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Nation & World

Published
August 21, 2011

Israel apologizes to Egypt for deaths of three soldiers

The officers were killed as Israeli troops pursued Palestinian militants who had infiltrated from Sinai.
Published
August 21, 2011

Massacre survivors return to island

Those who escaped a Norwegian gunman try to come to grips with the deaths of 69 who didn't.
Published
August 21, 2011

Twelve killed, three injured in crash of chartered 737 in Canadian Arctic

RESOLUTE BAY, Nunavut – Police say a chartered Boeing 737 has crashed in Canada’s Arctic region, killing 12 people. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the plane went down Saturday afternoon near the hamlet of Resolute Bay in the Arctic territory of Nunavut. The First Air charter flight was traveling from Yellowknife to Resolute Bay. […]
Published
August 21, 2011

Huntsman: Perry’s positions hurt GOP

The presidential candidate says his Texas rival risks being dismissed as not serious on the issues.
Published
August 21, 2011

Accuser’s lawyer says prosecutors may drop charges in assault case

NEW YORK – The lawyer for the woman who accused former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault says he believes prosecutors plan to dismiss some or all of the charges. Attorney Kenneth Thompson told The New York Times that he received a letter from an assistant district attorney asking to meet with his client […]

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Published
August 21, 2011

Syrian police kill two as crackdown continues

BEIRUT – Syrian security forces fired on protesters in the central province of Homs on Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least eight, as President Bashar Assad pushed ahead with a brutal crackdown despite assurances to the U.N. chief last week that the military operations have ended. Assad has faced mounting criticism for the […]
Published
August 21, 2011

Verizon walkout ends without a deal

It's back to work Monday after the company and unions agree to narrow the issues in dispute.
Published
August 21, 2011

Flash flooding kills four in Pittsburgh

Heavy rainfall overwhelms a pair of sewer pipes, with the torrent blowing off 60-pound manhole covers.
Published
August 21, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

ARLINGTON, Va. Photo of skater helps end mystery over cemetery urn Army officials have determined the identity of remains from an urn interred at Arlington National Cemetery that had been wrongly placed in a mass grave. The urn was among eight cremated remains found last year at the cemetery amid reports of misplaced graves and […]
Published
August 21, 2011

For-profit medical pot industry thriving in Colorado

Regulation weeds out sketchy operators in the only state to back cannabis capitalism, supporters say.