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• 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

• 2 Ohio football players convicted of raping girl

  March 17, 2013 in Nation/World STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case … 23

• Is blizzard getting too much hype? No, experts say

  February 8, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — You can call it a snowstorm of historic proportions. You can call it the return of New England’s blizzard of 1978. You can call it simply dangerous. … 3

• Booker won’t run for NJ gov, eyes US Senate seat

  December 20, 2012 in Nation/World TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Newark Mayor Cory Booker, perhaps New Jersey’s highest-profile Democrat, has ruled out a bid for governor next year and is eyeing a run for U.S. Senate …

• Newsman’s disappearance largely kept secret

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — NBC was able to keep the abduction of chief Middle East correspondent Richard Engel in Syria largely a secret until he escaped late Monday because it …

• NRA promises to help prevent school shootings

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — After four days of self-imposed silence on the shooting that killed 26 people inside a Newtown, Conn., elementary school, the nation’s largest gun rights lobby emerged Tuesday …

• Facebook users hit ‘like,’ stores jump into action

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook isn’t just for goofy pictures and silly chatter. Whether shoppers know it or not, their actions online help dictate what’s in stores during this holiday …

• NRA goes silent after Connecticut school shooting

  December 18, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Where is the NRA? The nation’s largest gun-rights organization — typically outspoken about its positions even after shooting deaths — has gone all but silent since last …

• TV network aimed at millennials set for summer

  December 17, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Participant Media plans to launch a cable network aimed at viewers 18 to 34 years old with programming it describes as inspiring and thought-provoking. The as-yet-unnamed …

• As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their presence on the scene. … 1

• Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that’s a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan …

• Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy

  December 15, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that’s a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan …

• Newtown: A special town shattered by tragedy

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — At the crossroads that marks the center of this three-century-old New England postcard town stands a flagpole that’s a kind of barometer. Every day, says Susan …

• 10 arrested in international cybercrime ring

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten people have been arrested as part of an investigation into international cybercrime rings that steal millions of computer users’ credit card, bank account and other personal …

• Joe Allbritton, 87, DC media, banking giant dies

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington’s most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once …

• NY-based group: 232 journalists jailed worldwide

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report Tuesday that a record-number 232 journalists are imprisoned worldwide and that Turkey has the highest number with …

• Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, …

• Ex-Fla. Gov. Crist tweets he’s joining Democrats

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, who was elected the state’s chief executive as a Republican and then ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate as an independent, …

• US attorney in New Orleans resigns amid probe

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ corruption-busting federal prosecutor resigned Thursday after two top deputies became embroiled in a scandal that threatens to undermine some of his biggest cases and …

• Homeless man charged in NY subway rider’s death

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — While New York City straphangers pondered what they would do in a similar nightmare situation, authorities charged a homeless man in the death of a Queens …

• Controversy grows over photo of NY subway push

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Police questioned a suspect Tuesday in the death of a subway rider pushed onto the tracks and photographed while he was still alive — an image …

• Costas gun control commentary gets notice

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — Bob Costas’ “Sunday Night Football” halftime commentary supporting gun control sparked a Fox News Channel debate Monday on whether NBC should fire him and a Twitter … 3

• Baltimore blogger airs police talks, surrenders

  December 1, 2012 in Nation/World BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore blogger wanted on a court-issued warrant surrendered without incident to authorities late Saturday after broadcasting on Internet radio his negotiations with police who had surrounded …

• Future of cleared Mankato football coach uncertain

  December 1, 2012 in Nation/World MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota college football coach said he wants to return to work now that a judge has dismissed prosecutors’ claims that video he took of his …

• Judge dismisses porn case against Minn. coach

  November 30, 2012 in Nation/World MANKATO, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota football coach sidelined by accusations of child pornography involving his own children reacted with relief Friday after a judge dismissed the case, saying he …

• NYPD officer’s kindness sparks online sensation

  November 29, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — A tourist’s snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation. … 1

• House panel promises more aggressive VA oversight

  November 28, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Veterans’ Affairs Committee warned the VA Wednesday to expect much more aggressive oversight in the coming months as lawmakers review the department’s conference and travel …

• Murder trial tainted by media spectacle next door?

  November 27, 2012 in Nation/World JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man convicted of killing his wife and three children is asking for a new trial, but not solely because of anything that happened in … 1

• ‘Dallas’ star Larry Hagman dies in Texas

  November 23, 2012 in Nation/World LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Hagman, whose predatory oil baron J.R. Ewing on television’s long-running nighttime soap opera “Dallas” became a symbol for 1980s greed and coaxed forth a Texas-sized …

• Maine TV news co-anchors quit on the air

  November 21, 2012 in Nation/World BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Two news co-anchors for a Maine television station surprised viewers and colleagues by quitting on the air, later citing frustration with their management. Cindy Michaels and …

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