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  • Published
    April 4, 2012

    After Trayvon Martin shooting, cold case resurrected

    Eight years ago, two men with little in common disappeared after crossing paths with Sheriff's Deputy Steven Calkins. Thanks to the Trayvon Maritn shooting, that cold case is getting renewed attention.

  • Published
    April 1, 2012

    Rep. Ryan: I misspoke about military generals

    Rep. Paul Ryan says he's apologized to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman for accusing the military of not giving its "true advice" on President Barack Obama's budget plan.

  • Published
    April 1, 2012

    Fire-stricken cruise ship safe at Malaysian port

    A luxury cruise ship stranded at sea for 24 hours because of a fire safely reached a Malaysian port where police and embassy officials stood by Sunday to help 1,000 people aboard.

  • Published
    March 31, 2012

    Obama calls on Congress to pass ‘Buffett Rule’ tax

    President Barack Obama is calling on Congress to increase taxes on millionaires, who often pay a smaller share of their income than middle-class taxpayers.

  • Published
    March 25, 2012

    Obama squeezes N. Korea to change, China to help

    Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influence and warning North Korea that it is headed toward a crippling "dead end" of isolation.

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  • Published
    March 25, 2012

    Afghans: U.S. paid $50,000 per death in shooting spree

    The United States has paid the affected families $50,000 in compensation for each Afghan killed in last week's massacre of mostly women and children by a U.S. soldier.

  • Published
    March 24, 2012

    U.S. says soldier accused of Afghan massacre split his killing spree

    Investigators say the U.S. soldier accused of slaughtering 17 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, split his attack into two episodes: returning to his base after the first attack and later slipping away to kill again.

  • Published
    March 24, 2012

    Q&A: How health-care case will unfold before the Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments on Monday over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Here's a Q&A explaining most of the big questions.

  • Published
    March 23, 2012

    Slain teen’s friends say he never picked a fight

    Listening to music. Picking up Skittles for his stepbrother. Friends say that's how they would have imagined 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on a Sunday afternoon. Starting a fight? Possibly high on drugs? Absolutely not, they say.

  • Published
    March 23, 2012

    Army sergeant charged with 17 murders

    While Afghans want swift punishment for the premeditated murder of women and children civilians, it will likely be months, even years, before the public gets to see Bales in a courtroom.