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China-N. Korea tensions rise over boat held hostage
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05amBEIJING — A Chinese fishing boat has been seized by armed North Koreans who are demanding a ransom of nearly $100,000 for the release of the ship and 16 Chinese crew members.
The Chinese...
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Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 12:05amOfficials: Obama wasn’t told of IRS probe
WASHINGTON — White House chief of staff Denis McDonough and other senior advisers knew in late April that an impending report was likely to say the...
GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWhen the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement.
None was linked to that nation’s...
Medicaid opposition underscores states’ health-care disparities
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Republican opposition in many states to expanding Medicaid next year under the national health-care law — opposition that could leave millions of the nation’s poorest residents...
Syrian Army, Fighting Alongside Hezbollah Guerrillas, Assault Rebel Stronghold (Beirut)
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amBEURUT — Syrian government forces, backed by militants from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, are reported to have made significant advances into the rebel stronghold of Qusair near the Lebanese...
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Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amConn. governor warns commuters of traffic mess that could last a week following train derailment
HARTFORD, Conn. — Traffic in southwest Connecticut could be a mess for as much as a week...
Sandy’s Legacy May Include Better Hurricane Forecasting
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — With hurricane season less than two weeks away, and a very active season predicted by meteorologists, all thoughts are on what happened last year, when a tropical cyclone named Sandy...
Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 20, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Five months into President Barack Obama’s second term, allies and former top aides worry that his overarching goal of economic opportunity has been diminished, partly drowned out by...
Treasury says US can pay its bills for months
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pmWASHINGTON — Any confrontation over the nation’s debt ceiling is now unlikely until after Labor Day.
The government will hit the limit of how much it’s allowed to borrow this weekend, but...
Idaho man charged in Uzbekistan terrorism plot
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 19, 2013 6:57pmBOISE, 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...
