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  • Published
    June 16, 2012

    Nation Dispatches

    WASHINGTON Catholic hospitals reject deal on birth-control coverage Sharpening an election-year confrontation over religious freedom and government health insurance rules, the nation’s Catholic hospitals on Friday rejected President Barack Obama’s compromise for providing birth control coverage to their women employees. The Catholic Health Association was a key ally in Obama’s health care overhaul. But the […]

  • Published
    June 16, 2012
    Nik Wallenda

    From 180 feet high, Wallenda walks across Niagara Falls

    The seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas had long dreamed of pulling off the stunt, never before attempted.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Feds: Bulger had shelf full of gangster books

    The books included "The Untold Story of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob," co-written by Bulger's former right-hand man.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Niagara Falls crowd builds for Wallenda wire walk

    The seventh-generation member of the famed Flying Wallendas will be tethered to the wire to prevent falling to nearly certain death when he tries to walk from the U.S. to Canada.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Conn. man calls 911 with beef about sandwich

    The man complains that he "specifically asked for a little turkey and a little ham, a lot of cheese and a lot of mayonnaise."

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  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Police: Man tries to board plane with explosives

    "We confirmed he didn't have any intent to use them on the plane," police said.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Woman with flesh-eating disease refusing pain meds

    Her study of holistic pain management techniques leads her to feel she's a "traitor to her convictions" when she uses drugs to manage her pain, her father says.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Judge: Disruptive JetBlue pilot competent to stand trial

    Pilot Clayton F. Osbon, 49, who has been with JetBlue since 2000, allegedly ran through the plane's cabin yelling about Jesus and al-Qaida.

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    Shock waves will hit US if Greece drops euro

    Bankers, governments and investors are starting to prepare for Greece to stop using the euro, a move that could spread turmoil throughout the global financial system. Here's how Greece's exit could play out . . .

  • Published
    June 15, 2012

    New Obama policy will spare some from deportation

    Under the plan, illegal immigrants who can prove they were brought here as children, but who otherwise have lived law-abiding lives and graduated from high school or served in the military, can stay and apply for work permits.