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<p>Federal authorities search an apartment in Boise, Idaho on Cassia Drive Thursday. U.S. authorities in Idaho said they have arrested a man from Uzbekistan accused of conspiring with a designated terrorist organization in his home country and helping scheme to use a weapon of mass destruction. Fazliddin Kurbanov, 30, was arrested at an apartment complex in south Boise on Thursday morning after a grand jury issued a three-count indictment as part of an investigation into his activities in Idaho and Utah. (Joe Jaszewski, The Idaho Statesman/AP)</p>

Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

BOISE, Idaho — He was a Russian-speaking truck driver who came to Idaho nearly four years ago to join hundreds of other Uzbekistan refugees for whom the state has become a sanctuary from violence...

Stock indexes notch another week of gains

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks on Friday advanced to a fourth weekly gain, with both the Dow industrials and the S&P 500 at all-time closes, after data cast a positive spin on the economy.

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Gay Marriage Isn’t Waiting for Supreme Court Ruling

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

WASHINGTON — After Chief Justice John Roberts said, “The case is submitted,” on March 27, the justices of the Supreme Court presumably took a private vote and now are at work writing the opinions...

Israel threatens Syria anew; Assad warns of retaliation

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

JERUSALEM — Fears of an escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday with renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria’s warnings of retaliation.

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Official: Nigerian military attacks camps, kills 21

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Soldiers in Nigeria launched their first raid against suspected Islamic extremists in a campaign to take back control of the nation’s northeast, killing at least 21 people, a...

World briefly 5/18

Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pm

60 sent to hospitals as trains collide

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — Two commuter trains serving New York City collided in Connecticut during Friday’s evening rush hour, sending 60 people to the...

<p>This false-color image obtained from NASA’s Terra satellite on Jan. 19, 2009, shows an ash plume (white plume spreading north, top) erupting from Chaiten volcano. Red color indicates green vegetation. The brown color east and southeast of the volcano (lower left) shows extensive forest damage 155 square miles from the early explosive eruptions, caused by ash fall and possibly by chlorine released from the magma. Scientists have concluded that magma fueling Chaiten’s eruptions ultimately originates beneath Michinmahuida volcano, 10 miles east of Chaiten. The town of Chaiten was evacuated a few days after the eruption began on May 2, 2008, before lahars and floods inundated most of the town.</p>

New scientific results mark 5th anniversary of eruption of Chaiten volcano, Chile

Volcano Update Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 9:40am

Some volcanic eruptions have a much higher overall impact on society than others. The impact depends on various factors, such as eruption size; the degree to which the activity affects people,...