Nation &amp; World

Santa pelted with snow at ’68 Eagles game dies

‘It was his 15 minutes of fame’

Lincoln’s hometown re-enacts his funeral

150 years have passed since slaying

For last 100 years, celebrities urge animal kindness

The American Humane Association is celebrating 100 years of Be Kind to Animals Week, which draws celebrities, politicians and everyday…

Native Americans offended by Pope

Sainthood of contentious 18th-century Spaniard at issue

Nation & World Briefs

PAUWATHOK, Nepal – At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of…

Protesters, family celebrate criminal charges filed

6 Baltimore police officers involved in black man’s death are suspended

Forty years later, Vietnam veterans still search for lost loves

Next door to the Caphe Da Lat 244 one recent night, a Vietnam veteran named Jim Reischl watches this scene…

Vietnam War 40 years on, enemies now friends but still pain

The day was full of panic, chaos and defeat

Legacies of war: Forty years after the fall of Saigon, soldiers’ children are still left behind

A toddler watches as his mother harvests vegetables on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon. The Vietnamese…

Former enemies recall Vietnam War’s end with eyes on future

Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon, was decked out in hammer-and-sickle banners as soldiers marched through the nation’s…

U.S. vets come to Vietnam to confront past, and find a home

“We were the bad guys,” Parker, now 65, said of the American war effort in Vietnam. “I had some ghosts…

Vietnamese-Americans recall losses, gains since Saigon fell

Weeks later at a refugee camp in Southern California, they were reunited with her two other children who were sent…

Children left behind when the American soldiers departed from Vietnam

The bar girl fell in love, or something like it, with an American serviceman named Jackson stationed at Long Binh…

Last U.S. Marines to leave Saigon describe chaos of war’s end

The men barricaded the rooftop door using heavy fire extinguishers and wall lockers and waited nervously as Vietnamese gathered outside…

World Briefs

NAIROBI, Kenya – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton is in Kenya promoting equal opportunities for girls in education. Clinton said…

Life crawling back to normal in Nepal

Death toll from quake passes 6,250

Nation Briefs

CHICAGO – One of the remaining obstacles to building Barack Obama’s presidential library in his hometown of Chicago fell away…

U.S., Canada unveil rail tank car rules

Regulations come in wake of accidents

SeaWorld cited over worker training

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health issued four citations this week that carry nearly $26,000 in fines. SeaWorld…

Trust issues haunt Clinton campaign

But poll shows she leads presidential rivals

Charges filed in Baltimore suspect’s death

Prosecutor calls arrest illegal

U.S. consumer sentiment rises on optimism over job market

Chuck Burton/Associated Press<br><br>A new report shows consumer sentiment is at its second-highest level since 2007. Economists say the index shows…