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Suspect described plot before rights read

CIA had named older brother to terrorist database

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Mississippi men’s feud looms over ricin probe OXFORD, Miss. – The investigation into poisoned letters mailed to President Barack Obama and others has shifted from an Elvis imperso...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Redesigned $100 bill to begin circulating this fall

WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will begin circulating a redesigned $100 bill this fall, more than two years after its initial target. The Fed has set...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

With Sunni anger boiling, a pivotal moment in Iraq

BAGHDAD – With Sunni gunmen beginning to confront the Shiite-led government’s security forces head-on in northern and western Iraq, fears are growing fast of a return to full-scale sectarian...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Flu passes more easily from birds to humans BEIJING – A new strain of bird flu that emerged in China during the last month is one of the “most lethal” flu viruses so far, worrying...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Building collapse kills at least 149 in Bangladesh

SAVAR, Bangladesh – Rescuers tried to free dozens of people believed trapped in the concrete rubble after an eight-story building that housed garment factories collapsed, killing at least 14...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boston bomb investigation extends to Russia

BOSTON – From Boston and Washington to Russia, investigators pressed for answers Wednesday about the Muslim radicalism believed behind the Boston Marathon bombing, while more than 4,000 mour...

DATE: Apr 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel says Syria used chemical weapons; Kerry warns NATO

BRUSSELS – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged NATO on Tuesday to prepare for the possible use of chemical weapons by Syria on the same day that a senior Israeli military intelligence o...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suspect in Canada plot denies charges

Two men linked to al-Qaida group planned to derail train, officials say

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Gay-marriage protests turn violent in France PARIS – France legalized gay marriage Tuesday after a wrenching national debate that exposed deep conservatism in the nation’s heartl...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justice Dept.: Armstrong was ‘unjustly enriched’

AUSTIN, Texas – The Justice Department laid out its case in a lawsuit against Lance Armstrong on Tuesday, saying the cyclist violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and was “unjus...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Napolitano says bill would help security WASHINGTON – Sweeping immigration legislation would improve U.S. security by helping authorities to know who is in the country, Homeland S...

DATE: Apr 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World