Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc sued rival Motorola Inc, claiming the Droid smartphone maker infringes on three iPhone patents.

Apple sues Motorola, further escalating cellphone wars

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NEW YORK/DETROIT (Reuters) - Steve Girsky remembers sitting at his kitchen table in New York on the eve of President Barack Obama's election when he realized that General Motors was going to run out of cash.

Special Report: For GM IPO, the government is back-seat driver

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have delayed the trial of two Americans arrested near the Iraqi border in July 2009, a judiciary spokesman said on Monday, less than a week before they were due their first day in court.

Iran postpones trial date for U.S. "hikers"

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. judges considering whether to let Arizona's crackdown on illegal immigrants take effect asked attorneys tough questions on Monday about the constitutionality of the law and whether federal authority prevents the state from taking action.

Judges ask tough questions on Arizona immigration law

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retailers are poised to report their weakest monthly sales gains in six months as unseasonably warm weather and fewer shopping events hurt demand for fall merchandise in a slowly recovering U.S. economy.

Warm weather and fewer events to hurt October sales

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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Government officials and aid partners in earthquake- and cholera-ravaged Haiti scrambled on Monday to prepare crowded quake survivor camps and coastal towns for a possible hit by a hurricane later this week.

Haiti scrambles to prepare for feared hurricane hit

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PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - The FBI is investigating how box cutter blades got onto a Delta Air Lines flight from Japan, but reported no incident on Tuesday's flight and said passengers were unharmed.

Box cutters cause FBI probe on Portland plane

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toxic chemicals at levels high enough to kill sea animals extended deep underwater soon after the BP oil spill, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

Toxic chemicals found deep at BP oil spill site

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California voters soundly rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use.

California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A chastened President Barack Obama on Wednesday pledged to seek compromise with Republicans who won big in congressional elections and admitted he had lost touch with voters who delivered a "shellacking" to him and his Democrats.

Subdued Obama says suffered a voter "shellacking"