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Beaver attacks, kills fisherman in Belarus OSTROMECHEVO, Belarus – The fisherman wanted his photo shot with a beaver. The beaver had other ideas: It attacked the 60-year-old man w...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Disney World patron finds loaded gun on ride LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – A Walt Disney World patron on a ride with her grandson found a loaded gun on her seat. Officials s...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama preparing to name Comey to FBI

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. Thr...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Top Pakistan militant said killed in U.S. strike

PESHAWAR, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the No. 2 commander of the Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said, although the militant group denied...

DATE: May 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former Bush official to be named FBI head

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is preparing to nominate former Bush administration official James Comey to head the FBI, people familiar with the decision said Wednesday. Thr...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Like your health-care policy? You might lose it

Consumer confusion about Obamacare implementation worries some state officials

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wife of Marine in Texas slayings found dead in N.C.

LUBBOCK, Texas – A Marine killed after going on a shooting spree that left one person dead and several hospitalized in Texas also is suspected of fatally stabbing his wife, whose body was fo...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Same-sex couples left out of immigration-reform bill

WASHINGTON – Jason Kirchick and Christian Pinillos had hoped a key Senate committee would approve an amendment aimed at benefiting same-sex couples as part of an immigration reform bill. ...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House chairman subpoenas documents on Benghazi

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued subpoenas on Tuesday for State Department documents related to the widely debunked talking points abou...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tax overhaul: Looking to IRS scandal for momentum

WASHINGTON – The storm engulfing the Internal Revenue Service over the targeting of conservative political groups could provide a boost for lawmakers who want to rewrite the nation’s tax law...

DATE: May 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Religious unrest spreads to northeast Myanmar YANGON, Myanmar – Sectarian violence spread to a new region of Myanmar, with a mob burning shops in a northeastern town after unconfi...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senator scolds management at ailing nuke plant

LOS ANGELES – U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer says she’s lost confidence in the utility that operates the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant. The senator says Southern California Edi...

DATE: May 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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