| Texas policeman suspended after pulling gun on teens at pool party Posted: 07 Jun 2015 01:54 PM PDT  A Texas police officer who drew his gun on unarmed teenagers while responding to a disturbance at pool party and threw a girl in a bathing suit to the ground has been placed on administrative leave, officials said Sunday.
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| Governor: 2 inmates must have taken days to pull off escape Posted: 07 Jun 2015 05:10 PM PDT  DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — Two murderers who used power tools to escape from prison must have taken days to cut through steel walls and pipes and break through the bricks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday as a $100,000 reward was posted for information leading to their capture.
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| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wouldn't rule out reinvasion of Iraq Posted: 07 Jun 2015 12:20 PM PDT  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn't rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief. The likely Republican presidential candidate and early frontrunner in several polls said he would consider a re-invasion if it were deemed necessary to protect American national security at home and abroad. Walker has been critical of President Obama's handling of Iraq and Syria for its limited scope but also qualified that he does not believe in "open-ended, limitless engagements." Though he has been sparse in offering specific changes to U.S. policy in the fight against ISIS, the likely presidential candidate said he has been deepening his understanding of international affairs in recent months.
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| Big U.S. data breaches offer treasure trove for hackers Posted: 06 Jun 2015 09:07 PM PDT  By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A massive breach of U.S. federal computer networks disclosed this week is the latest in a flood of attacks by suspected Chinese hackers aimed at grabbing personal data, industrial secrets and weapons plans from government and private computers. The Obama administration on Thursday disclosed the breach of computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management and said the records of up to 4 million current and former federal employees may have been compromised. U.S. officials have said on condition of anonymity they believe the hackers are based in China, but Washington has not publicly blamed Beijing at a time when tensions are high over Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea.
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| Murderers who escaped from New York prison may have had help Posted: 07 Jun 2015 02:24 PM PDT  Two convicted murderers who used power tools to break out of a maximum security New York prison may have had help, and they left a taunting note for their jailors to "Have a nice day," authorities said on Sunday. More than 200 local, state and federal law enforcement officials set up roadblocks, took to the air and went door-to-door in their search for Richard Matt, 48, and David Sweat, 34, who went missing early Saturday morning from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, about 20 miles (30 km) south of the Canadian border.. "We are leaving no stone unturned. New York is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of the men it describes as dangerous and have notified law enforcement in Canada and Mexico about the fugitives.
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| Michigan boy, 15, completes 57-mile walk with brother on his back Posted: 07 Jun 2015 04:19 PM PDT  A 15-year-old Michigan boy on Sunday completed a three-day, 57-mile walk across the state, carrying his younger brother on his back, as part of a campaign to raise awareness for Cerebral Palsy. Hunter Gandee started the long trek with little brother Braden, who suffers from Cerebral Palsy, on Friday morning in Lambertville, Michigan, an unincorporated community near the Ohio border. The brothers reached the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor at about 4 p.m. on Sunday, joined for the final leg by friends and family.
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| Report: Ex-speaker Hastert quietly tried to boost income Posted: 07 Jun 2015 10:36 AM PDT  A former business associate of Dennis Hastert says the ex-House speaker looked for ways to increase his income around the time he is accused of paying someone to stay quiet about decades-old misconduct.
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| Scattered violence as Mexico holds midterm elections Posted: 07 Jun 2015 03:32 PM PDT  Thousands of soldiers and federal police were deployed to guard polling stations in restive southern states as voting began Sunday for what could be Mexico's most violent elections in years, seen as a litmus test for President Enrique Pena Nieto's government.
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| Obama aims to mend U.S.-German relations on Bavarian trip Posted: 07 Jun 2015 11:34 AM PDT  Slugging back beer and sausages, President Barack Obama celebrated decades of U.S. friendship with Germany over recent challenges.
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| Texas policeman suspended after pulling gun on teen at pool party Posted: 07 Jun 2015 11:54 AM PDT A police officer who drew his gun on unarmed teenagers while responding to a disturbance at pool party and threw a girl in a bathing suit to the ground has been placed on administrative leave, officials said Sunday. |
| Britain to expand Iraq training mission to counter IS: Cameron Posted: 07 Jun 2015 09:07 AM PDT  Britain is to expand its military training mission in Iraq in the coming weeks, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Sunday, saying the Iraqi army needed more help to deal with improvised bombs planted by Islamic State militants. Cameron, speaking before a meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations (G7), said Britain would send 125 new military advisers to Iraq, most of whom would train the Iraqi army in how to counter improvised explosive devices or IEDs.
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