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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct , U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said Thursday.
The military has been rocked by a series of arrests and incidents of sexual misconduct. But the news from the venerable U.S. Military Academy — where the motto is "Duty. Honor. Country." — could be particularly embarrassing. The Army said Wednesday that
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Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn.
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News
Authorities recovered the body of a Minnesota child who went missing after a gravel slide
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The woman who interrupted President Barack Obama 's speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday is well-known around Washington as a perennial protester on national security issues.
Medea Benjamin , a founder of anti-war women's group Code Pink, began demonstrating years ago on Capitol Hill, becoming an almost routine presence at hearings where high-ranking officials of the Bush administration appeared to talk about the Iraq war.
On Thursday, Benjamin got into an argument
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Many market analysts had been saying that the Japanese market was due for a correction after running up more than 70% in less than 12 months.
LONDON (CNNMoney)
The Nikkei was up about 2% in early trading.
On Thursday, the index fell 7.3% -- the biggest one-day drop since the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster shook Japan's economy.
The sharp plunge this week spooked investors in China and Europe, leading to sizable stock market
...By M.B. Pell
(Reuters) - A dispute between government agencies over the investigation into the deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant intensified on Thursday when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives hit back after being criticized by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board ( CSB ).
The board's allegations that its investigation into the causes of the April 17 tragedy was hindered by the ATF or the Texas State Fire Marshal 's Office
...Jim Mone / AP
Rescue personnel gather near an entrance to Lilydale Regional Park above the Mississippi River during a suspension of search efforts to find a fourth child missing after a landslide swept over a group of children on a fourth grade field trip Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in St. Paul, Minn.
By Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News
Authorities recovered the body of a Minnesota child who went missing after a gravel slide
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By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona jury weighing whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of her ex-boyfriend deadlocked on Thursday and the judge ordered a retrial of the penalty phase of the case.
Arias, a former waitress from California, was found guilty this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in June 2008. He was
...President Obama, responding to mounting criticism of his Justice Department's seizure of reporter records, said for the first time Thursday that the administration would be reviewing its guidelines in response to the controversy. Obama said he's "troubled" by the developments and that journalists should not be "at legal risk" for doing their jobs.
Until now, administration officials have responded to the blowback by speaking generally about the importance of balancing national security -- and their
...GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders -- a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.
Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. The policy change takes effect Jan. 1.
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By Ann Saphir
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The clearinghouse for all stock options said Thursday it will adopt a policy aimed at abolishing a dividend-linked trading strategy that critics say could destabilize markets if left unchecked.
The change at Chicago-based OCC is likely to hurt market share at Nasdaq OMX Group Inc 's biggest options venue, where nearly all of U.S. dividend-linked options trading takes place.
"The new policy will likely result in a significant
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