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Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Air Force said Thursday.
Madoff trustee sues family entities
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's investment firm late on Thursday filed three lawsuits against entities affiliated with family members of the imprisoned swindler, accusing them of taking nearly $200 million of investor cash to fund "lavish lifestyles."
California pot sweep linked to Mexican drug cartels
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California authorities said on Thursday they have made dozens of arrests and destroyed marijuana plants worth billions of dollars on farms that officials said are controlled by Mexican drug traffickers.
U.S. closes consulate in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut indefinitely its consulate in Mexico's most violent drug war city Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas, to evaluate security conditions.
Arizona appeals immigrant law ruling amid protests
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures in the law.
Special Report: A Mississippi Yankee in BP's battered court
HATTIESBURG, Miss./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bob Dudley is not one to wear his disappointment on his sleeve.
Brownsville, the 'hood that New York left behind
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Josephine Spearman alternately fought back tears and grew defiant with anger when discussing the murder of her son, one of 11 shootings in 15 days recently that have made the neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn, one of the most dangerous in the United States.
NY subpoenas MetLife, Pru on soldier death benefits
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's attorney general has subpoenaed MetLife Inc and Prudential Financial Inc as part of a probe into whether life insurers are defrauding families of deceased military personnel by siphoning off millions of dollars of death benefits for themselves.
EPA says Michigan spill appears contained
DETROIT (Reuters) - Oil spilled from a pipeline in Michigan does not present a threat to the Great Lakes and the spill has been contained on a river about 50 miles inland from Lake Michigan, federal officials said on Thursday.
Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise ship
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A dead whale was discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident involving the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday.
Factbox: Voices from Brownsville, Brooklyn
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The neighborhood of Brownsville, Brooklyn, has remained one of the most violent in New York City with a 22 percent increase in murders and nearly 50 percent increase in gun violence this year despite a trend toward lower crime in New York City.
Economic growth seen slower in Q2 on imports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic growth likely slowed in the second quarter as a capital investment drive by businesses was sated by imports and consumer spending tapered off, a government report is expected to show on Friday.
BP lawsuits over oil spill take center stage
BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of oil spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.
BP denies Texas a cash advance, gets scathing response
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil giant BP Plc rejected a request from Texas for a $25 million cash advance to clean up shorelines sullied by the Gulf oil spill, and got a scathing response from top Texas officials, according to letters given to Reuters on Thursday.
Unemployment claims fall, but still elevated
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.
Weakened Arizona immigrant rules still draw protests
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona on Thursday appealed a judge's decision to block key parts of the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants and police in Phoenix arrested scores of activists protesting the remaining measures in the law.
Dead whale found pinned to Alaska cruise liner
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - A dead whale has been discovered pinned to the bow of a Princess Cruises luxury liner near Juneau, the third such incident for the company's Alaska fleet in a decade, officials said on Thursday.
Ex-body armor chief's fraud case now in NY jury's hands
CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (Reuters) - A $100,000 gem-encrusted belt buckle, luxury cars and private jet trips to glitzy resorts were among the bounty funded with millions taken from a body armor company by its former CEO, U.S. prosecutors charged at the end of a six-month trial on Thursday.
U.S. oil spill response nears turning point: Allen
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government is laying the groundwork to shift its massive Gulf Coast oil spill clean-up operation from acute disaster management to long-term recovery, the nation's top spill official said on Thursday.
Steve Cohen's ex-wife asks to file new lawsuit
BOSTON (Reuters) - Hedge fund manager Steven A. Cohen's ex-wife asked on Thursday to file a slimmed-down lawsuit that would bring fewer charges in their long-running battle over her claims he hid assets from her when they split.
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