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‘Charlie Brown’ actor to serve sentence in rehab

SAN DIEGO – The man who was the original voice of Charlie Brown in “Peanuts” television specials was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail for threatening his former girlfriend and stalking ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Enron’s Skilling could see sentence cut by 10 years

HOUSTON – Convicted ex-Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling’s more than 24-year prison sentence for his role in the once mighty energy giant’s collapse could be reduced by as many as 10 years if...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Syrian Internet service down for 20 hours BEIRUT – Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the nation from the rest of the world fo...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

At hearing, U.S. official describes Libya attack

Benghazi assault that killed four remains divisive political issue

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hospital bills vary drastically

Obama administration releases report, in part, to push prices down

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man charged with 3 women’s kidnap, rape

CLEVELAND – A man suspected of keeping three women captive inside his decrepit house for a decade was charged Wednesday with kidnapping and rape, accused of holding them under conditions so ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Minnesota on verge of passing gay marriage ST. PAUL, Minn. – Just six months after Minnesota voters turned back an effort to ban gay weddings, lawmakers are poised to make the sta...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Commander cites ‘rot’ in nuke force

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel demanded more information Wednesday after the Air Force removed 17 launch officers from duty at a nuclear missile base in North Dakota for what a c...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cleveland victims arrive home; charges awaited

CLEVELAND – Two of the women held captive for a decade at a run-down Cleveland house were welcomed home by jubilant crowds of loved ones and neighbors with balloons and banners Wednesday as ...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former U.S. official describes Libya attack

WASHINGTON – A former top diplomat in Libya on Wednesday described a 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Be...

DATE: May 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House approves bill to change overtime pay law

WASHINGTON – The Republican-led House on Wednesday approved a measure that would give private sector workers the option of trading overtime pay for extra time off weeks or months later. ...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

N.J. vet receives dog tag he lost during World War II

NEWARK, N.J. – Carol Wilkins leaned over the side of her father’s wheelchair and handed him the small red box, a heart-shaped cutout revealing its contents: a weathered, bent silver dog tag....

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World