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'You will run again': Obama says marathon attack will not shake Boston's resolve 18 Apr 2013 | 07:16 pm
Three days after bombs shattered its most joyous day, Boston came together Thursday to seek comfort, honor the victims and, in the words of one minister, heal a city and a violence-weary world. “I hav...
First Thoughts: Why the gun measure went down to defeat 18 Apr 2013 | 06:08 pm
Four reasons why the background-check measure went down to defeat (despite having so much going for it)… 1) The NRA still packs a punch with Republicans and red-state Dems… 2) The red vs. blue divide…...
Blame where blame is due 18 Apr 2013 | 05:00 pm
As the political world digests the demise of legislative gun reforms, there's ample speculation about why efforts to reduce gun violence were defeated. I noticed Andrew Kaczynski argue that the White ...
Obama on Senate gun vote: 'A shameful day' 18 Apr 2013 | 03:12 pm
An angry President Obama criticized a minority of the Senate on Wednesday for helping defeat a proposal to expand background checks on gun purchases. "It came down to politics — the worry that that vo...
Seven alleged al Qaeda-linked plotters arrested in United Arab Emirates 18 Apr 2013 | 02:42 pm
DUBAI - The United Arab Emirates said on Thursday it had arrested a seven-member group linked to al Qaeda that was planning actions against the Gulf Arab oil exporting country's security. State news a...
'I'm furious': Gabby Giffords slams senators in op-ed for failing to pass gun control measure 18 Apr 2013 | 08:58 am
Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords authored a scathing op-ed in The New York Times on Wednesday, blasting the 46 senators who voted against a measure to expand gun background checks. "Speaking is physical...
5 to 15 killed, 160 wounded in 'devastating' Texas chemical plant blast 18 Apr 2013 | 08:10 am
Rescue crews were going door to door Thursday in the ruins of a small Texas town where a fertilizer-plant explosion killed at least 5 to 15 people, injured more than 160 and destroyed dozens of home a...
Mars vs. Europa: Are we looking in the wrong place for alien life? 18 Apr 2013 | 06:15 am
A British astrobiology conference has revived a years-old debate over the best place to look for life elsewhere in the solar system: Mars, or the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? "For reasons I don't real...
Feds arrest suspect in ricin-positive letters sent to Obama, senator 18 Apr 2013 | 05:05 am
Federal agents on Wednesday arrested a suspect in the mailing of letters to President Barack Obama and a U.S. senator that initially tested positive for the poison ricin.
Wife of ex-official charged in slain Texas DA case 18 Apr 2013 | 04:00 am
The wife of a jailed former justice of the peace in the Texas county where a district attorney and his wife were found dead in their home in March has been arrested and charged with capital murder. Mi...
