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Russia had elder Boston suspect under surveillance

MAKHACHKALA, Russia – Russian agents placed the elder Boston bombing suspect under surveillance during a six-month visit to southern Russia last year, then scrambled to find him when he sudd...

Obama: U.S. not sure who used chemical weapons in Syria

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama strongly suggested Tuesday he’d consider military action against Syria if it can be confirmed that President Bashar Assad’s government used chemical weapo...

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Venezuela lawmakers brawl amid tensions CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s postelection tensions erupted into a brawl between lawmakers Tuesday night that left at least one oppositi...

Uncle: Family to claim Boston bomb suspect’s body

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Relatives of the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect will claim his body now that his wife has agreed to release it, an uncle said Tuesday. Tamerlan Tsarna...

Nation Briefs

Abortion doctor’s murder trial goes to Pa. jury PHILADELPHIA – A jury began weighing murder charges Tuesday against a doctor charged with killing five people, including four viabl...

Obama vows again to close prison at Guantanamo Bay

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Tuesday renewed his pledge to close the prison for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the impediments that have thwarted him thus far rema...

With 1 week to go, Sanford subject of attacks

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford can’t seem to escape attacks on the extramarital affair that derailed his political career, which he hopes to revive in a special c...

Bangladeshis turn rescuers after building collapse

SAVAR, Bangladesh – The heat in the rubble was sweltering. It closed in on his body like the darkness around him, making it hard to breathe. Working by the faint glow of a flashlight, he sli...

Morning-after pill OK for ages 15 and older

WASHINGTON – The government Tuesday lowered to 15 the age at which girls can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription and said the emergency contraception no longer has to be kept b...

Addressing chemical weapons, Obama hints at military action

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signaled Tuesday he would consider U.S. military action against Syria if “hard, effective evidence” is found to bolster intelligence that chemical weapons...

Obama orders review of bombing intelligence

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama said Tuesday that his staff is reviewing intelligence gathering before the Boston Marathon bombings to see if anything was missed that could have thwarted...

Tests link ricin to letter suspect

TUPELO, Miss. – Ricin was found in the former martial arts studio of the man suspected of sending poison letters to President Barack Obama and other public officials, and was also discovered...
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