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Guantanamo: 30 of the 100 hunger strikers now being tube-fed
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amMIAMI — Guantanamo prison staff members were tube-feeding 30 of the 100 hunger-striking captives on Wednesday, the detention center said, reporting an all-time high last reached in 2005.
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AccuWeather predicts active Atlantic hurricane season
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amBALTIMORE — AccuWeather.com is predicting another active Atlantic hurricane season, particularly for the U.S. coastline.
While the Pennsylvania-based meteorology company is calling for fewer...
House Republicans, White House look to change student loan rates
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans in the House of Representatives and President Barack Obama agree in general on what to do with student loan interest rates: Let them vary with the market.
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On IRS scandal, Boehner asks, ‘Who’s going to jail?’
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican congressional leaders, faced with an array of crises threatening to overwhelm the White House, appear to have singled out the targeting of conservative political...
Legislation would give clean energy more access to investment tool
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amCongressional lawmakers from both parties are taking a step to catalyze the nation’s clean energy economy: After 32 years of restricting a crucial investment tool to expanding fossil fuels, they’...
Smokeless tobacco use among US kids and teens has leveled off
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 16, 2013 10:30amLOS ANGELES — After years of decline, the rate of smokeless tobacco use among young people in the U.S. has leveled off, new research shows.
In 2011, 5.2 percent of middle school and high...
89 arrested in crackdown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Doctors, nurses and other licensed medical professionals were among 89 people recently arrested in nine cities, accused of scheming to defraud the Medicare program of nearly $...
Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza had no drugs, alcohol in system
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amHARTFORD, Conn. — Toxicology tests show that Adam Lanza had no alcohol or drugs in his body when he shot and killed 20 first-graders and six women at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn...
NTSB urges stricter curbs on drunken driving
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Transportation Safety Board recommended Tuesday that states lower their threshold for drunken driving with the goal of reducing alcohol-related fatal crashes, which...
Holder orders criminal investigation into IRS screening
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 15, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that he had ordered a criminal investigation into allegations that top IRS officials purposely targeted conservative groups for...
