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U.S. says four Americans have been killed in counterterrorism operations
U.S. says four Americans have been killed in counterterrorism operations
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday that the United States has killed four Americans in counterterrorism operations, three of whom were not targets of the strikes involving drones in Yemen and elsewhere.
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EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya
EU approves sending border security advisers to Libya
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's frontier.
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Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three more concerts
Singer Aretha Franklin postpones three more concerts
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul music legend Aretha Franklin postponed three June concerts, the singer's spokesman said on Wednesday, a week after health issues caused her to cancel two shows in May.
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Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
Vitamin C may not treat gout: study
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Daily vitamin C supplements don't lower uric acid as much as drugs used to treat high levels of the acid that's responsible for gout, says a new study from New Zealand.

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Electric carmaker Tesla pays off U.S. loan
Electric carmaker Tesla pays off U.S. loan
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc on Wednesday said it has paid off its U.S. Department of Energy loan, using money raised last week in a stock and notes offering.
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Starbucks veteran Michelle Gass leaving for Kohl's
Starbucks veteran Michelle Gass leaving for Kohl's
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(Reuters) - Starbucks Corp executive Michelle Gass, who was instrumental in the world's biggest coffee chain's post-recession U.S. turnaround, is leaving after more than 16 years to become chief customer officer at retailer Kohl's Corp .
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Soldier hacked to death in London in suspected Islamist attack
Soldier hacked to death in London in suspected Islamist attack
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LONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack.
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Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize
Short story writer Lydia Davis wins Man Booker Intl fiction prize
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LONDON (Reuters) - American short story writer Lydia Davis won the fifth Man Booker International Prize for fiction on Wednesday for a body of work that includes some of the briefest tales ever published.
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Liberal Democrat wins Los Angeles mayor's race
Liberal Democrat wins Los Angeles mayor's race
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Councilman Eric Garcetti, elected mayor in a race shaped by dire fiscal constraints and questions of how to tame runaway budget deficits, declared victory on Wednesday by tweeting "the hard work begins."
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Caesars plans to launch online poker this summer in Nevada
Caesars plans to launch online poker this summer in Nevada
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Caesars Entertainment Group said it plans to go live this summer with an online poker site in Nevada, the only U.S. state so far to offer legal Internet gambling, and will promote the nascent service to thousands of poker players at its World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournament in Las Vegas starting May 29.
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Chicago School Board votes to close 50 schools
Chicago School Board votes to close 50 schools
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago School Board voted on Wednesday to close 50 schools before the next academic year begins in the largest such mass public school closing in U.S. history.
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Jury says cannot decide if Arias should get death; judge says keep deliberating
Jury says cannot decide if Arias should get death; judge says keep deliberating
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PHOENIX (Reuters) - Convicted killer Jodi Arias feels betrayed by an Arizona jury that found her guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend, according to an interview aired on Wednesday shortly before that same jury became deadlocked over whether to sentence her to death.
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Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries
Wall Street falters in volatile session on Fed worries
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Wednesday with the S&P 500 posting its biggest decline in three weeks, after minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting showed some officials were open to tapering large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June meeting.

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Twitter beefs up security safeguards after recent attacks
Twitter beefs up security safeguards after recent attacks
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(Reuters) - Twitter Inc began introducing new technology on Wednesday to shore up security for users, responding to a spate of recent attacks on prominent accounts including those owned by the Associated Press and Financial Times.
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HP profit down 32 percent, shares up as results beat estimates
HP profit down 32 percent, shares up as results beat estimates
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world's largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook after earnings per share beat forecasts, sending its stock 10 percent higher.
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HP second quarter quarter profit down 32 percent
HP second quarter quarter profit down 32 percent
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co's quarterly profit slid 32 percent but the world's largest personal computer maker raised the lower end of its full-year outlook as revenue from services to corporations slightly offset shrinking PC sales.
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Oklahoma country singer plans benefit for tornado victims
Oklahoma country singer plans benefit for tornado victims
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oklahoma country singer Blake Shelton is planning a televised benefit to raise money for victims of the massive tornado that swept through Moore, Oklahoma, this week, music magazine Billboard reported Wednesday.
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Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk
Sugary drinks tied to kidney stone risk
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults who drink at least one sugar-sweetened drink a day are slightly more likely to develop kidney stones than people who rarely imbibe them, according to a new study.
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Ireland says will not be U.S. 'whipping boy' on tax
Ireland says will not be U.S. 'whipping boy' on tax
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's finance minister said the country would not be the "whipping boy" for what he called a flawed U.S. Senate report that said Irish loopholes helped technology giant Apple shrink its tax bill.

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Indie rockers Vampire Weekend top Billboard album chart
Indie rockers Vampire Weekend top Billboard album chart
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Indie rock band Vampire Weekend on Wednesday grabbed the top spot on the weekly Billboard 200 album chart, besting new albums from country legend George Strait and pop singer Demi Lovato.

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