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Appeals court upholds local fracking bans in N.Y.

ALBANY, N.Y.  New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas, a mid-level state appeals court said Thursday. ...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hopeful economic reports show promise for hiring gains

WASHINGTON  Fewer Americans are losing their jobs. Employers are struggling to squeeze more work from their staffs. The United States is producing so much oil that imports are plunging...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Hagel: U.S. rethinking possibly arming rebels WASHINGTON  The Obama administration is rethinking its opposition to arming the rebels who have been locked in a civil war with...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Remains of Boston Marathon bombing suspect claimed

BOSTON  The body of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was the subject of a massive manhunt and died after a gunbattle with police, was claimed on Thursday. ...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Miss. ricin-letters case headed to grand jury

OXFORD, Miss.  A dust mask that tested positive for ricin also contained DNA from a Mississippi man suspected of sending poison-laced letters to President Obama and others, an FBI agen...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Daughter voices anger at mom found after 11 years

HARRISBURG, Pa.  The teenage daughter of a woman who just revealed she abandoned her family 11 years ago said Thursday the disclosure has angered her and she is not eager to restart th...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man killed after firing shot at Houston airport

HOUSTON  A man who had fired a gun inside a ticketing area at Houstons largest airport was killed after being confronted by a law enforcement official during an incident that sen...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

N.J. governor signs overdose law, Bon Jovi applauds it

PATERSON, N.J.  Just a few months after his daughter survived a drug overdose, Jon Bon Jovi joined New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Thursday for the signing of a law to encourage reporti...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Venezuela opposition wants probe of violence

CARACAS, Venezuela  Venezuelas opposition on Thursday asked prosecutors to investigate a brawl on the floor of congress that injured several of its lawmakers and forced at least ...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Unidentified victims in Bangladesh buried JURAIN, Bangladesh – Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers whose bodies were too battered or decomposed to be identified were buried in a...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

5-year-old shoots 2-year-old to death at Kentucky home

BURKESVILLE, Ky. – In southern Kentucky, where children get their first guns even before they start first grade, Stephanie Sparks paid little attention as her 5-year-old son, Kristian, playe...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jamestown colonists turned to cannibalism to survive, scholars say

WASHINGTON – Scientists revealed Wednesday that they have found the first solid archaeological evidence that some of the earliest American colonists at Jamestown, Va., survived harsh conditi...

DATE: May 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World