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• 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

• 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 …

• 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 …

• 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

• He called it, and now Silver’s a pop-culture star

  November 9, 2012 in Nation/World NEW YORK (AP) — The other night, Nate Silver got a little taste of what things are going to be like for him, post-Election 2012. The 34-year-old statistician, unabashed numbers … 1

• In the digital age, a rare fight for print readers

  September 28, 2012 in Nation/World NEW ORLEANS (AP) — When The Times-Picayune decided to print three days a week, a nearby publication saw a chance to expand in the newspaper’s backyard and fill a void …