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Published
July 26, 2012

Webcams to stream bear video

Four cameras will give viewers live access to Alaska's Katmai National Park, starting Tuesday.
Published
July 26, 2012

Business comment keeps Obama in defensive mode

But Democrats say his format plays to a strength that Mitt Romney cannot match.
Published
July 26, 2012

Syria sending more forces to besieged city

BEIRUT – Syrian authorities were sending reinforcements to strife-torn Aleppo, opposition activists said Wednesday, as outgunned rebels in the northern city tried to deliver a potentially decisive blow to the government of President Bashar Assad. Street battles were ongoing in several neighborhoods, including districts close to the gates of the old city, with government forces […]
Published
July 26, 2012

EPA rules drinking water safe despite fracking

PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday that it has completed tests on drinking water in the northeastern Pennsylvania village of Dimock and has determined it is safe to drink, despite residents’ claims it has been polluted by gas drilling. The EPA said in a statement that it doesn’t plan further tests, and […]
Published
July 26, 2012

World Dispatches

LONDON Recording of conversations in taxis must stop, city told Britain’s information watchdog on Wednesday ordered a city council to stop the mandatory recording of conversations in taxis, saying it breaches the Data Protection act. Since August 2009, Southampton City Council has required all taxis and private-hire vehicles to install CCTV equipment to constantly record […]

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Published
July 26, 2012

Skydiver jumps from above 18 miles

He's aiming for a record 23 miles in a month or so, breaking the speed of sound with just his body.
Published
July 26, 2012

Across U.S., sales of guns surge

The tragedy sparks fears that lawmakers might try to push through an anti-gun agenda.
Published
July 25, 2012

Sally Ride sparks posthumous debate on coming out

At the end of an obituary that she co-wrote with her partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, they disclosed to the world their relationship of 27 years.
Published
July 25, 2012

House GOP rejects Obama plan for offshore drilling

The legislation will likely go nowhere in the Senate and the White House has issued a veto threat.
Published
July 25, 2012

Judge appoints temp guardian for Jackson children

The judge temporarily suspended Katherine Jackson as the children's guardian because she is in Arizona and hadn't spoken with them in several days.