In the wake of the deadly terror attack at the Boston Marathon, pastors and religious leaders across the country share their plans for comforting their communities
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Suspect in LA Girl’s Abduction Caught in Mexico
A fugitive charged with abducting and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old Los Angeles girlhas been captured in a village in Mexico
Long-term Care in Aging US: Not for Me, Poll Says
A new poll examined how people 40 and over are preparing for this difficult and often pricey reality of agingand found two-thirds say they’ve done little to no planning.
Cautious Relief in Peoria As Water Levels Fall
(PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill.) — Floodwaters began a slow, inch-by-inch retreat Wednesday in inundated Peoria, Ill., offering hope to residents who watched helplessly as the Illinois River reached a 70-year high and swamped their homes …
Officials: Marathon Bombs Triggered By Remote
The Boston Marathon explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 260 were triggered by a remote-controlled detonator.
Boston Honors Slain MIT Officer, Reopens Boylston Street Area
(BOSTON) — As bagpipes wailed, more than 4,000 mourners paid their respects Wednesday to an MIT police officer who authorities say was ambushed in his cruiser by the Boston Marathon bombers, while U.S. investigators trying to …
“So we're kind of in an Orwellian situation here. All of us decry the effects of sequestration, and there's graphic testimony such has just been presented, and yet there's no request on the part of the President of the United States or the secretary of defense that we repeal sequester.”
— Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., at an armed services committee hearing into the Army budget Tuesday.
What Can We Do to Help?
Part 3 of 3: What the rest of us can do to help
Over the past two days, we’ve detailed how and why the Department of Veterans Affairs’ disability-claims backlog came to be, and what the government is doing about it.
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2013 Gas Prices: Even Less Predictable Than Usual
What can drivers expect going forward in terms of gas prices? Probably more of the same—meaning more unpredictability, not …
The Great Wall of Qatar
The U.S. military has been routinely flying warplanes out of Qatar’s al Udied air base, just west of the Gulf state’s capital of Qatar, since 1991’s Persian Gulf War, and running the post-9/11 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq …
Tsarnaev Snafus: Nearly 12 Years After 9/11, Boston Bombings Highlight Intelligence Holes
Senators say “stonewalling” and “stovepipes” blocked information sharing between and within law enforcement and intelligence …
“So, General Wang…About Those North Koreans…”
Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, meets PLA deputy chief Lieut. General Wang Guanzhong in Beijing on Sunday.
4 Charged After Va. Freshmen Swept into River
(PETERSBURG, Va.) — Police arrested three men and sought a fourth Tuesday after two Virginia State University freshmen were swept away while trying to cross a swift, rain-swollen river as part of an initiation rite.
The body of one freshman, identified as Marvell Edmonson, 19, of Portsmouth, was recovered Monday. The search
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2nd Miss. Man Investigated in Ricin Case
(TUPELO, Miss.) — A second Mississippi man investigated in connection to ricin-laced letters sent to the president and a U.S. senator said Wednesday that investigators “ripped” through his house during an hours-long search the …