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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...
House votes to avert jump in student loan interest rate
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWASHINGTON — By a vote of 221-198, the House passed legislation that would reset interest rates on federal student loans and avert a scheduled doubling of rates this summer.
The bill, H.R....
WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amGENEVA — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to disease...
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...
Senate confirms Obama’s first D.C. Circuit Court nominee
Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:05amWASHINGTON — Deputy Solicitor General Sri Srinivasan, a rising star in legal circles, won an easy and unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of...
Auditions planned for WCT’s ‘The Music Man’
Local Features Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 12:06amWaimea Community Theatre will kick off its 50th anniversary performance season with Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man.” The production will run in mid-August in Waimea. Preparations are under way...
Retired LA cop gets 20 years for wife’s murder
Local News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 9:04amA 60-year-old retired Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective was sentenced to two decades in prison for intentionally beating his wife of 28 years to death in their Ka‘u home in 2006....
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Nation & World News Comments Updated: May 24, 2013 8:49pmSoldier’s slaying prompts British security review
LONDON — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of...
