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November 24, 2009 US
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New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial
(2009-11-24)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday.
"Cancer of fraud" permeates healthcare system
(2009-11-24)
MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.
More shoppers plan Black Friday visits
(2009-11-24)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Up to 134 million U.S. consumers may shop for holiday gifts this Thanksgiving weekend, although most will check the bargains before venturing out, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Washington Post closing remaining U.S. bureaus
(2009-11-24)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Washington Post is closing its last U.S. bureaus outside the nation's capital as the money-losing newspaper retrenches to focus on politics and local news.
U.S. airlines fined for stranding travelers on plane
(2009-11-24)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday imposed its first-ever punishment against airlines for stranding passengers aboard aircraft, fining three carriers $175,000 for a six-hour ordeal in Minnesota.
Stuyvesant tenants may ask court to set rent
(2009-11-24)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Attorneys for tenants in a vast New York City apartment complex said they would ask the state court to set the next 2010 rents if negotiations with landlord Tishman Speyer are unsuccessful.
U.S. urges Americans to help feed their neighbors
(2009-11-24)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Tuesday urged Americans to volunteer to help feed their neighbors, noting that almost 15 percent of the country's households had a hard time getting enough to eat last year.
Jury adjourns till Monday in Ponzi fraud case
(2009-11-24)
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - Accused Ponzi schemer Tom Petters will wait at least six more days to learn his fate after a federal jury adjourned deliberations without reaching a verdict over whether he orchestrated a $3.65 billion fraud.
Film director Tyler Perry gives $1 million to NAACP
(2009-11-24)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director and comic actor Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest gift ever by a single person to that civil rights group.
Men charged with attempting to support Hezbollah
(2009-11-24)
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Two Lebanese men were charged on Tuesday with attempting to provide material support to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah by exporting machine guns to Syria from Philadelphia, U.S. authorities said.
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