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Myanmar leader frees prisoners ahead of US visit

News: World

Yesterday

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar's president pardoned at least 20 political prisoners on Friday, just ahead of an historic state visit to the United States that will highlight the two sides' improved relations brought about by the former pariah nation's democratic reforms. Ye Aung, a member of...

Nation

US adviser on board of firm that sold anthrax drug

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig, who has served as a bio-warfare adviser to the president, the Pentagon, and the Department of Homeland Security, urged the government to stockpile an...
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AP CEO calls records seizure unconstitutional

Updated: 2 hr ago
Obama to speak on legality of drone program

Updated: 9 hr ago
Obama urged to make economy a bigger, bolder topic

Updated: 11 hr ago
Obama to address Morehouse College commencement

Updated: 15 hr ago
Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf

Yesterday
Bernanke forecasts gains from computer technology

Yesterday
A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

Yesterday
Myanmar leader, Obama to meet while reforms stall

Yesterday
IRS probe ignored most influential groups

Yesterday

Business

More bodies recovered in collapsed Indonesia mine

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers recovered four more bodies from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 13, police said Monday....
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Tons of New Zealand meat stranded on Chinese docks

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
Death sentence in Chinese underground bank case

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
Consumer group flags high SPF ratings on sunscreen

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
Arkansas Best freezes nonunion pensions

Updated: 28 min ago
Maker of 'pink slime' continues to struggle

Updated: 2 hr ago
Delta CEO plans to add jobs in NE Minnesota

Updated: 3 hr ago
Small Fla. city wonders who won Powerball jackpot

Updated: 6 hr ago
Jamie Dimon under pressure ahead of investor vote

Updated: 6 hr ago

News from around the Web

Smithsonian: Starving Jamestown settlers resorted to eating a child

Published: Wed, May 1, 2013

(www.smithsonianmag.com) New archeological evidence and forensic analysis reveals that a 14-year-old girl was cannibalized in desperation.
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World

SKorea analyzing NKorea's 4 projectile launches

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is analyzing whether projectiles North Korea fired into its eastern waters over the weekend are short-range missiles or a new type of artillery the country may be developing,...
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China asks NKorea to release fishing boat, crew

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
BC-WEA--Global Weather-Fahrenheit, WEA

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013
Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead

BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

KARIN LAUB

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Pakistan repeats vote in Karachi despite killing

ATIF RAZA

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

JOSEF FEDERMAN

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers

SARAH EL DEEB TONY G. GABRIEL

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013
Chinese premier visits India to boost ties

ASHOK SHARMA

Published: Sun, May 19, 2013

Science and Technology

2 men arrested in killing over iPad in Las Vegas

Updated: Sun, May 19, 2013

Two men have been arrested in the killing of a teenage boy over an iPad in Las Vegas, police said Sunday. Jacob Dismont, 18, and Michael Solid, 21, were booked Saturday into the Clark County jail on charges of open...
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Non-native snail turns up in Truckee River in NV

Updated: 1 hr ago
BC-ND--North Dakota News Digest, ND

Updated: 2 hr ago
New lab to give scientists underwater access

Updated: 5 hr ago
Afghan pilots learn air assault tactics from 101st

Updated: 5 hr ago
NY teacher delves into mystery of 'Indian Ovens'

Updated: 5 hr ago
BC-MA--Massachusetts News Digest, MA

Updated: 7 hr ago
BC-RI--Rhode Island News Digest, RI

Updated: 7 hr ago
Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines

Updated: 7 hr ago
BC-NC--North Carolina News Digest, NC

Updated: 7 hr ago