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Terror groups turning online

Al-Qaida fighters have been turning increasingly to secretive chat rooms and encrypted Internet message boards to plan attacks and avoid…

August 14, 2013

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Manning offers apology for leaks

Army Pfc. Bradley Manning broke his silence and offered an apology for leaking information to WikiLeaks in 2010. The former…

August 14, 2013

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All 18 on India submarine feared dead

All 18 crewmembers aboard an Indian submarine are feared dead after an explosion set off an explosion on board the…

August 14, 2013

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Eurozone’s longest-ever recession comes to an end

The eurozone’s longest recession has finally ended, The European Union’s statistics office said Wednesday that the 17 EU countries that…

August 14, 2013

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Experts: Fort Hood victims shot while lying down

Pathologists who conducted several autopsies of the victims described the wounds caused by an FN 5.7 semi-automatic pistol while testifying…

August 14, 2013

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Kids missing from Obama vacation – so far at least

President Barack Obama is spending much of his vacation playing golf – at least so far. His daughters – Malia,…

August 14, 2013

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Louisiana hostage-taker wrote about anger over breakup

A suspected gunman took three people hostage in the Tensas State Bank branch in St. Joseph, La., Tuesday. The 20-year-old…

August 14, 2013

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Egypt police storm protesters’ camps

Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and pro-reform leader in the interim government, resigned in protest over…

August 14, 2013

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Egypt: Pro-Morsi vigil takes on permanent look

The protest camps filled with supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi are taking on a very permanent look, with…

August 13, 2013

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Shining Path bruised, but far from defeated, analysts say

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has tentatively identified two bodies as “Comrade Gabriel,” or Marco Antonio Quispe Palomino, and “Comrade Alipio”…

August 13, 2013

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U.S. willing to engage North Korea on detained American

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf would not say whether the U.S. might send a high-level official to Pyongyang to seek…

August 13, 2013

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Nuclear missile force fails key security test

The 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., which is in charge of maintaining and operating 150 Minutemen…

August 13, 2013

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College not the sex hot bed we thought

“Sexual behavior among contemporary college students has not changed greatly over the past 2½ decades,” says a study from the…

August 13, 2013

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Federal plea deal in NH details hepatitis C pains

David Kwiatkoski is set to plead guilty to federal drug charges in New Hampshire today as part of a plea…

August 13, 2013

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Whitey Bulger juror says deliberations were ‘insane, heated’

Following a seven-week trial and nearly five days of deliberations, Bulger was convicted Monday of participating or causing 11 murders…

August 13, 2013

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Bahrain Shiites seek larger role

Shiite activists are calling for national protests in Bahrain today, seeking more influence in the country. The government has stepped…

August 13, 2013

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Peace talks facing long odds

A poster shows two of the Palestinian prisoners Israel released Tuesday as part of an agreement to get peace negotiations…

August 13, 2013

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U.S. opposing big airline merger

The federal government and several states are opposing plans by US Airways and American Airlines to merge, a move hailed…

August 13, 2013

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Sinkhole swallows part of Florida resort villa

Part of a resort villa in Clermont, Fla., fell into a sinkhole Sunday night, awakening vacationers who were staying at…

August 12, 2013

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Judge tells quarter horse group to accept clones

The judge issued an injunction against the American Quarter Horse Association and its prohibition of cloned horses, and their offspring,…

August 12, 2013

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Mexico proposes private firms in oil industry

Mexico’s President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing to lift a constitutional ban so that foreign firms can start investing in…

August 12, 2013

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Hillary Clinton calls for election reform

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, center, attacked a recent Supreme Court ruling as an “assault of voting rights” during…

August 12, 2013

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Afghans taking charge and changing names

The date, number of troops killed, general location and the type of attack accompany the most detailed news releases. Others…

August 12, 2013

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Egypt delays removing Morsi backers

Thousands of supporters of Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi reinforced sit-in camps in Cairo, Egypt, on Monday, leading the military-backed…

August 12, 2013