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Rescuers search ruins of Texas fertilizer plant

Mangled metal and crushed vehicles are all that remains at the blast site of the fertilizer company in West, Texas.…

April 18, 2013

Feds hunt bomb suspects; Obama offers reassurance

President Barack Obama attends an interfaith healing service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston for victims of…

April 18, 2013

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Industry mutes Colo. Dems’ efforts to rein in drillers

Senator says state has more lobbyists than inspectors

April 17, 2013

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FBI issues photos of 2 suspects in Boston Marathon bombing

This combination of images released by the FBI on Thursday shows who the FBI is calling Suspect 2, left, in…

April 17, 2013

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Surveillance video shows bomb suspect in Boston

Investigators comb through the finish-line area of the Boston Marathon on Boylston Street on Wednesday, two days after two bombs…

April 17, 2013

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Defeat of background checks angers Obama

‘Pretty shameful day for Washington’ president says

April 17, 2013

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Assad accuses West of backing al-Qaida in Syria

Bashar Assad also lashed out at Jordan for allowing “thousands” of fighters to enter Syria through its borders and warned…

April 17, 2013

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Options narrow for Venezuelan opposition

Opposition activists and independent observers called the judge’s declaration blatant and legally unfounded favoritism from a purportedly independent body that…

April 17, 2013

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Trespassing accusation leaves Sanford on his own

This is a side view of the home of Jenny Sanford taken Wednesday on Sullivan’s Island, S.C., where she says…

April 17, 2013

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New Zealand is 13th country to legalize gay marriage

Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 in favor of the gay-marriage bill on its third and final reading Wednesday night. People…

April 17, 2013

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Illinois House approves use of medical marijuana

The proposed legislation creates a four-year pilot program that requires patients and caregivers to undergo background checks, limits the amount…

April 17, 2013

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Appeals court hears challenge to gay therapy ban

It’s the “pivot point” of the legal debate, Judge Morgan Christen of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said…

April 17, 2013

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Arizona moves to force sale of turned-in guns

In Arizona, however, the Republican-controlled Legislature is now moving to save such guns. Prompted by a gun buyback event in…

April 17, 2013

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Britain’s Iron Lady laid to rest with full pomp

Alastair Grant/Associated Press<br><br>Mark Thatcher and his wife, Sarah, watch as the coffin of his mother, former British Prime Minister Margaret…

April 17, 2013

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Senate blocks expanded gun sale background checks

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. waits for an elevator on Capitol Hill in Washington after speaking about gun legislation on the…

April 17, 2013

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Conflicting reports of arrest in Boston bombings

Shannon Walsh, 15, places flowers on a memorial to Boston Marathon bombing victim, Martin Richard, 8, near the Richard family…

April 17, 2013

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Fertilizer plant blast injures dozens of people in Texas

Among the damaged buildings was the West Rest Haven Nursing Home, from which first responders evacuated 133 patients, some in…

April 16, 2013

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Letter with ricin sent to Miss. senator

An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, congressional officials…

April 16, 2013

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American Airlines halts flights, passengers stuck

A spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration said American asked to halt its flights until 5 p.m. EDT. Flights into…

April 16, 2013

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Boston bombs said to be made from pressure cookers

A mourner places a note with flowers at a police barricade near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in…

April 16, 2013

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Left, right criticize new immigration bill

To some immigration advocates, it’s unnecessarily punitive. The Senate’s new bipartisan immigration bill drew criticism from the right and from…

April 15, 2013

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Letter to senator tests for ricin

A U.S. Capitol Police hazmat vehicle is parked at a mail processing center for Congressional mail in Hyattsville, Md., where…

April 15, 2013

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In Boston, now comes the who and why

Feds: Bombs may have been in pressure cookers

April 15, 2013

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Gun background-check deal may be in jeopardy in Senate

The bill written by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, and Sen. Patrick Toomey, R-Pa., would extend gun background checks to…

April 15, 2013