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Obama picks budget official to run troubled IRS

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official to become the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service on Thursday, the same day another top official annou...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Cyclone Mahasan weakened Thursday afternoon into a tropical storm and then dissipated, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over Bangladesh and...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghan woman recounts night of soldier’s rampage

Army sergeant may face death penalty for massacre of 16

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 Minnesota women sentenced in Somali terror case

MINNEAPOLIS – Two Minnesota women convicted of conspiring to send money to al-Shabab in Somalia were given prison sentences in federal court Thursday, ending a week of punishments tied to lo...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mom in N.M. chases down child abductor; man arrested

ALBUQUERQUE – A mother whose 4-year-old was being abducted chased the suspect down and crashed her vehicle into his car, triggering a manhunt and the arrest of the suspect, Albuquerque polic...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House advances student loan fix

WASHINGTON – The days of fixed-rate student loans could be coming to a close, with House Republicans on Thursday advancing a proposal that would link rates to financial markets. T...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wisconsin wildfire started by logging operations

MADISON, Wis. â€“ Prosecutors announced Thursday they won't file charges against loggers whose equipment apparently started a massive wildfire in northwestern Wisconsin, concluding there was...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama acts to quell IRS, Libya controversies

House speaker says administration will be held accountable

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Terrorism witnesses were mishandled by Justice Department

WASHINGTON – The government allowed “a small but significant number” of terrorists into America’s witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch ...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Afghan bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bombing tore through a U.S. convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Am...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial

LAS VEGAS – The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson’s armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson’s unsu...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation briefs

Tornado devastation includes Habitat homes GRANBURY, Texas – Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas subdivision, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income a...

DATE: May 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World