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Atty: Worker in Pa. bldg collapse misused machine

PHILADELPHIA – An attorney representing the contractor hired to demolish a Philadelphia building that collapsed onto a thrift store, killing six people, says his client did not instruct...

NSA leaker could be latest to seek help in Iceland

REYKJAVIK, Iceland – From seafaring Vikings to digital dissenters, Iceland has always attracted outsiders. This North Atlantic island nation has welcomed eccentric chess mast...

Records show past turmoil in Calif. gunman’s home

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Court records allege years of turmoil between the parents of the young man who fatally shot five people in Santa Monica, Calif., last week. Documents o...

World Briefs

7 killed in clashes in Yemen’s capital SANAA, Yemen – Clashes between Shiite protesters and security forces in Yemen’s capital Sunday killed seven people and wounde...

Koreas to hold senior-level meeting in Seoul this week

SEOUL, South Korea – The rival Koreas agreed Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts after Pyongyang’s recent threats of nuclear war and Seoul’s vows of...

Attorneys slam demolition work in Pa.

PHILADELPHIA – Attorneys for four people suing over the collapse of a downtown building that killed six people last week lambasted the demolition work after surveying the site Sunday. ...

Rural areas lure young residents

‘Brain Gain’ changing narrative in small towns

Ex-NSA worker source of spying leak

Whistleblower also claims to have worked for CIA

Man, 28, dies at protest outside Iranian embassy

BEIRUT – Men wielding batons and wearing yellow arm bands evoking Lebanon’s Hezbollah attacked protesters outside the Iranian Embassy in Beirut Sunday during a rally against the mi...

Fla. suspect’s lawyer walks fine line

SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s lead attorney will be walking a fine line as he tries to convince jurors that his client didn’t murder Trayvon Martin: He needs to show why ...

Nation Briefs

IRS manager says he ordered targeting WASHINGTON – A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea-party gr...

Intelligence chief defends Internet spying program

WASHINGTON – Eager to quell a domestic furor over U.S. spying, the nation’s top intelligence official said Saturday that a previously undisclosed program for tapping into Internet ...