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Nation & World

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June 13, 2013

Prada purse, super cheap? Might land you in jail

New York's City Council is considering a bill to make it a crime to buy back-alley counterfeit goods.
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June 13, 2013

Census shows U.S. near racial ‘tipping point’

The total of whites in the under-5 age group will fall below 50 percent some time in the next year or so.
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June 13, 2013

Nation & World Dispatches

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Remains of victims found in aftermath of wildfire Remains of two people have been found in an area burned by a wildfire that has destroyed at least 360 houses northeast of Colorado Springs. El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said crews Thursday found the remains of one person reported missing. About an […]
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June 13, 2013

Both parties honor former Mass. Gov. Cellucci

Paul Cellucci's reputation as a man who never forgot his roots is a theme of the memorial service.
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June 13, 2013

Confidence in Congress falls to 10%

The latest poll shows the lowest level of confidence that Gallup has ever found for any institution.

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June 13, 2013

FBI director has final grilling by House panel

Robert Mueller goes out as he came in, testifying about the most high-profile criminal probes.
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June 13, 2013

Nicaragua approves its own ship canal

Environmentalists and engineers are critical of the plan for a waterway far longer than Panama's.
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June 13, 2013

Turkey issues ‘final warning’ to activists in park protest

ISTANBUL – Turkey’s prime minister issued a “final warning” to protesters on Thursday, demanding they end their occupation of a park next to Istanbul’s Taksim Square that has ignited the largest political crisis of his 10-year rule. Despite the ultimatum by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, thousands of activists camping out in Gezi Park dug […]
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June 13, 2013

Mandela’s health is improving

JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela’s health is improving, but the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero remains in serious condition, South Africa’s president said Thursday. Jacob Zuma paid a visit to Mandela in a Pretoria hospital, where the former president has been treated for six days, according to a statement released by the presidency. “We continue to appeal to […]
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June 13, 2013

Death toll in Syria soars to nearly 93,000

U.N. statistics say Syrians are being killed at a rate of 5,000 per month, and millions are displaced.