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August 4, 2011

Woman: My uncle was fabled skyjacker ‘D.B. Cooper’

She recalls that a relative named L.D. Cooper, now dead, hatched a plot and turned up bloody one day.
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August 4, 2011

Famine spreading in Somalia

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As hunger in the Horn of Africa dramatically worsens, the United Nations on Wednesday added three new regions of Somalia to the list of areas it says are stricken by famine. More than 12 million people are facing starvation, with children particularly vulnerable. The U.N. last month declared that two regions […]
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August 4, 2011

Mubarak denies guilt in protesters’ killing

CAIRO — Disgraced Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak said Wednesday that he was innocent of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising that ousted him, speaking at the start of an epic trial that could further rock Egypt’s turbulent transition to democracy. Mubarak’s attorney suggested that Egypt’s interim ruler and its military chief, Mohammed Hussein […]
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August 4, 2011

Cargill recalls ground turkey after outbreak of salmonella

WASHINGTON — Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened at least 76 others. Illnesses in the outbreak date back to March and have been reported in 26 states coast to coast. Cargill said Wednesday that it […]
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August 4, 2011

World/Nation Dispatches

BEIRUT Syrian tanks roll into city of Hama to crush protests Syrian authorities severed telephone lines, electricity and water supplies to Hama on Wednesday as troops backed by tanks pushed into the heart of the besieged city in what appeared to be a final effort to crush the protest movement there. A resident contacted by […]

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August 4, 2011

In Focus: John Doe v. Rumsfeld

An American tortured in Iraq can sue the former U.S. defense secretary for damages because of that policy, a federal judge says
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August 4, 2011

Obama urges Congress to end FAA flap

The partial shutdown is the result of a partisan standoff primarily over union organizing.
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August 4, 2011

Jeffs speaks about freedom in sexual abuse of minors trial

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs gave a delayed opening statement about religious persecution Wednesday at his trial, where he is defending himself on charges of sexually abusing underage girls. His surprise 30-minute statement followed prosecutors resting their case against him, after they played an audiotape of what they said was him […]
Published
August 3, 2011

Lawmaker questions spy-program extension

Sen. Ron Wyden says FISA, and the warrantless wiretapping it allows, need to be scrutinized.
Published
August 3, 2011

U.S. troops may get OK to stay in Iraq past 2011

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s political leaders gave the government the green light Tuesday to begin negotiating a deal with the U.S. to keep American troops in the country past the end of the year to train Iraqi security forces. But Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said a final agreement is still far from settled, and cautioned that […]

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