at the back of an apparently unarmed black man, Walter Scott, in North Charleston last Saturday. No stranger to cameras or controversy, the 67-year-old silver-haired Savage surprised few familiar with his career when he agreed to represent officer Michael Slager in a shooting that added fuel to the national outcry over police conduct in encounters with black men.
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