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Nation & World

Published
October 18, 2011

High court to rule on ‘stolen valor’

The justices will decide if a 2006 law that punishes lies about winning military medals is constitutional.
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October 18, 2011

Obama begins a bus trip to tout jobs plan

President Obama kicked off a three-day bus trip Monday.
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October 18, 2011

In Focus: Arrest unmasks growing pains of citizen superhero movement

Some fear the public or the vigilante may end up getting hurt.
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October 18, 2011

National and World Dispatches

TRIPOLI, Libya A Gadhafi stronghold falls, but there’s still resistance Libyan revolutionary forces have captured almost all of Bani Walid, one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last remaining strongholds, but still face pockets of resistance as they try to end a weeks-long standoff, officials said Monday. Fierce resistance in Bani Walid and Gadhafi’s hometown of Sirte has […]
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October 18, 2011

Israel, Hamas begin lopsided inmate swap

– The Associated Press JERUSALEM – The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap between two bitter enemies swung into motion early today, as more than 1,000 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier prepared to return home. Before dawn, the first 96 Palestinian inmates were moved from a prison in the south to another in the West […]

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Published
October 17, 2011

California doctors group: Legalize pot

ANAHEIM, Calif. – California’s largest industry group for doctors is calling for the legalization of marijuana even as it maintains that the drug has few proven health benefits. Trustees of the California Medical Association adopted the new stance at its annual meeting Friday in Anaheim, according to a Los Angeles Times report. Dr. Donald Lyman, […]
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October 17, 2011

Protest movement flexes some new muscle

Activists raise $300,000 and gather nationwide
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October 17, 2011

Three charged in confinement of disabled adults

PHILADELPHIA – Three people have been charged following the discovery of four malnourished, mentally disabled adults chained to a boiler in a locked northeast Philadelphia basement room that was too small for an adult to stand up straight and reeked of waste from the buckets they used as toilets, police said Sunday. Officers were probing […]
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October 17, 2011

French Socialists endorse ex-chief

PARIS – The resurgent French left, riding on popular anger at conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy and global financial markets, endorsed former Socialist Party chief Francois Hollande on Sunday as its candidate for next year’s presidential elections. Voter worries about high unemployment, spending cuts and what to do about high state debt formed the backdrop for […]
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October 17, 2011

Questions mount about Israeli swap of prisoners

Intelligence officers say a captured Israeli soldier could have been retrieved sooner by other means.