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Report raises questions about mom

HARTFORD, Conn. – As Adam Lanza withdrew from the world into his bedroom, the only person he appeared to be close to was his mother, who cooked his favorite meals, did his laundry daily – a...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France to send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic

DAKAR, Senegal – France promised Tuesday to send 1,000 troops to Central African Republic amid warnings about the potential for genocide in the near-anarchic former French colony. ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sebelius says health website improving

WASHINGTON – State and local elected officials should “not hesitate” to tell their constituents to go to HealthCare.gov and sign up, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sai...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Comet dances with sun, death; giving mixed signals

Will it meet a fiery death – or survive – when it whips around the sun on Thursday? The icy comet will be only about 1 million miles away from the sun’s super-hot surface during ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge rejects OJ Simpson’s bid for new trial

LAS VEGAS – A judge in Las Vegas rejected O.J. Simpson’s bid for a new trial on Tuesday, dashing the former football star’s bid for freedom based on the claim that his original lawyer botche...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. challenges China claim

WASHINGTON – Although China has asserted greater military control over a swath of the East China Sea to bolster claims to a cluster of disputed islands, the U.S. defied the move Tuesday as i...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deal spurs concerns for some ex-hostages

McLEAN, Va. – To some of the Americans subjected to mock executions and other torment during more than a year as hostages in Iran more than 30 years ago, it seems like a mistake to trust the...

DATE: Nov 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court to take up dispute

Some companies don’t want to cover birth control

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Penny Lane: Gitmo’s other secret CIA facility

WASHINGTON – A few hundred yards from the administrative offices of the Guantanamo Bay prison, hidden behind a ridge covered in thick scrub and cactus, sits a closely held secret. ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Police find nothing after lockdown at Yale NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale University was locked down for nearly six hours Monday as authorities investigated a phone call saying an arm...

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Thai protesters occupy government buildings, cut power

BANGKOK – Tens of thousands of protesters in Thailand’s capital overran several buildings and cut power to the Finance Ministry on Monday in a stepped-up campaign to topple the government of...

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Supreme Court weighs new health law dispute

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s health-care law is headed for a new Supreme Court showdown over companies’ religious objections to the law’s birth-control mandate. Amid the ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World