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Wyden: FracFocus a ‘constructive’ tool on drilling

WASHINGTON – A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a “constructive” tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hy...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set

PHOENIX – Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias’ fate couldn’t decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the ...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weiner gets started stumping in NYC mayoral race

NEW YORK – Anthony Weiner set out to reintroduce himself to voters Thursday as he embarked on a mayoral bid after leaving Congress in a sexting scandal. He found a much more supportive recep...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alabama mystery illness solved: It’s common flu

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Health officials investigating a cluster of mysterious illnesses in Alabama closed their investigation Thursday after determining the illnesses were unrelated and no new b...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Distraught mom becomes face of Oklahoma storm

MOORE, Okla. – A massive tornado was carving its way through town. There was no time to hesitate. LaTisha Garcia had to get to her children. And so she raced against the storm. Sh...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members

The Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to allow gay youth to participate in scouting. The historic vote, with 60 percent in favor, signals another shift in American public opinion about ho...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Muslim hardliners ID London terror suspect

LONDON – Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher’s knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned r...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America’s controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But h...

DATE: May 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. drone strikes kill 4 Americans since ’09

Obama to give national security speech today

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Oklahoma tornado damages 13,000 homes MOORE, Okla. – The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have created $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as ...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IRS official defends agency, refuses to answer questions

WASHINGTON – At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and nev...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boy achieves family dream with geography bee win

WASHINGTON – Passion for geography runs deep in Sathwik Karnik’s family. When he was about 6, his mother began challenging Sathwik and his older brother, Karthik, to her own versi...

DATE: May 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World