Nation & World
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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 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 […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2012
U.S. heroin crackdown targets dealers
Cartels make it easier than ever to obtain the drug, snaring a younger generation of victims.
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PublishedApril 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 […]
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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 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.
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PublishedApril 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 […]
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PublishedApril 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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