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• US won't add murder charges in death of Reagan aide

  02-01-2015 23:16
  
  The man who shot a presidential spokesman during a 1981 assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan will not face new murder charges, even though the victim's death last year was ruled a homicide, US prosecutors said Friday. Prosecutors had weighed whether to charge John Hinckley in the death of White House press secretary James Brady, who died in August aged 73, more than three decades after he was shot in the head. Hinckley, who after the shooting said he was trying to impress actress Jodie Fo
  
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• Latest member of Bush political family takes office in Texas

  02-01-2015 22:43
  
  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - George P. Bush was sworn in on Friday as Texas land commissioner with his father and potential Republican White House candidate Jeb Bush by his side and his grandfather, former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, watching on the Internet. The 38-year-old Bush, an attorney and founder of a Fort Worth-based investment firm, one-upped his relatives when in November he became the first person in the political dynasty to win in his first major election. ...
  
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• U.S. slaps more sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack

  02-01-2015 22:27
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - North Korea was hit with more U.S. sanctions on Friday in response to what Washington said was its role in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on Friday. The sanctions named three entities, including the country's military intelligence agency, as well as 10 North Korean government officials, among them individuals working in Iran, Syria, China, Russia and Namibia, according to the Treasury Department. http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/p
  
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• No charges for Reagan shooter Hinckley in Brady death

  02-01-2015 22:13
  
  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors will not charge John Hinckley Jr. in the death of former White House press secretary James Brady, even though a medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. Brady was shot in the head during an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan in 1981. The shooting left Brady partially paralyzed and his death in August at age 73 was attributed to wounds from the shooting in Washington, D.C. Washington's U.S. ...
  
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• U.S. slaps more sanctions North Korea after Sony hack

  02-01-2015 21:52
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - North Korea was hit with more U.S. sanctions on Friday in response to what Washington said was its role in a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on Friday. ...
  
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• Obama Orders New Sanctions on North Korea for Sony Hacking

  02-01-2015 20:27
  
  President Obama has issued new sanctions on North Korea in response to the massive cyber-attacks against Sony. Obama issued an executive order Friday authorizing the Treasury to impose additional sanctions in retaliation to “ongoing provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies, particularly its destructive and coercive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment,” a White House... Read more »
  
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• Obama authorises more sanctions against North Korea in Sony hack

  02-01-2015 20:21
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama authorized additional sanctions against North Korea in what he said was the first U.S. response to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on Friday. The sanctions named three entities as well as 10 North Korean government officials, including individuals working in Iran, Syria, China, Russia and Namibia, according to the Treasury Department. http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl9733. ...
  
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• Obama authorizes more sanctions against North Korea in Sony hack

  02-01-2015 20:20
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama authorized additional sanctions against North Korea in what he said was the first U.S. response to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on Friday. The sanctions named three entities as well as 10 North Korean government officials, including individuals working in Iran, Syria, China, Russia and Namibia, according to the Treasury Department. http://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl9733. ...
  
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• Obama Orders Sanctions On North Korea In Response To Sony Hack

  02-01-2015 20:17
  
  The White House says this is “the first aspect of our response” to “North Korea's ongoing provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies, particularly its destructive and coercive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.” It authorizes the Treasury Department to “impose sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the Government of North Korea. We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on a U.S…
  
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• Obama Orders North Korea Sanctions In Response To Sony Hack

  02-01-2015 20:17
  
  The White House says today this is “the first aspect of our response” to “ North Korea's ongoing provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies, particularly its destructive and coercive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment.” It authorizes the Treasury Department to “impose sanctions on individuals and entities associated with the Government of North Korea. We take seriously North Korea's attack that aimed to create destructive financial effects on…
  
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• Obama Sanctions North Korea After Sony Cyberattack

  02-01-2015 20:13
  
  The White House says North Korean attack was a threat to national security.
  
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• The US Will Impose Sanctions On North Korea In Response To The Sony Hack

  02-01-2015 20:09
  
  KCNA/Reuters The US will impose sanctions on North Korea in response to the Sony hack.  The sanctions, imposed by an executive order signed by President Obama, will apparently target 10 named North Korean officials. The sanctions are in response to the December hack on Sony that the US blamed on North Korea.  The White House Press Office has released the following statement:  Today, the President issued an Executive Order (E.O.) authorizing additional sanctions on the Democratic People’s Re
  
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• No charges against John Hinckley in death of James Brady

  02-01-2015 20:08
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia will not pursue criminal charges against John Hinckley Jr. for the death of former White House press secretary James Brady, the prosecutor's office said on Friday. Brady was gravely wounded in 1981 when Hinckley tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. He was incapacitated from the shooting for the rest of his life and died last summer. (Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Bill Trott)
  
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• Obama authorises additional sanctions against North Korea in Sony hack

  02-01-2015 20:07
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama authorized additional sanctions against North Korea as the first U.S. response to the cyber hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on Friday. The additional sanctions target three companies as well as 10 North Korean government officials, including individuals working in Iran, Syria, China, Russia and Namibia, according to the Treasury Department. (Reporting by Julia Edwards; Additional reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Bill
  
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• Obama authorizes additional sanctions against North Korea in Sony hack

  02-01-2015 20:05
  
  HONOLULU (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama authorized additional sanctions against North Korea as the first U.S. response to the cyber hack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the White House said on ...
  
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• PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Jan 2

  02-01-2015 06:12
  
  The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. * The White House plans to pivot from U.S. President Barack Obama's ...
  
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• Former New York governor Mario Cuomo dies aged 82

  02-01-2015 04:39
  
  New York (AFP) - Mario Cuomo, the former New York governor who was once considered a prime candidate for the White House or the Supreme Court, has died, US media reported. He was 82.
  
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• Politicians remember 'progressive giant' Mario Cuomo on social media

  02-01-2015 02:06
  
  Politicians and former staffers took to social media to grieve the loss of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, who led New York state for three terms, from 1983 to 1994, and who many hoped would run for the White House.
  
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