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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

Government drops the charges against Miss. man in ricin case

TUPELO, Miss. – Charges were dropped Tuesday against the Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and others, while authorities searched at another ma...

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

Lawmakers ask if intel blocked before Boston bombs

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers are again asking whether a failure to share intelligence contributed to a deadly attack on U.S. soil, after senior officials briefed them Tuesday on the investigation ...

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

Boston bomb suspect read jihadist sites, officials say

BOSTON – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was an ardent reader of jihadist websites and extremist propaganda, U.S. officials said Tuesday, adding another piece to the body o...

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

This autumn, comet’s glow may beat moon

A comet headed for a starring role in the nighttime sky later this year has gotten a sneak peek from NASA’s Hubble space telescope. Too dim to see with the naked eye for now, Come...

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investigators build case as more dead buried in Boston

BOSTON – The Boston area held funerals for two more of its dead Tuesday – including an 8-year-old boy – as evidence mounted that the older Tsarnaev brother had embraced a radical, anti-Ameri...

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mysterious radical influenced bomb suspect

Older brother, Tamerlan, was captivated by Muslim convert ‘Misha’

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bombing suspect charged, could face death penalty

BOSTON – Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged in his hospital room Monday with using a weapon of mass destruction to kill – a crime that carries a possible death sen...

DATE: Apr 22, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Feds delay policy to allow small knives on planes WASHINGTON – Airline passengers will have to leave their knives at home after all. And their bats and golf clubs. A po...

DATE: Apr 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More than 40 million watch end of Boston manhunt

NEW YORK – Nearly 42 million people watched the last hour of Friday’s manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect on television. That was the Nielsen company’s estimate Monday...

DATE: Apr 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bomb suspect charged; religious motive is seen

Brothers not tied to terrorist group

DATE: Apr 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mosque: Bomb suspect had 2 outbursts in last year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – When preachers told congregants at a mosque in November that it was appropriate for Muslims to celebrate U.S. holidays such as the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, a man w...

DATE: Apr 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World