Nation & World
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
Nation & World Dispatches
SARATOGA, Calif. Three teens originally cited for misdemeanors in suicide Three boys arrested last week on suspicion of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Northern California girl who later took her own life were initially cited on misdemeanor allegations in the case, authorities said. The investigation in September turned up only enough evidence to support citations for […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
Gun rights group splits with NRA, backs deal
A bill to expand background checks has some 'wins' for the gun lobby, the endorsement shows, heartening supporters.
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
The ABCs of self-control help spell success
Schools are seeing the benefits of new approaches to education
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
Custom pharmacies lack state oversight
A report says authorities know little about facilities like the one at the heart of a deadly meningitis outbreak.
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
Files on priests nearing release
LOS ANGELES – When the Rev. John Anthony Salazar arrived in Tulia, Texas, in 1991, he was warmly welcomed by the Roman Catholic community tucked in the Texas Panhandle. What his new parishioners didn’t know was he’d been hired out of a treatment program for pedophile priests — and that he’d been convicted for child […]
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PublishedApril 15, 2013
Venezuelan voters choosing president in Chavez’s wake
Acting President Nicolas Maduro and challenger Henrique Capriles both hint at victory at the polls.
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PublishedApril 14, 2013
Writing assignment on Jews goes awry
NEW YORK – New York school district officials have placed a high school English teacher on leave for having students pretend to be Jew-hating Nazis in a writing assignment. The teacher at Albany High School caused a storm of criticism after having students practice the art of persuasive argument by writing a letter to a […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2013
Critics mock Thatcher’s death
LONDON – Hundreds of opponents of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher partied in London’s Trafalgar Square to celebrate her death, sipping champagne and chanting “Ding Dong! The Witch is Dead.” Thatcher’s most strident critics had long vowed to hold a gathering in central London on the Saturday following her passing, and the festivities were an […]
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PublishedApril 14, 2013
Bedbugs foiled by a folk remedy, study finds
Kidney bean leaves are used as bug-traps in Europe, so researchers tried to copy the custom.
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PublishedApril 14, 2013
Newtown parents air personal plea
A mother and father take the president's place for his weekly radio address.
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