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Nation & World

Published
May 22, 2013

Brutal London attack heightens terrorism fears

In an ultra-bloody attack, two men with butcher knives hacked another man to death near a military barracks.
Published
May 22, 2013

Oklahoma mourns lost children

Seven of the tornado's 24 victims were students at the Plaza Towers Elementary School.
Published
May 22, 2013

One block: How neighbors saw twister’s deadly path

Block by block, a storm ripped apart Moore, Okla., for the second time in 14 years, leaving survivors to wrestle with the awful decision of whether to rebuild or move on. This is the story of one of those blocks.
Published
May 22, 2013

Oklahoma twister could become costliest ever

Authorities estimate the damage at as much as $2 billion, with as many as 13,000 homes damaged or destroyed.
Published
May 22, 2013

IRS official takes Fifth; no evidence senior managers involved

The boss of tax workers who improperly screened conservative groups says she did nothing wrong.

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Published
May 22, 2013

Official: Treasury played no role in IRS targeting

Lawmakers are trying to learn whether the IRS targeting was politically motivated. The inspector general and IRS officials have said there is no evidence of that.
Published
May 22, 2013

Boy Scouts meet to decide policy on gay Scouts

Scouting officials propose allowing openly gay Scouts but retaining the ban on gay adult Scout leaders.
Published
May 22, 2013

NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case

Kennedy argued that the drugged-driving charge should be dismissed because she took the sleeping pill accidentally.
Published
May 22, 2013

Anthony Weiner launches bid to become NYC mayor

'I made some big mistakes and I know I let a lot of people down, but I also learned some tough lessons,' he says in a YouTube video.
Published
May 22, 2013

Photos of bin Laden burial will stay secret, court rules

WASHINGTON – Photos of American military personnel burying Osama bin Laden will remain classified, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sided with the government in finding that the release of postmortem images of the founder and leader of al-Qaida could cause “exceptionally grave harm” to Americans. […]