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Published
September 30, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

BEIRUT Assad supporters target U.S. ambassador in protest Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad’s regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office of a leading opposition figure and then tried to break into the building, trapping him inside for three hours. The Obama administration blamed […]
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September 29, 2011

Claude Kirk, whose election began GOP mastery of Tallahassee, is dead

Rural Democrats dominated Florida politics in 1966 when Kirk was elected governor.
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September 29, 2011

‘Straw Dogs’ screenwriter dies at age 81

OAKLAND, Calif. – Screenwriter David Zelag Goodman, known for the 1970s movies “Straw Dogs” and “Lovers and Other Strangers,” has died in California at age 81. Daughter Kevis Goodman told the Los Angeles Times her father died Monday of a brain disorder at an assisted-living facility in Oakland. Goodman shared an Oscar nomination with Joseph […]
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September 29, 2011

Supreme Court asked to rule on health insurance mandate

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the federal health care overhaul sooner rather than later, with the Justice Department announcing that it would file a petition Wednesday asking the court to take the case. The department is appealing a decision last month by a three-judge […]
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September 29, 2011

Sting yields suspect planning attacks on Pentagon, Capitol

BOSTON – A Massachusetts man was arrested Wednesday and accused of plotting an assault on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol using remote-controlled aircraft armed with explosives — the latest of several terrorism cases to spring from federal sting operations. Rezwan Ferdaus was arrested in Framingham after undercover federal agents delivered materials he had allegedly requested, […]

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Published
September 29, 2011

Inexpensive smoking-cessation pill shows promise

For as little as $6, there may be a smoking-cessation remedy that actually works. A clinical test of Tabex, sold in Eastern Europe for more than four decades, shows the plant-based medicine can triple smokers’ chances of quitting compared with a dummy pill. The results of a study on 740 people were published today in […]
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September 29, 2011

States jockey for primary clout

WASHINGTON – The nation’s Republican presidential primary season could be bumping up against New Year’s Day, as states seeking to boost their political clout look to set earlier contests. Florida’s 2012 Republican presidential primary could be scheduled for as early as Jan. 31, which most likely would prompt the states that traditionally have gone early […]
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September 29, 2011

In Focus: Suicide ‘fame’ concerns experts

Jamey Rodemeyer's mother joins those worried about copycats.
Published
September 29, 2011

Saudi king voids lashing sentence for woman who was driving car

RIYADH, Saudi Arab – Saudi King Abdullah overturned a court ruling sentencing a Saudi woman to be lashed 10 times for defying the kingdom’s ban on female drivers, a government official said Wednesday. The official declined to elaborate on the monarch’s decision and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief […]
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September 29, 2011

Perry’s wife goes on defensive in Iowa

CLIVE, Iowa – Rick Perry’s campaign is fighting back forcefully to defend his record and reassure supporters concerned about his shaky debate performances, sending the Texas governor’s wife on the campaign trail to explain his position on immigration and holding telephone town halls where the candidate himself engaged voters. During a swing through Iowa, Texas […]