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Nation & World

Published
September 22, 2013

Book: U.S. had close call with H-bomb

LONDON – A U.S. hydrogen bomb nearly detonated on the nation’s East Coast in 1961, with a single switch averting a blast which would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that flattened Hiroshima, a newly published book says. In a recently declassified document, reported in a new book by Eric Schlosser, the […]
Published
September 22, 2013

Winner recalls impact of ‘Battle of the Sexes’

The tennis match 40 years ago came as equal pay and opportunity were starting to be taken seriously.
Published
September 22, 2013

Ex-Navy man falsely accused says ‘Verify before you vilify’

WASHINGTON – Rollie Chance was home in Stafford, Va., about 40 miles south of Washington, when he began watching the news about the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning. A retired Navy lieutenant, he had worked in Building 197 on the fourth floor and was worried that some of his friends and […]
Published
September 22, 2013

World/Nation Dispatches

BAGHDAD Suicide bombers kill at least 96 at funerals in Shiite areas Two suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot, struck a cluster of funeral tents packed with mourning families in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks around Iraq that killed at least 96 […]
Published
September 22, 2013

More women work, but settle for less

Unemployment has eased for women, but most of their gains are in lower-paying jobs.

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Published
September 21, 2013

As 2016 looms, Clinton keeps up with supporters

Hillary Clinton is keeping a busy schedule that amounts to a training camp for a second presidential campaign, if there is one.
Published
September 21, 2013

Funeral bombing, other attacks in Iraq kill 92

Thousands of Iraqis have been killed in violent attacks in recent months despite appeals for restraint from Shiite and Sunni political leaders.
Published
September 21, 2013

Pakistan releases top Afghan Taliban prisoner

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar's release may help peace talks between Afghanistan and the Taliban.
Published
September 21, 2013

Kenyan officials: 59 dead in mall terror attack

More than 175 people were wounded in the attack, and the military remains in a standoff with the Islamic extremists, who still have hostages.
Published
September 21, 2013

NH police plan major traffic changes for NASCAR race

Officials are expecting over 100,000 fans for Sunday's Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.