| Ferguson witnesses doubt whether cop shooter was with protesters Posted: 12 Mar 2015 10:28 AM PDT  The gunshots that wounded two police officers may not have come from the demonstration.
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| American Ebola patient to be treated near U.S. capital Posted: 12 Mar 2015 02:44 PM PDT  An American healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola will be treated at a government hospital near the US capital, Washington, officials said Thursday. The person, whose identity was not revealed, is expected to be admitted on Friday to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, said a statement from the NIH. The man, Thomas Eric Duncan, died. Earlier Thursday, the World Health Organization announced that the death toll from the world's largest Ebola outbreak had topped 10,000.
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| #BlueLivesMatter reignites debate following police shooting in Ferguson Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:28 AM PDT  The hashtag #BlueLivesMatter has found new life following a shooting that injured two cops outside the Ferguson Police Department late Wednesday night
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| Military: 2 soldiers' bodies recovered from helicopter wreck Posted: 12 Mar 2015 11:50 AM PDT NAVARRE, Fla. (AP) — Divers have found the military helicopter that crashed in dense fog during a Florida training mission, killing seven elite Marines and four experienced soldiers. More bad weather Thursday delayed the recovery of bodies and the flight recorder from wreckage 25 feet deep. |
| Police seek suspects in Ferguson police 'ambush' Posted: 12 Mar 2015 02:51 PM PDT  By Kate Munsch FERGUSON, Mo. (Reuters) - Two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, were shot and wounded in what officials called an ambush early on Thursday, in the latest spasm of violence arising from months of tension between African-Americans and the city's mostly white police force. An intense manhunt was under way for a suspect or suspects in the shootings of the officers, who were treated and released from hospital, St Louis County Police said. A 41-year-old St. Louis County Police officer was struck in the shoulder and a 32-year-old officer from nearby Webster Groves Police Department had a bullet lodged near his ear after it passed through his cheek, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar said. You don't understand that it's going to happen." The shots rang out as a rally in front of the city's police headquarters was dispersing hours after the local police chief resigned.
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| North Dakota's job landscape shifting (for now) away from Big Oil Posted: 12 Mar 2015 03:38 PM PDT  By Ernest Scheyder WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - Halliburton Co, Schlumberger NV and other large energy companies were conspicuously absent from a major North Dakota job fair this week, a telling sign as employers in the No. 2 U.S. oil-producing state grapple with sliding crude prices. Instead of roustabouts, the state's oil industry wants pump technicians, gas-processing plant operators and truck drivers to help sustain existing production of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day - not to necessarily grow production. "When a well is out, you still have to service it," said Cindy Sanford of Job Service North Dakota, which helped organize the two-day job fair in Williston, capital of the state's oil boom. Halliburton was a key participant in last year's Williston job fair.
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| Union says tentative deal reached to end U.S. refinery strike Posted: 12 Mar 2015 03:39 PM PDT  By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - The United Steelworkers union and oil companies have reached a tentative deal to end the largest U.S. refinery strike in 35 years, the labor group and people familiar with the negotiations said on Thursday. "We salute the solidarity exhibited by our membership," said USW International President Leo Gerard. "There was no way we would have won vast improvements in safety and staffing without it." Tesoro Corp told employees in a letter seen by Reuters it was "supportive of the agreement" and would try to quickly settle local issues "to enable our employees return to work." Lead industry negotiator Royal Dutch Shell Plc did not comment.
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| 2 officers released from hospital after Ferguson 'ambush' Posted: 12 Mar 2015 04:11 PM PDT St. Louis County Police Chief says officers shot in the face and shoulder were lucky. |
| Matt Bai: The real source of Hillary’s transparency problem Posted: 12 Mar 2015 03:06 AM PDT  With Hillary Clinton, we always assume she's holding something back. What was striking during her press conference Tuesday was how little she seems to appreciate this circumstance and her own role in creating it. The truth is that during the Clintons' rise, an America cleaved by generational and ideological change would never have accepted them any other way. But this isn't 1992. Transparency and authenticity are paramount in the social media culture, and the lack of them is fatal.
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| 15-year-old boy arrested in kidnapping caught on video Posted: 11 Mar 2015 06:52 PM PDT  SPRAGUE, Wash. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday in the short-lived kidnapping of a 22-month-old toddler that was caught on surveillance video in this small farming town in eastern Washington.
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| New Mexico lawmaker under fire for defining rape as 'drunken college sex' Posted: 11 Mar 2015 01:49 PM PDT  Republicans are calling on Rep. Kenny Martinez, D-Grants, to apologize for saying that "rape is defined in many ways, and some of it is just drunken college sex."
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