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Landing gear from Sept. 11 found in between buildings

NEW YORK – A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered wedged between a mosque site and a ...

Two days after collapse rescuers find 40 survivors

Death toll climbs past 300 at Bangladesh garment factory

World Briefs

Russian court rejects band member’s release ZUBOVA POLYANA, Russia – A Russian court Friday rejected a plea for early release from prison by a member of the feminist punk band Pus...

Country superstar George Jones dead at 81

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Fr...

U.S. economy accelerates at 2.5 percent rate

WASHINGTON – Americans shrugged off higher taxes to lift the U.S. economy at the start of the year. Government spending fell, though, and the impact of the tax increases along with federal b...

Congress approves bill to end airport delays

WASHINGTON – Congress easily approved legislation Friday ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily, infuriating travelers and causing political ...

Midwest drought eases as fields turn to mud

Latest problem: It’s too wet, cold

Not all farmers receive rain

DES MOINES, Iowa – Rain that moved across the Midwest in the last week helped ease drought conditions for some farmers, but not everyone, according to the latest drought monitor report rel...

Father will come to U.S.; mother may not

MAKHACHKALA, Russia – The father of the two Boston bombing suspects said Thursday that he is soon leaving Russia for the United States, to visit one son and lay the other to rest. Their moth...

Presidents turn out to open Bush library

DALLAS – George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush chimed in, too, on ...

Nation Briefs

U.S. says Syria used chemical weapons WASHINGTON – The White House declared Thursday that U.S. intelligence indicates Syrian President Bashar Assad has twice used deadly chemical ...

Boston suspects planned to attack NYC

NEW YORK – The Boston Marathon bombers were headed for New York’s Times Square to blow up the rest of their explosives, authorities said Thursday, in what they portrayed as a chilling, spur-...