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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An insider attack at a military training facility in Afghanistan has claimed the life of an American major general. The Army has identified him as Maj. Gen. Harold Greene. A gunman firing indiscriminately wounded about 15 people including a German general and two Afghan generals. Insider attacks rose sharply in 2012, with more than 60 coalition troops — mostly Americans — killed in 40-plus attacks.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Times is reporting that Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites. The thefts were reportedly uncovered by the firm Hold Security. The identities of the websites that were broken into were not divulged by the Times.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has announced $33 billion in commitments aimed at shifting U.S. ties with Africa beyond humanitarian aid and toward more equal economic partnerships. Most of the commitments come from firms including Coca-Cola and General Electric. The continent is home to six of the world's fastest-growing economies and a rapidly expanding middle class with increased spending power.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a Missouri man convicted of raping and killing a college student are hoping the Supreme Court will block an execution set for just after midnight. Michael Worthington would become the first U.S. inmate put to death since a botched lethal injection in Arizona that took nearly two hours. Gov. Jay Nixon is said to be weighing a clemency request.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Bond has been set at $500,000 for a Montana man charged with fatally slashing another man's throat in what police say was an argument over which branch of the United States military was better, the Army or the Marines. William Earl Cunningham allegedly told police that the victim attacked him and he did what the Army taught him to do and "cut" the other man.
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