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NASA flight controller talks space
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:55pmFor the past 13 years, people have been living in space — a reality made possible through the International Space Station.
Every day since the first crew arrived in 2000, researchers have...
Judge: Ariz. sheriff’s office profiles Latinos
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 8:49pmPHOENIX — A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America’s self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first...
In Brief | Nation & World 5-24-13
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:22amIRS replaces official who supervised agents involved in targeting tea party groups
WASHINGTON — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue...
Shipping volumes drop statewide
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amYoung Brothers’ cargo volume between Honolulu and six neighbor island ports dropped nearly 4 percent during the first quarter of this year, a report issued Thursday said.
Agricultural...
Obama speech suggests possible expansion of drone killings
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s use of drone strikes to kill terrorists as effective, lawful and “heavily constrained,” but he also appeared to be...
Jurors deadlock on Jodi Arias penalty; retrial set
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amPHOENIX — The jury in Jodi Arias’ murder trial was dismissed Thursday after failing to reach a verdict against the woman they convicted of murdering her one-time boyfriend in a case that captured...
Kerry shuttles between Jerusalem, Ramallah in effort to relaunch Mideast talks
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amJERUSALEM —Working against what Palestinians say is an early June deadline to show progress in a renewed bid for Mideast peace, Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he is trying to overcome...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amGRAPEVINE, Texas — In one of their most dramatic choices in a century, local leaders of the Boy Scouts of America voted Thursday to ease a divisive ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted...
Syria’s exile opposition opens conference in Turkey amid anger, confusion
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amISTANBUL — Syria’s political opposition met Thursday in Istanbul to elect new leadership, choose a government-in-exile and deliberate on a negotiating stance for peace talks, but it hit a...
Foreign Service officer made millions in visa-for-money scam, feds charge
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — A State Department official “received several million dollars in bribes” from Vietnamese residents seeking visas, according to newly public court documents.
In a previously...
