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Published
April 23, 2012

Nor’easter dumps rain, snow on East Coast

The storm has dumped up to six inches of snow on New York State's eastern Lake Ontario region, and the Buffalo area could get 5 to 9 inches.
Published
April 23, 2012

Watchdog: Mexican government should investigate Walmart

The call for an inquiry into bribery allegations follows a New York Times report.
Published
April 22, 2012

Lieberman calls for expanded Secret Service investigation

He says the probe should also look at the White House personnel who prepared for Obama's trip.
Published
April 22, 2012

Swing-state unemployment down, Obama’s chances up

The improving economy is swinging the pendulum in President Obama's favor in the 14 states where the presidential election will likely be decided.
Published
April 22, 2012

Next challenge for Zimmerman: Keeping a low profile

As a high-profile defendant, the man accused of shooting a Florida teenager will be constantly sought out.

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Published
April 22, 2012

Charles Colson, Watergate felon and preacher, dies at 80

WASHINGTON – Charles Colson, the tough-as-nails special counsel to President Nixon who went to prison for his role in a Watergate-related case and became a Christian evangelical helping inmates, has died. He was 80. Colson’s death was confirmed by Jim Liske, chief executive of the Lansdowne, Va.-based Prison Fellowship Ministries that Colson founded. Liske said […]
Published
April 22, 2012

Report: Walmart covered up bribes

NEW YORK – Walmart Stores Inc. hushed up a vast bribery campaign that top executives of its Mexican subsidiary carried out to build stores across that country, according to a published report. The New York Times reported Saturday that Walmart failed to notify law enforcement officials even after its own investigators found evidence of millions […]
Published
April 22, 2012

George Cowan, 92, chemist on secret Manhattan Project

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Devoted to finding a way for science to help society, not much escaped the influence of chemist George Cowan. From the Manhattan Project and the hunt for evidence of the Soviet Union’s first nuclear tests, to the Santa Fe Institute and the iconic Santa Fe Opera, friends recalled the fruits of his […]
Published
April 22, 2012

U.N. monitors tour Homs; council votes to expand mission

BEIRUT – Five unarmed U.N. truce monitors toured the battered city at the heart of the Syrian uprising Saturday, encountering unusually calm streets after weeks of shelling as a throng of residents clamored for foreign military help to oust President Bashar Assad. Their foray into a chaotic crowd in the city of Homs highlighted the […]
Published
April 22, 2012

Ship salvage operation to begin in May

MILAN – Salvage work to remove the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship from its rocky perch off Tuscany, where 32 people died, will begin early next month and is expected to take a year, the Italian owner announced Saturday. The U.S.-owned company Titan Salvage won the bid to remove the ship, which struck a reef […]