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Fast-moving New Mexico blaze causes evacuations

PECOS, N.M. – A fast-moving fire in New Mexico's Santa Fe National Forest prompted evacuations of homes and campgrounds, threatened cabins, and closed a state highway Friday. Offi...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Newly released IRS video shows employees dancing

WASHINGTON – In the latest black eye for the Internal Revenue Service, the agency provided Congress on Friday with another video featuring its employees, this one showing about a dozen of th...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Intel dilemma: Solo terrorists

Terror networks encouraging followers to keep to themselves

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

4 firefighters killed in Houston motel fire

HOUSTON – Four firefighters searching for people they thought might be trapped in a blazing Houston motel and restaurant Friday were killed when the part of the structure collapsed and ensna...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: Immigrants subsidize Medicare

Denial of services could have impact on future funding

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Two Mexico kidnap victims are sons of drug traffickers MEXICO CITY – The mothers of two of the 11 young people kidnapped from a Mexico City bar acknowledge that the youths’ father...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘The perfect poison’: Ricin used in three recent cases

JACKSON, Miss. – The key ingredient – castor beans – is easy to find. Crude instructions for extracting the lethal poison in them can be found on the Internet. And it doesn’t require a chemi...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

McCain: Syrian rebels need heavy weapons

WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says Syrian rebels battling the forces of President Bashar Assad need ammunition and heavy weapons to counter the regime’s tanks and aircraft. McCain...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hundreds flee wildfires in Los Angeles and New Mexico

LOS ANGELES – A wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles was slowed by morning overcast Friday, but about 25 homes were evacuated as scattered flames continued to leap hillsides. ...

DATE: May 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boston bombing suspect is walking, mother says

MAKHACHKALA, Russia – The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were in...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hagel to broach topic of cyberthreats with Chinese

ABOARD A U.S. AIRCRAFT – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will meet with members of a Chinese delegation this weekend and likely talk about ongoing cyberthreats amid new reports that China used...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Murder charged in Calif. dog pack mauling death

LOS ANGELES – A Southern California man was arrested Thursday on a felony murder warrant stemming from the mauling death of a jogger by a pack of dogs earlier this month. The warr...

DATE: May 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World