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President dares graduates in Ohio to reject cynical voices

COLUMBUS, Ohio  A year to the day after kicking off his victorious re-election campaign on this college campus, President Barack Obama returned to Ohio State University and told gradua...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California’s Ventura wildfire appears to be accidental

CAMARILLO  Investigators have ruled out arson as the cause of a huge Southern California wildfire that was 75 percent contained Sunday after burning through coastal mountains and threa...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Is you is or is you ain’t a tax cheat?

If you shop online tax-free, probably

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Danish philosopher’s ideas adapted for kids

COPENHAGEN, Denmark  Danish philosopher Soeren Kierkegaards work is so dense that he himself lamented: People understand me so little that they do not even understand when ...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gerbils strut their stuff at New England pageant

BEDFORD, Mass.  The American Gerbil Societys annual pageant brought dozens of rodents scurrying to New England this weekend for a chance to win top gerbil. ...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weather helps ease Calif. wildfire

Calm, moist air aids fight against coastal blaze

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

LaPierre: NRA members won’t give up guns

HOUSTON  The public face of the National Rifle Association implored members Saturday to never give up their weapons in the wake of recent gun-control efforts in Congress that he said w...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Texas Plant that blew up carried only $1M liability policy McALLEN, Texas  The Texas fertilizer plant that exploded last month, killing 14 people, injuring more ...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report shows persistence of violence on television

NEW YORK  Violence, gore and gunplay were staples on prime-time television even in the most sensitive period directly after the Newtown school shooting. A study of 392 prime...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Actor Alan Alda wants scientists to nix jargon, use simple words

STONY BROOK, N.Y.  Among the procedures Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce performed on M.A.S.H. was an end-to-end anastomosis. Most of the viewers, actor Alan Alda con...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Widow, pals focus in bomb case

Suspects’ inner circle under scrutiny

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal report cites many causes for bees’ decline

WASHINGTON  A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited i...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World