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Published
April 6, 2012

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LOS ANGELES Documentary on bullying gets new PG-13 rating The Weinstein Co. says the rating for the documentary “Bully” has been lowered from R to PG-13. The company announced Thursday that an edited version of the film will be released April 13 with a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The MPAA […]
Published
April 6, 2012

World Dispatches

VATICAN CITY Pope denounces priests who question celibacy rule Pope Benedict XVI denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church. Benedict made the rare and explicit criticism from the altar of St. Peter’s Basilica […]
Published
April 5, 2012

U.S. fires on Japanese ghost ship

The Japanese fishing vessel, which had drifted toward the coast of Alaska, will take at least an hour to sink, Coast Guard officials said.
Published
April 5, 2012

Oil speculators called hazardous to U.S.

Financial gambling on oil prices is compared to what occurred before the mortgage collapse.
Published
April 5, 2012

Bill regulating lawmakers’ ‘insider trading’ signed

WASHINGTON — Bill-signing ceremonies are pretty rare events in these times of gridlock and congressional backlog; so are moments of bipartisan backslapping and handshaking. But both happened briefly Wednesday when President Barack Obama, surrounded by a few actual Republicans, signed and praised legislation passed by Congress. The measure was the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge […]

Published
April 5, 2012

Appeals court hears same-sex benefits case

The issue of denial of tax breaks and work benefits to legally married couples may go to the Supreme Court.
Published
April 5, 2012

Salmonella of unknown source sickens 93 across U.S.

CHICAGO — Ninety-three people have been sickened by a nationwide salmonella outbreak, but a source of the cases has not been confirmed yet, health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak involving salmonella bareilly, an unusual type of salmonella, has been reported in 18 other states and the District of Columbia, according to the Centers for Disease […]
Published
April 5, 2012

A grandfather’s protest becomes a federal case

The 80-year-old says his approach is friendly, gentle, but the government says he's aggressive, intimidating.
Published
April 5, 2012

Nation & World Dispatches

OAKLAND, Calif. Rampage shooter’s target was nursing program head Police confirmed Wednesday that the nursing program director of the California college where a former student is suspected of going on a shooting rampage was the suspect’s intended target. Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan told The Associated Press that investigators believe Ellen Cervellon was the person […]
Published
April 5, 2012

FDA warns of new batch of fake anti-cancer drug

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is warning doctors that a second counterfeit version of the best-selling cancer drug Avastin has been found in the U.S., packaged as the Turkish brand of the medication. The FDA said late Tuesday that the counterfeits do not contain the active ingredient in Avastin, which is used to […]

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