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U.S. prosecutors move quickly

Plan to use public-safety exception in interrogation

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Blasts shed light on surveillance

As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings illustrates, getting lost in the crowd no longer is an easy feat. There are eyes – and cameras – everywhere. Investigators swi...

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Strong earthquake jolts China

Magnitude 6.6 temblor kills at least 156

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New York authorities deal Russian mob losing hand

NEW YORK – It’s a case teeming with colorful characters: a reputed Russian mob boss once accused in an Olympic scandal, a wealthy art-world impresario who hung out with Leonardo DiCaprio and...

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iraqis go to polls for first time since United States’ pullout

BAGHDAD – Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida i...

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Czechs to Americans: We’re not Chechens PRAGUE – A number of comments by Americans on social media mistaking the Czech Republic for the country of origin of the Boston Marathon bo...

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Safety rules few for small plants

Leaking tanks start small fires at Texas company

DATE: Apr 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Second Mass. bomb suspect captured

One brother dead, one in serious condition after shootout, manhunt

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Prince Harry will race U.S. to South Pole LONDON – Prince Harry said Friday he will take part in a race to the South Pole later this year, leading a team of wounded British milita...

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Inauguration day rocky in Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela – Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela’s socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President Nicolas Ma...

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Floodwaters rising in the Midwest ST. LOUIS – Flood fighters from small Mississippi River hamlets to the suburbs of Chicago staged a feverish battle Friday to hold back raging riv...

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boy Scouts propose to lift gay ban for young people

NEW YORK – Searching for compromise on a divisive issue, the Boy Scouts of America is proposing to partially lift its long-standing exclusion of gays – allowing them as youth members but con...

DATE: Apr 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World