Nation & World

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March 30, 2010

N.Y. teen says friend admitted stabbing

Prosecutors say the death was part of a campaign of violence that targeted Hispanic immigrants.
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March 30, 2010

Man facing four years for tossing dog from his car window

David Beers pleads guilty in Maryland to charges of aggravated animal cruelty.
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March 30, 2010

Dispatches LA police probe 3rd slaying in Armenian family

– LOS ANGELES Girl finds mother killed one year after father, sister slain More than a year after finding her father and sister shot to death in their apartment, a 14-year-old girl discovered her mother fatally shot behind the wheel of her car in an attack that appeared to be connected to the earlier killings, […]
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March 30, 2010

Judge strikes down cancer genes patent

The ruling has implications for the biotechnology industry and genetics-based medical research.
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March 30, 2010

Rescuers help hiker off mountain after fall

– The Associated Press LOW AND BURBANK’s GRANT, N.H. – Authorities say a Colorado man hiking on New Hampshire’s Mount Adams is safe after rescuers helped him walk off the mountain. The New Hampshire Union Leader says a nine-member rescue team and Douglas Soholt made it off the mountain at about 1 a.m. Monday as […]

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March 30, 2010

Iraq panel wants to bar four parliament victors

Iraq's minority Sunnis say the committee is trying to rob them of a victory in the March 7 elections.
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March 30, 2010

Myanmar opposition to boycott vote

The protest calls attention to the detention of pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi.
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March 30, 2010

S. Korean officials say mine may have sunk naval vessel

The nation's military is ordered on alert as the investigation into last week's blast continues.
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March 30, 2010

Source: NATO to begin Kandahar offensive in June

– The Associated Press WASHINGTON – NATO forces in June will make a long-planned assault on the Taliban’s spiritual home in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, a senior military official said Monday. The goal is to rid the city of Taliban forces before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins in August, according to […]
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March 30, 2010

U.S. likely paying contractors millions for unnecessary work

– The Washington Post WASHINGTON – The U.S. government is likely paying contractors millions of dollars for unnecessary work in Iraq because the military is not giving companies clear enough guidance about reducing their employees, officials on the Commission on Wartime Contracting said Monday. There are roughly 102,000 contractors in Iraq, and each contracted worker […]