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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

Scientists worry about new bird flu’s potential to mutate

Although Chinese officials appear to have stemmed the spread of a dangerous new bird flu, many scientists remain concerned. The H7N9 bird flu appears to be evolving, and could be ...

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

Jury in Arias trial adjourns for day after impasse

PHOENIX – Jurors in the Jodi Arias murder trial said Wednesday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether she should be sentenced to life in prison or death for killing her one...

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

Who else took the 5th? Baseball star, banker, more

WASHINGTON – The baseball star, the Hollywood 10, Oliver North. And Lois Lerner of the IRS. The official enmeshed in a probe of the tax agency is the latest on a roll call of witn...

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

Obama threatens veto of House student loan plan

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to va...

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

West Pointer caught for taking nude photos of cadets

WASHINGTON – A soldier at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point has been charged with crimes for taking nude photos of female cadets without their consent, extending the military’s sex-sca...

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

London terror attack leaves 1 dead near barracks

LONDON – In a brutal daylight attack which raised fears that terrorism had returned to London, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks Wednesday befo...

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

2012 CEO pay hits $9.7M; median U.S. wage $39,900

CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up. The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earl...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deadly London attack heightens terror fears

Man explains crime on video while waving bloodied hands

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chechen fatally shot by FBI

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Chechen immigrant was shot to death by authorities in central Florida early Wednesday after he turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Mar...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Polish man gets face transplant after injury WARSAW – A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what ...

DATE: May 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World