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Published
June 3, 2012

Experts see wildfire as chance for study

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A wall of smoke advances across a vast swath of rugged country in southwestern New Mexico where the nation’s wilderness movement was born nearly a century ago. From the air, the smoke stretches as far as the eye can see. On the ground, firefighters talk about the steep canyons that keep them […]
Published
June 3, 2012

Georgia looks to drive turbine components market

Some 200 international wind energy exhibitors will converge next week on an Atlanta convention.
Published
June 3, 2012

In Montreal, march follows failed talks about tuition

MONTREAL – Thousands of students and their supporters huddled under umbrellas and banged on pots as they marched in the streets of Montreal in the rain Saturday, two days after talks collapsed between student groups and the Quebec government aimed at ending weeks of protests over proposed tuition hikes. The failed talks came at a […]
Published
June 3, 2012

Poles and Latvians march in capitals to demand gay rights

WARSAW, Poland – Hundreds of gays, lesbians and their supporters marched Saturday through the capitals of Poland and Latvia, demanding more rights in Eastern European societies where they still face high levels of intolerance. The parades were supported by the governments of the U.S. and other Western countries who are pushing for an end to […]
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June 3, 2012

Kathryn Joosten, Emmy-winning character actress

LOS ANGELES – Kathryn Joosten, a character actress best known as the crotchety, yet loveable, Karen McCluskey on “Desperate Housewives” and the president’s secretary on “The West Wing,” has died. She was 72. Joosten, who had battled lung cancer for 11 years, died Saturday at her home in Los Angeles, her publicist Nadine Jolson said. […]

Published
June 3, 2012

Watergate trial records’ release given official OK

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice said at least some materials sealed in the court case against seven men involved in the 1972 Watergate burglary should be released. The agency responded Friday to a request by a Texas history professor who is seeking access to materials he believes could help answer questions about the […]
Published
June 3, 2012

Why is this recovery still a jobless one?

Employers put off hiring due to fears over demand, Europe's debt crisis and federal spending plans.
Published
June 3, 2012

Dispatches

BRUSSELS Rights chief: No amnesty for serious Syrian crimes The U.N.’s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might motivate members of the regime to cling to power at all costs. Asked if Syrian President Bashar Assad should […]
Published
June 2, 2012

Panetta plans to visit former US base in Vietnam

The defense secretary says he hopes to encourage efforts with Vietnam to locate and identify more of the U.S. war dead who are still missing.
Published
June 2, 2012

Federal bill would give nation’s hens bigger cages

The effort to increase cage sizes for the 270 million laying hens in the U.S. now has the support of the United Egg Producers, the industry's largest advocacy group.

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