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Published
April 16, 2012

Decades after Manson murders, unlikely kinship forges strength

A former cult member and the sister of a victim work together to ensure those responsible stay behind bars.
Published
April 15, 2012

Taliban attack Pakistani prison, free 380 prisoners

At least 20 prisoners were described by police as "very dangerous" insurgents, authorities and the militants said.
Published
April 15, 2012

Midwest tornadoes kill at least 5; injure 29

A violent storm system unleashed dozens of tornadoes across the Midwest and Plains on Sunday morning, killing at least five people in Oklahoma.
Published
April 15, 2012

U.N. monitors going to Syria even as violence escalates again

BEIRUT — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Saturday to dispatch a team of monitors to Syria to shore up a cease-fire as escalating fighting between regime and rebel forces threatened the truce at the heart of special envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan. Syrian troops shelled residential neighborhoods and rebel gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades in […]
Published
April 15, 2012

U.S. heroin crackdown targets dealers

Cartels make it easier than ever to obtain the drug, snaring a younger generation of victims.

Published
April 15, 2012

Negotiators encouraged as Iran agrees to more talks

ISTANBUL — Iranian and European officials expressed confidence in the results of negotiations Saturday on Tehran’s disputed nuclear program as it was announced that the two sides will meet again in Baghdad on May 23. The very fact that there will be another round adds to a growing sense among diplomats that the two sides […]
Published
April 15, 2012

Will Florida’s ‘stand your ground’ law be magic bullet for Zimmerman?

Some defendants get their day in court and more, but the prosecutor in the killing of Trayvon Martin vows to fight to the end.
Published
April 15, 2012

In statistics competitions, the money adds up

The world's ever-rising mountain of data is ripe for picking – and prizes are enticing the pickers.
Published
April 15, 2012

Nation/World Dispatches

CHEYENNE, Wyo. Cheney gives first public talk since his heart transplant Former Vice President Dick Cheney walked onstage without assistance and spoke for an hour and 15 minutes without seeming to tire in his first public engagement since he underwent a heart transplant three weeks ago. Cheney sat in a plush chair throughout the long […]
Published
April 15, 2012

United States, Canada oppose Cuba at summit

CARTAGENA, Colombia — A summit of 33 Western Hemisphere leaders opened Saturday with the United States and Canada standing firm, but alone, against everyone else’s insistence that Cuba join future summits. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a U.S. ally, opened the summit with a criticism of Cuba’s exclusion, calling it an unjustified anachronism of the […]

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