| Macy's joins Barneys in brewing NYC 'shop-and-frisk' scandal Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:15 PM PDT  New York's civil rights leaders on Saturday angrily decried the city's brewing "shop-and-frisk" scandal, in which two major retailers stand accused of profiling black shoppers who say they were detained by police after buying luxury items.
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| Protesters march in Washington against NSA spying Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Protesters marched on Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday to protest the U.S. government's online surveillance programs, whose vast scope was revealed this year by former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden. People carried signs reading: "Stop Mass Spying," "Thank you, Edward Snowden" and "Unplug Big Brother" as they gathered at the foot of the Capitol to demonstrate against the online surveillance by the National Security Agency. Estimates varied on the size of the march, with organizers saying more than 2,000 attended. U.S. ...
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| FBI probes California deputy's killing of boy with toy gun Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:57 PM PDT  By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The FBI has launched an independent investigation into a deputy sheriff's killing of a 13-year-old boy while he was walking to a friend's house this week to return a replica of an assault rifle, a spokesman said on Saturday. Sonoma County Sheriff Steve Freitas announced on Friday night that the FBI will conduct an inquiry into the shooting death of Andy Lopez Cruz in Santa Rosa, a community in northern California's wine country. ...
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| High court test of surveillance law could be ahead Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:34 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says for the first time that it intends to use information gained from one of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance programs against an accused terrorist, setting the stage for a likely Supreme Court test of the Obama administration's approach to national security.
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| Suspect in Northern Calif. standoff surrenders Posted: 26 Oct 2013 04:09 PM PDT  ROSEVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Some residents of a suburban Sacramento city still were waiting to return to their homes 24 hours after a Friday night shootout between law enforcement agents and a wanted parolee left six officers injured.
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| Sharpton threatens store boycott over profile suit Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened Saturday to boycott luxury retailer Barneys if the department store doesn't respond adequately to allegations by black shoppers that they were racially profiled there. |
| Police chase gunman, hostages across Mojave Desert Posted: 26 Oct 2013 09:34 AM PDT  RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) — Police were investigating a deadly shooting in this Mojave Desert city when they got a chilling call — from the killer.
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| Saudi women drive in protest with little problem Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:48 AM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia claimed they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police in their push for easing restrictions on women in the kingdom.
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| Malaysia bans Ke$ha concert, cites 'culture' clash Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:43 AM PDT  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have banned a planned concert by U.S. pop singer Ke$ha after deciding it would hurt cultural and religious sensitivities.
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| Report: Iran hangs 16 'rebels' to avenge ambush Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:45 AM PDT TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran hanged 16 "rebels" of an unspecified armed group on Saturday in retaliation for the death of 14 border guards in clashes near the frontier with Pakistan, a semiofficial news agency reported. |
| JPMorgan's $5B settlement doesn't end its troubles Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:42 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — The $5.1 billion that JPMorgan Chase has agreed to pay hardly ends its legal troubles over mortgage securities it sold.
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| World Series scene shifts, Cards right at home Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:11 AM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Koji Uehara emerged from the dugout, walked onto the field at Busch Stadium and gazed at the gleaming Gateway Arch.
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| Crowds pay respect at ex-Yugo first lady's burial Posted: 26 Oct 2013 05:59 AM PDT  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Former Yugoslavia's first lady Jovanka Broz was laid to rest Saturday near the grave of her husband Josip Broz Tito, mourned by a throng who remembered his ex-communist federation as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality more than 20 years after it broke up in bloodshed.
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| FBI to investigate shooting of Calif. 13-year-old Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:46 AM PDT  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting an independent investigation of the fatal shooting of a popular 13-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy in Northern California.
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| Saudi women's driving kicks off without arrests Posted: 26 Oct 2013 06:07 AM PDT  RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi activists said more than 60 women claimed to have answered their call on Saturday to get behind the wheel in a rare show of defiance against a ban on female driving in the ultraconservative kingdom.
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| Grand jury indicted JonBenet Ramsey parents Posted: 25 Oct 2013 05:37 PM PDT  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A grand jury found enough evidence to indict the parents of JonBenet Ramsey for child abuse and accessory to first-degree murder in the 6-year-old's death, newly unsealed documents revealed Friday, nearly a decade after DNA evidence cleared the couple.
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