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Clarke gives Boston suspect’s defense a boost

BOSTON – The defense team representing the Boston Marathon bombing suspect got a major boost Monday with the addition of Judy Clarke, a San Diego lawyer who has managed to get life sentences...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Mississippi Former ricin suspect’s home unlivable, lawyer says OXFORD – A Mississippi man’s house is uninhabitable after investigators searched it but failed to find ev...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Army amputee completes grueling air-assault school

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson has become the first amputee to complete Army air-assault school, a course so grueling his prosthetic leg broke twice during the 10 days spe...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Caffeine in food draws FDA eye

WASHINGTON – Trail mix. Potato chips. And now gum. With a growing number of foods boasting added caffeine for an energy boost, the Food and Drug Administration says it’s time to ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Woman’s DNA found on bomb used at marathon

Female DNA has been found on at least one of the Boston Marathon bombs, but investigators have not determined whose it is or whether it indicates a woman helped the two brothers blamed for t...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Gun-control advocates seek ballot box wins OLYMPIA, Wash. – After struggling to sway both state and federal lawmakers, proponents of expanding background checks for gun sales are ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA’s report on methane further divides fracking camps

PITTSBURGH – The Environmental Protection Agency has dramatically lowered its estimate of how much of a potent heat-trapping gas leaks during natural-gas production, in a shift with major im...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bomb suspects’ mom found deeper spirituality

BOSTON – In photos of her as a younger woman, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva wears a low-cut blouse and has her hair teased like a 1980s rock star. After she arrived in the United States from Russia in ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Leftist priests: Francis can fix church ‘in ruins’

Liberation theologians see hope for renewal under new pope

DATE: Apr 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snakes slither into Miss. courthouse

JACKSON, Miss. – Non-venomous snakes are slithering into a Mississippi courthouse this spring, posing no threat but giving workers the creeps. Five of the brown DeKay’s snakes – ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Would Syrian gas attacks matter?

U.S. officials say Assad might have used nerve agent against rebels

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Officer delivers baby on freeway – again

HONOLULU – Honolulu police Officer Stephen Keogh jokes that he didn’t receive any training in obstetrics while in the academy, but he’s been getting a lot of practice delivering babies. ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World