Nation & World
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
GM recalling nearly 780,000 compact cars
Six people have been killed in crashes related to engines shutting down unexpectedly.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Huge thermal plant opens in Calif. as solar industry grows
To generate power, nearly 350,000 computer-controlled mirrors roughly the size of a garage door reflect sunlight to boilers atop 459-foot towers.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Red Sox broadcaster’s son must give DNA sample
The judge also approved an order to seal an interview that investigators conducted with Jared Remy’s then-4-year-old daughter a day after her mother’s slaying.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Extreme weather batters Britain
Authorities there cite ‘perturbations’ of the jet stream and stop short of blaming global warming.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Deaths, power outages in South; storm heads north
Atlanta residents learned their lessons during a January storm and heed dire forecasts this time.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Amnesty International, U.N. decry ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Central African Republic
The ongoing violence is called a ‘tragedy of historic proportions.’
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Nation Dispatches
WASHINGTON Republicans reluctantly say ‘aye’ to debt ceiling rise Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with an awkward assist from top Senate Republican leaders who were forced into a politically treacherous vote engineered by tea party favorite Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican’s maneuver forced […]
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Children’s book illustrator Erik Blegvad dies at 90
The Denmark native whose work appeared in more than 100 books spent much time in Vermont.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Florida executes child killer
Juan Carlos Chavez was convicted of the 1995 rape and murder of a 9-year-old boy.
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PublishedFebruary 13, 2014
Castaway reveals he was ignored at sea
The fisherman who survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific says several large ships passed him but none tried to rescue him.
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