| 'Mockingbird's' Scout: What Gregory Peck would think of new Atticus Finch Posted:  Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman," the long-awaited follow-up to her 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "To Kill a Mockingbird," hit bookshelves shortly after midnight on Tuesday...
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| Your questions on Iran nuke deal answered Posted: 14 Jul 2015 09:49 AM PDT  Katie Couric and guests break down what the historic accord means for the U.S. and the world.
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| Syrian atrocity photos are real, FBI says Posted: |
| U.S. has yet to notify 21.5 million data breach victims: officials Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:00 PM PDT  By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two months after discovering that sensitive personal information on 21.5 million Americans was compromised in a hack of government databanks, none of those affected has been officially notified, government officials said on Tuesday. The officials from multiple agencies, who are familiar with an investigation into the breach, said the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which oversaw the data, is working with other agencies to set up a system to inform the victims. One official at OPM, who declined to be identified, said that because of the complicated nature of the data and the fact that government employees and contractors often move among different agencies, it would be weeks before a mechanism was in place.
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| Family of New York chokehold victim renews calls to charge officer Posted: 14 Jul 2015 10:58 AM PDT  By Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City. A grand jury in December declined to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who placed Garner, 43, in the chokehold, a maneuver banned by the New York City Police Department. After the state grand jury declined to indict, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in December promised a full investigation into Garner's death.
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| Colorado movie gunman had mass murder 'in heart and mind': prosecutor Posted: 14 Jul 2015 04:03 PM PDT  A prosecutor broke down on Tuesday as he said the man in black who gunned down a dozen people in a Colorado movie theater had nothing but "mass murder" on his mind when he went on the rampage three years ago. District Attorney George Brauchler said 400 people went to a midnight premiere of a Batman film in the Denver suburb of Aurora, happy and hopeful of being entertained by a tale of a black-clad hero fighting for justice. "But that's not what happened," Brauchler said.
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| Obama says Iran nuclear deal prevents ‘more war’ in Middle East Posted: |
| Officials: 4 escape from Mississippi jail; 2 still at large Posted: 14 Jul 2015 10:20 AM PDT  RAYMOND, Miss. (AP) — Four prisoners escaped from a Mississippi jail before a late-night bed check with help from inside and outside the facility, officials said, and two remained at large Tuesday.
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| Iran nuclear deal: Fine 'new chapter' or 'historic mistake'? Posted: 14 Jul 2015 01:35 PM PDT  A landmark Iran nuclear agreement was reached Tuesday after clearing final obstacles, and a senior diplomat said it included a compromise between Washington and Tehran that would allow U.N. inspectors to press for visits to Iranian military sites as part of their monitoring duties.
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| Harper Lee's hometown celebrates release of 'Watchman' Posted: 14 Jul 2015 02:09 PM PDT  MONROEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Author Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville buzzed with excitement Tuesday over the release of her novel "Go Set a Watchman," which was actually the first draft of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "To Kill a Mockingbird."
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