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• Moderate cleric wins Iran’s presidential vote

  June 15, 2013 in Nation/World TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote on Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a … 14

• Gunmen take over hospital in southwestern Pakistan

  June 15, 2013 in Nation/World QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A senior Pakistani police officer says gunmen have taken over parts of a hospital in a southwestern Pakistan. Fayaz Sumbal, the head of police operations in … 1

• La. state police: Blast, fire at chemical plant

  June 13, 2013 in Nation/World GEISMAR, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police say a reported explosion has started a fire at a chemical plant. At least 30 people have been taken to the hospital. Capt. …

• 360-plus homes destroyed in Colo. Springs wildfire

  June 13, 2013 in Nation/World COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire burning northeast of Colorado Springs has destroyed at least 360 homes, making it the most destructive in state history. El Paso County sheriff … 5

• Insider attack kills 3 US troops in Afghanistan

  June 8, 2013 in Nation/World KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A man in an Afghan army uniform turned his weapon on the American troops working with him in the country’s east on Saturday, killing three of … 15

• Ariz. mom not giving up on Mexico, despite arrest

  June 1, 2013 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Yanira Maldonado spent her wedding anniversary in a Mexican jail. And now that she’s free and a drug smuggling allegation has been dropped, the Arizona woman says …

• Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region

  May 25, 2013 in Nation/World MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at … 7

• Death toll rises to 51 in Oklahoma tornado

  May 20, 2013 in Nation/World MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct … 45

• Powerball jackpot closing in on another record

  May 18, 2013 in Nation/World DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory. Should …

• Minnesota Gov. Dayton signs gay marriage bill

  May 14, 2013 in Nation/World ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday signed a bill making gay marriage legal in Minnesota, the 12th state to take the step, as thousands of onlookers … 2

• Angelina Jolie says she had double mastectomy

  May 14, 2013 in Health, Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast … 18

• Man kills Milan passerby with pickaxe, 4 wounded

  May 11, 2013 in Nation/World ROME (AP) — An immigrant from Ghana went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan at dawn Saturday, killing a passerby and wounding four others in an apparently random … 27

• DNA test shows Ohio kidnap suspect fathered girl

  May 11, 2013 in Nation/World CLEVELAND (AP) — As relatives of the Cleveland kidnapping and rape suspect recounted claims of his unnerving paranoia and violent outbursts, DNA testing confirmed the man accused of holding three … 2

• DNA shows Ohio kidnapping suspect fathered girl

  May 10, 2013 in Nation/World CLEVELAND (AP) — A DNA test confirmed another dark twist in the story of three women imprisoned in a house for about a decade: Kidnapping and rape suspect Ariel Castro … 10

• Some hospital bills vastly higher for similar care

  May 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is shedding light on the mystery of just how high a hospital bill might go — and whether it’s cheaper to get that care across … 6

• Air Force sidelines 17 ICBM officers

  May 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control — and, if necessary, launch — nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, … 67

• Bodies found at Kyrgyzstan tanker crash site

  May 4, 2013 in Nation/World BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Search teams on Saturday found the bodies of two American crew members near where their military refueling plane crashed in the rugged mountains of Kyrgyzstan, while the …

• Afghan president says CIA payments to continue

  May 4, 2013 in Nation/World KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday that the CIA’s station chief in Kabul has assured him that regular funding the U.S. intelligence agency gives his … 5

• Bangladesh toll 547; smell proof number will rise

  May 4, 2013 in Nation/World DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the site. The … 7

• Croatians to vote on golf in historic referendum

  April 27, 2013 in Nation/World DUBROVNIK, Croatia (AP) — In 1991, Croatians voted for independence and then last year to join the European Union. Now, in only the third referendum ever in the country, the … 10

• Rebels attack sprawling air base in northern Syria

  April 27, 2013 in Nation/World BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels attacked a sprawling military air base in the country’s northwest on Saturday, while in the south opposition forces assaulted a string of army checkpoints and …

• Across America, a week of chaos, horror — and hope

  April 20, 2013 in Nation/World Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. … 19

• Child soldiers patrol C. African Republic capital

  April 20, 2013 in Nation/World BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to … 4

• Boston police: Bombing suspect is in custody

  April 19, 2013 in Nation/World WATERTOWN, Mass. — Lifting days of anxiety for a city and a nation on edge, police captured the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, found bloodied in a backyard boat Friday … 331

• Uncle urges bombing suspect to turn self in

  April 19, 2013 in Nation/World MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) — The uncle of a Boston Marathon bombing suspect is urging his nephew to turn himself in. Ruslan Tsarni of Montgomery Village, Md., said Friday that …

• Cops: Boston must stay in place amid terror hunt

  April 19, 2013 in Nation/World WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Boston’s police commissioner says all of Boston must stay in their homes as the search for the surviving suspect in the marathon bombings continues. Boston Police … 10

• Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

  April 17, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans, backed by rural-state Democrats, blocked legislation Wednesday to tighten restrictions on the sale of firearms, rejecting personal pleas made by families of the victims of … 311

• Source: Officials see potential suspect in bombing

  April 17, 2013 in Nation/World BOSTON (AP) — Investigators poring over photos and video from the Boston Marathon have an image of a potential suspect in the deadly bombing but do not know his name … 17

• Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 12 civilians

  April 13, 2013 in Nation/World BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say a Syrian government airstrike on a town in the country’s northwest has killed at least 12 civilians. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights activist … 3

• Obama earned less in 2012, pays $112k in taxes

  April 12, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama made less in 2012 than in any other year since taking office, with about 40 percent of the nearly $609,000 in income that he and …

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