Gay Americans report more acceptance, room for progress: survey
By Edith Honan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The vast majority of U.S. lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults say society has become m...
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Scaffolding crew rescued from platform 45 stories above New York City
By Francesca Trianni NEW YORK (Reuters) - A motor failure left two men from a scaffold maintenance crew hanging for more than an hou...
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Police say probe of 'Whitey' Bulger focused on bookies, guns
By Daniel Lovering BOSTON (Reuters) - Jurors hearing the murder and racketeering trial of James "Whitey" Bulger on Thursday saw weap...
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Trayvon Martin murder trial jury to be sequestered: judge
By Barbara Liston SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The jury in the racially-charged Trayvon Martin case in Florida will be sequestered d...
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Wildfire in Colorado Springs area destroys 360 homes: Sheriff
(Reuters) - The wildfire burning near Colorado Springs has destroyed 360 homes, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa told reporters o...
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U.S. officials push cellphone makers to add theft deterrents
By Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. state and city officials are banding together to pressure cellphone makers to adopt tech...
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Department of Justice steps into NYPD stop-and-frisk lawsuit
By Chris Francescani and David Ingram NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department asked a federal judge to appoint a...
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FBI director says U.S. will hold Snowden responsible on NSA leak
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that the U.S. government is doing everything it can to hold conf...
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FBI director says all surveillance complies with U.S. law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday that the government's surveillance programs comply in full with ...
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Senate rejects Republican effort to gut immigration bill
By Thomas Ferraro and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A landmark immigration bill survived a major challenge in the Senate on T...
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