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Obama: Nation to stand by Oklahoma survivors ‘as long as it takes’
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama on Tuesday assured the survivors of Oklahoma’s deadly tornado that the nation is “there for them” and that the government will keep its focus on the rescue...
Oklahoma tornado survivor describes friend’s heroism
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amOKLAHOMA CITY — A few hours after a massive tornado tore through the Oklahoma City area, ravaging neighborhoods and two elementary schools and killing dozens of people, Edie Cordray sent an urgent...
Jailing of Afghan women for ‘moral’ crimes is increasing, group says
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 22, 2013 10:30amISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The number of women and girls jailed by Afghan authorities for “moral crimes” has risen by 50 percent in the last 18 months, an alarming statistic that reflects the Afghan...
Monster python killed in South Florida
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A record-setting Burmese python was killed with a knife in a rural section of southern Miami-Dade County, after it wrapped itself around the leg of the man trying to...
Deaths caused by SARS-like virus rises to 16 in Saudi Arabia
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A man died Monday of the SARS-like coronavirus in Saudi Arabia, bringing the death toll for the respiratory infection in the kingdom to 16, the Health Ministry said.
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Rescuers search for tornado victims in Oklahoma; death toll hits 51
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amAs night fell in Oklahoma, a massive search and rescue operation was taking place to locate survivors from the mile-wide tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday...
Woman sentenced to 6 years in prison in theft of Ben Franklin bust
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amPHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia woman was sentenced to six years in prison Monday for stealing a rare bust of Benjamin Franklin from a Bryn Mawr home.
Prosecutors said U.S. District Judge C....
Federal immigration-services union joins opposition to bill
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in...
Supreme Court to hear prayer case
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court will revisit the issue of church-state separation and decide whether a town council can begin its monthly meetings with a prayer from a Christian pastor.
...Supreme Court will hear challenge to search without consent
Nation & World Comments Updated: May 21, 2013 10:30amWASHINGTON, D.C. — An inmate of one of California’s most remote prisons will get his moment in the Supreme Court sun, with a shot at clarifying the rules governing certain searches by law...
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