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• 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

• Judge to retire after sending racist Obama email

  April 3, 2013 in Nation/World, Region HELENA — Montana’s chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull … 40

• Ex-Sen. Craig loses bid to dismiss FEC lawsuit

  March 28, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge refused on Thursday to dismiss a Federal Election Commission lawsuit that accuses former Sen. Larry Craig of misusing $217,000 in campaign funds for his … 24

• Records provide new look at Ariz. shooting spree

  March 27, 2013 in Nation/World PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities investigating the shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 11 others compiled nearly 3,000 pages of documents released Wednesday that provide …

• Italian court orders new trial for Amanda Knox

  March 26, 2013 in Nation/World ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest criminal court on Tuesday overturned Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the slaying of her British roommate and ordered a new trial, prolonging a case that has …

• Knox must wait 1 more day for high court decision

  March 25, 2013 in Nation/World ROME (AP) — Italy’s highest court says it will issue a decision Tuesday morning on whether to overturn American student Amanda Knox’s acquittal in the murder of her roommate. The … 1

• Obama’s call for action against gun violence

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act to reduce gun violence. He’s outlined only a broad plan …

• Bork nomination fight altered judicial selection

  December 19, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives wanted Robert H. Bork on the Supreme Court. They wound up with Anthony Kennedy, the key vote in reaffirming a woman’s right to an abortion. The …

• Court lets slaves’ descendants sue Cherokee chief

  December 14, 2012 in Nation/World OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Descendants of slaves owned by members of the Cherokee Nation can sue the current chief in an attempt to restore their tribal memberships, a federal appeals …

• Man shoots himself inside Ala. federal courthouse

  December 13, 2012 in Nation/World BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A worker who killed himself inside an Alabama federal courthouse Thursday went through an employee entrance to avoid a security check that could have caught the …

• Obama to match FDR’s record of 4 swearing-ins

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is poised to match Franklin Roosevelt’s record of being sworn in as the nation’s leader four times. While FDR served four terms, Obama is … 1

• Court ruling on Ill. gun ban sets stage for fight

  December 12, 2012 in Nation/World CHICAGO (AP) — Backers of Illinois’ ban on concealed weapons vowed Wednesday to fight for continued controls on gun possession, a day after a federal appeals court struck down the …

• Americans finding dozens of ways to mark 12-12-12

  December 11, 2012 in Nation/World A Michigan sixth-grader will put aside her nerves and get her ears pierced on her 12th birthday. Two law-enforcement officials will exchange wedding vows at 12:12 p.m. in Pittsburgh’s federal …

• APNewsBreak: Sotomayor book offers personal look

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor says in her upcoming memoir that her lifelong battle against diabetes and the fear that she might die early played a big …

• Famed architect gets 6 months for drug smuggling

  December 10, 2012 in Nation/World SAN DIEGO (AP) — An acclaimed architect was sentenced Monday to six months in prison for hiding nearly 13 pounds of cocaine in his minivan’s battery before he tried to …

• Same-sex weddings in Wash. to begin on Sunday

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this …

• Same-sex wedding in Wash. to begin on Sunday

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World OLYMPIA, WASH. (AP) — Two retired military women who fought for the rights of gays in the military were among the hundreds of couples who received their marriage licenses this … 3

• Same-sex marriage cases get Supreme Court review

  December 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking a potentially historic look at same-sex marriage by agreeing to hear two cases that challenge governments’ different treatment of gay Americans. The …

• Supreme Court will hear same-sex marriage cases

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court plunged into the contentious issue of gay marriage Friday when it agreed to take up California’s ban on same-sex unions and a separate dispute … 1

• Doctor gets 20 years in Miss. cancer center fraud

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced a doctor to 20 years in prison and ordered her to repay nearly $8.2 million for fraud at a former …

• Supreme Court will hear gay marriage cases

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take up California’s ban on same-sex marriage, a case that could give the justices the chance to rule on whether gay Americans have … 20

• Drug makers’ settlements get high court review

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will take a close look at payments from brand-name drug makers to manufacturers of generic equivalents to keep the no-name products off the market …

• Judge aims to resolve Apple-Samsung legal dispute

  December 7, 2012 in Nation/World SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Urging the world’s largest smartphone makers to settle their differences, a federal judge said she will issue rulings aimed at resolving a multifaceted legal battle …

• Judge may trim Apple’s $1 billion patent verdict

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday appeared ready to trim millions from a $1.05 billion jury verdict Apple Inc. won over Samsung Electronics this summer as …

• US Attorney resigns during probe of online posts

  December 6, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Attorney Jim Letten, whose successful prosecution of a former Louisiana governor and numerous other public officials won him bipartisan praise for more than a decade, …

• At 450 pounds, Ohio killer fights execution

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — At about 450 pounds, Ohio death row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won’t be able to find veins in his arms or …

• Justices struggle with international custody law

  December 5, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is struggling to figure out if American courts have any further say in a custody dispute between a U.S. soldier and a Scottish woman …

• Calif. gay therapy ban sparks competing rulings

  December 4, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two federal judges in California have arrived at opposite conclusions on whether the state’s first-of-its-kind law prohibiting licensed psychotherapists from trying to change the sexual orientations …

• Judge temporarily blocks Calif. gay therapy law

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked California from enforcing a first-of-its-kind law that bars licensed psychotherapists from working to change the sexual orientations of gay …

• Judge removed in Fort Hood shooting rampage case

  December 3, 2012 in Nation/World FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The military’s highest court ousted the judge in the Fort Hood shooting case Monday and threw out his order to have the suspect’s beard forcibly … 1

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