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Lawyers probe jurors for hidden agendas in Trayvon Martin murder case



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SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - A white man with a chest-length gray beard wrote in a questionnaire for prospective jurors that he could keep an open mind about George Zimmerman's guilt or innocence but he failed to mention the $20 donation he made to the murder defendant's legal fund.Created 36 minutes ago
Analysis: Companies may turn to courts on U.S. natural gas export push

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies hoping to export natural gas are frustrated by lengthy delays and rule changes as they await U.S. Department of Energy approval of their applications and may turn to the courts to speed up the process.Created 38 minutes ago
Airlines' performance improves, lags other industries: U.S. poll

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(Reuters) - U.S. consumers are more satisfied with airlines in recent years but the industry still gets relatively low marks, mainly due to the onboard experience, according to a new customer poll released on Tuesday.Created 39 minutes ago
Insight: Why Citi wants to rack up U.S. taxes



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(Reuters) - Over the past few years, Citigroup Inc has been grappling with an unusual problem - how to incur more U.S. taxes.Created 42 minutes ago
Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament: police

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KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, police said.Created 52 minutes ago
Blackhawks bemused as unflappable Rask basks in glory



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(Reuters) - The Chicago Blackhawks are finding out what the Pittsburgh Penguins already knew - that Boston Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask is pretty good.Created 59 minutes ago
Charitable giving grew in 2012, albeit modestly -report



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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Individual charitable giving in the United States grew almost 4 percent last year, while corporate donations rose at triple that rate, according to a report that shows donations by Americans to nonprofit groups mirroring the slow recovery of the larger economy.Created about an hour ago
Insight: FBI relies on secret U.S. surveillance law, records show

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has used secret evidence obtained under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to prosecute at least 27 accused terrorists since 2007, according to a Reuters review of public records.Created about an hour ago
Rookie teachers woefully unprepared, report says

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(Reuters) - The U.S. teacher training system is badly broken, turning out rookie educators who have little hands-on experience running classrooms and are quickly overwhelmed by the job, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality.Created 1 hour ago
Court appoints lead plaintiff in shareholder lawsuit against SAC



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(Reuters) - A New York court designated a pension fund as the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by shareholders of Elan Corp against SAC Capital, a court filing showed, as the hedge fund continued to face varied legal challenges over insider-trading charges.Created 1 hour ago
Batteries hold key to wearable device revolution



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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Longer-lasting batteries are crucial for a new crop of wearable computers whose rise may upend Apple and Google's dominance of mobile devices, two of the field's pioneers say.Created 2 hours ago
Accused California killer tells jurors, 'I'm not the monster'



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SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An elderly California photographer charged with the slayings of four prostitutes dating back to the 1970s opened his own defense at his serial-murder trial on Monday, declaring to jurors, "I'm not the monster that killed these women."Created 2 hours ago
Japan says G8 stance is sign of approval for 'Abenomics'



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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese cabinet ministers welcomed the Group of Eight summit's stance on Tokyo's sweeping stimulus policies as a vote of confidence in the government's strategy to end 15 years of entrenched deflation and revive a lackluster economy.Created 2 hours ago
Stellar Rask shuts out Chicago, Bruins lead 2-1



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BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston netminder Tuukka Rask was in brilliant form as the Bruins shutout the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.Created 2 hours ago
Connelly new boss at Nuggets

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(Reuters) - The Denver Nuggets named Tim Connelly as their new general manager on Monday after Masai Ujiri joined the Toronto Raptors last month.Created 2 hours ago
U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president



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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.Created 2 hours ago
Rask brilliant as Bruins grab 2-1 Stanley Cup lead



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BOSTON (Reuters) - Boston netminder Tuukka Rask was in brilliant form as the Bruins shutout the Chicago Blackhawks 2-0 in Game Three of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday.Created 2 hours ago
Obama says Bernanke has 'stayed a lot longer' than he wanted at Fed



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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying current Chairman Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than he had originally planned.Created 2 hours ago
Obama sees Iran's election of moderate as hopeful sign

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran's election of a moderate as its next president is a sign that Iranians want to move in a different direction, but he was uncertain whether it would lead to a breakthrough over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.Created 2 hours ago
China May home prices rise at fastest pace this year

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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's house prices rose at the fastest pace this year in May from a year earlier, though the pace of gains eased from the previous month, highlighting the dilemma facing the central bank as it balances the need to support the economy against holding down housing inflation.Created 3 hours ago
