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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

Morning-after pill sparks debate

Some parents protest access to 15-year-olds

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

7 U.S. service members killed in Afghan attack

KABUL, Afghanistan  Seven U.S. service members were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks agai...

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

Sunnis flee Syrian city after reports of killings

BEIRUT  Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunm...

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

Israel enforces ‘red line’ with airstrike in Syria

BEIRUT  With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach Lebanons Hezbollah, a heavily armed ...

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

World Briefs

Bangladesh toll 547; search gets gruesome DHAKA, Bangladesh  Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for cr...

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

Nation Briefs

Solar plane leaves Calif. on cross-country trip MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.  A solar-powered airplane left Northern California on Friday for the first leg of a planned cross-count...

DATE: May 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Calif. fire threatens 4,000 homes

LOS ANGELES  A fast-growing wildfire along the Pacific Coast Highway northwest of Los Angeles nearly doubled in size and was threatening more than 4,000 homes Friday as crews battled s...

DATE: May 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. orders new visa reviews for arriving students

WASHINGTON  The Homeland Security Department ordered border agents to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal...

DATE: May 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stocks surge as Dow tops 15,000 – briefly

NEW YORK  Stocks surged to all-time highs Friday when a surprisingly good jobs report finally gave investors a clear sign of U.S. economic strength after weeks of conflicting signals. ...

DATE: May 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Economy delivers job gains

WASHINGTON  The U.S. economy showed in April that its healthier than many had feared, adding a solid 165,000 jobs and driving the unemployment rate down a notch to a four-year lo...

DATE: May 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World