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Boston Marathon bombing suspect pleads not guilty

BOSTON – His arm in a cast and his face swollen, a blase-looking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing in a seven-minute proceeding that marked his fi...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Randy Travis suffers stroke in hospital NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The publicist for Randy Travis says the country music singer has suffered a stroke in a Texas hospital. Publi...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mountain fire near Vegas burns 6 ranch structures

LAS VEGAS – A massive mountain wildfire that cast a smoky pall over Las Vegas on Wednesday destroyed six structures at a desert ranch and left two people in the firefighting force with minor...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

GOP: Obama exceeds authority in case after case WASHINGTON – In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of excee...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For Koreans, crash a point of national shame

SEOUL, South Korea – When a jet from a Seoul-based airline crashed this weekend in San Francisco, South Koreans took it personally. The president issued a statement of regret. Wi...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt names prime minister

CAIRO – Egypt’s military-backed interim leader named a new prime minister and won $8 billion in promises of aid from wealthy Arab allies in the Gulf on Tuesday in moves aimed at stabilizing ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP: Delay law’s individual mandate

WASHINGTON – Framing a new argument against President Barack Obama’s health care law, congressional GOP leaders called Tuesday for a delay in the law’s requirement that individual Americans ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pennsylvania law banning gay marriage faces court challenge

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Civil rights lawyers filed the first known legal challenge Tuesday on behalf of 23 men, women and children seeking to overturn a 17-year-old state law effectively banning s...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Criminal investigation opened into train wreck LAC-MEGANTIC, Quebec – Canadian authorities said Tuesday they have opened a criminal investigation into the fiery wreck of a runawa...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmakers say loan changes tough on black students

WASHINGTON – Black lawmakers on Tuesday urged President Barack Obama to do something about changes to a college loan program that they say make it tougher for students at historically black ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Defense seeks to introduce Trayvon Martin’s texts

SANFORD, Fla. – Defense attorneys on Tuesday tried to get Trayvon Martin’s text messages and a Facebook posting dealing with fighting introduced at George Zimmerman’s second-degree murder tr...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

6 dismissed in 1st day of Fort Hood murder trial

FORT HOOD, Texas – The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage declined to ask potential jurors any questions Tuesday as jury selection finally began in his l...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World