Syria regime claims rebel chemical attack kills 25

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March 19, 2013

Syria regime claims rebel chemical attack kills 25

Rebels have denied the accusation and say regime forces fired the weapon.
Published
March 19, 2013

Report: 1 in 3 seniors dies with, not of, dementia

Even when dementia isn't the direct cause of death, it can be the final blow – speeding someone's decline by interfering with their care for heart disease, cancer or other serious illnesses.
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March 19, 2013

Costs of US wars linger for over 100 years

An analysis of federal payment records found that the government is still making monthly payments to relatives of Civil War veterans – 148 years after the conflict ended.
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March 19, 2013

Impostor’s lawyer suggests missing wife as killer

But a prosecutor claims circumstantial evidence left no doubt that notorious Rockefeller impostor Christian Gerhartsreiter was the killer.
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March 19, 2013

Wave of Iraq blasts marks 10-year anniversary of US invasion

The attacks, mostly by car bombs, targeted small restaurants, day laborers and bus stops in Baghdad, signaling that insurgents remain a potent threat to Iraq's security forces and long-term stability.
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March 19, 2013

Pope Francis: Protect the poor and nature

Princes, presidents, sheiks and thousands of ordinary people gathered for his installation Mass today, in which he mapped out his priorities as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
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March 18, 2013

FBI: We’ve solved $500 million Boston art heist

But the thieves can't be prosecuted, it says. It's also offering a $5 million reward for help finding the famous artworks.
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March 18, 2013

Small blaze doused on USS Miami

It's the same nuclear sub that sustained $400 million in damage in an arson last spring.
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March 18, 2013

Repairs to USS Miami in Maine now uncertain

Workers at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard plan a rally Wednesday against federal cuts that could cause the Navy to cancel the repairs.
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March 18, 2013

Clinton joins other Dems in backing gay marriage

In an online video, she says that gays and lesbians are "full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship."