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Guardian: Snowden won't return voluntarily to US - Houston Chronicle
WASHINGTON (AP) — NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and is attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. The disclosures revealed the scope of the collections, which surprised many Americans and have sparked debate about how much privacy the government can take away in the name of national sec
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Obama defends US drone program, says it has 'saved lives' | Fox News
President Obama spoke in unprecedented detail Thursday about the U.S. drone program, as he adamantly defended the controversial strikes as legal and necessary to national security -- while announcing that we was setting new limits on their use.

The president for the first time personally acknowledged that U.S. drone strikes have killed several Americans overseas, only one of whom was targeted,
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Prosecutor may seek death penalty for Cleveland kidnap, rape suspect Ariel Castro - CBS News
An Ohio prosecutor says he may seek the death penalty against the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for about a decade for forcing them to suffer miscarriages.
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Police investigate Padstow speedboat tragedy which killed BSkyB executive and 'extremely loving father' Nick Milligan..
Police investigating the deaths of a father and daughter who were killed after being thrown from their runaway speedboat are trying to ascertain why standard safety measures did not stop the vessel’s engine before the tragedy. The accident also saw four other members of the same family injured.
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Desire for local food fosters growth in farmers markets
The 63-year-old owner of Hackberry Hollow Farm near Renner will wake up at 5 a.m. and brew a pot of coffee. He’ll then climb in his van with a trailer attached to haul 17 different items, including tomato and pepper plants, honey crisp apple trees and homemade pies he’s hoping to sell, to the market.
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Dollar, stocks rally on strong U.S. jobs data| Reuters
The U.S. dollar surged against the yen and global equity markets rallied on Friday after the U.S. government reported jobs growth for April that topped expectations, driving stocks on Wall Street to record highs.
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U.S. to keep restriction on small knives on planes for now - CNN.com
The U.S. government will temporarily delay a controversial rule that would again permit passengers to carry small knives on commercial flights three days before it was due to take effect.

The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement on Monday it would consider additional input from a federal advisory committee that includes aviation-related interests, passenger advocates, and l
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Harkin endorses Braley for U.S. Senate
So far, no major Iowa Republican has emerged as a candidate for the 2014 GOP nomination
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Toyota readies U.S. production of Lexus ES by 2015
Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) plans to assemble the Lexus ES 350 sedan at its Kentucky plant in 2015, marking the first time the Japanese automaker has built a vehicle from its luxury lineup in the United States.
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Unemployment rates fell in 26 US states in March - SFGate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in more than half the U.S. states in March even though job growth slowed. Only 23 states reported a net gain in hiring in March, the fewest since August 2011. The national unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent, but only because more Americans ended their job searches. Nevada reported the highest unemployment rate last month, at 9.7 percent.

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