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Fort Hood trial: Case study of bizarre twists

FORT HOOD, Texas – A case that already had the makings of a bizarre Court TV episode – a wheelchair-bound defendant representing himself, bullet-riddled victims, First Amendment fights over ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

North Korea expanding nuclear plant, group says

VIENNA – A U.S. institute tracking North Korea’s nuclear weapons program says recent satellite photos show Pyongyang is doubling the size of its uranium-enrichment plant, jibing with the cou...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Diplomacy has failed, Egypt president says CAIRO — Egypt’s presidency said Wednesday that diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve the standoff between the country’s military-back...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama calls off Putin summit amid Snowden tensions

LOS ANGELES – In a rare diplomatic rebuke, President Barack Obama called off an upcoming Moscow summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, sending a stern message of disappro...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Yemen raises security after exposing plots

SANAA, Yemen – Military and intelligence officials in Yemen said Wednesday they uncovered an al-Qaida plot to fire missiles at foreign embassies in the capital and to attack naval forces gua...

DATE: Aug 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama’s snub won’t faze Russia

Confrontation could hamper other priorities for U.S., analysts say

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. embassy closures offer window into threat concern

WASHINGTON – The map of closed American embassies – and those that remain open – in the Middle East and Africa provides a window into the Obama administration’s concern about a potentially i...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

First charges filed in Benghazi attack, sources say

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has filed the first criminal charges in the deadly attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, two U.S. officials said Tuesday. T...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Autopsies performed on two boys killed by python

TORONTO (AP) – A 100-pound python blamed in the strangling deaths of two Canadian boys apparently escaped from its enclosure, slithered through a ventilation system and fell through the ceil...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Al-Qaeda on the run? No way, say experts

The continued closure of 20 U.S. embassies across the Middle East and parts of Africa amid increased al-Qaeda activity in the region is the latest example showing that U.S. counterterrorism ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gold coins of Nevada recluse sold at auction for $3.1 million

CARSON CITY, Nev. – The last remnants of a fortune of coins found packed in ammunition boxes in the garage of a recluse who died last summer was auctioned Tuesday for more than $3.1 million ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Bush undergoes surgery for blockage in artery DALLAS – Former President George W. Bush has successfully undergone a heart procedure after doctors discovered a blockage in an arte...

DATE: Aug 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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