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  Chinese dissident to leave New York University shortly

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who left his home country last year and became a visiting ...

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• USDA racing to provide validated test for GMO wheat

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Agriculture Department, reeling from the discovery of unapproved genetically modified (GM) wheat gro...

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• Surveillance thwarted attack on Danish newspaper: White House

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Mark Felsenthal and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government's surveillance of phone and Internet communications...

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• U.S. intervention halts menial labor for disabled in Rhode Island

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Stephanie Simon BOSTON (Reuters) - Disabled students and adults in Providence, Rhode Island, will no longer be sent to isolated w...

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• Georgia arrests two foreign citizens suspected of "terror" plot

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia has arrested two foreign citizens suspected of preparing to carry out a "terrorist act", the interior mi...

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• Commander of Alaska missile-defense site suspended in sex inquiry

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The U.S. Army officer in charge of a remote missile-defense station in Alaska has been...

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• Congress panel widens probe of IRS 'Tea Party' scrutiny

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Kim Dixon WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional investigators probing the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's scrutiny of conservative...

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• Despite budget rebound, U.S. states see fiscal threats

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most U.S. states are set to end the current fiscal year in solid financial shape, but their r...

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• Four dead in murder-suicide at St. Louis business: police

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - A man shot three people to death at a small home healthcare business in St. Louis on Thursday afternoon after ...

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• Justice Department steps into NYC stop-and-frisk lawsuit

  Thursday, June 13, 2013

  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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