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North Korea rocket design apparently can carry warhead
Most media reports about North Korea use terms like "posturing" and "threats." But how much of the country's suddenly aggressive rhetoric is posturing, and how much can it back up...
Home again
The television cameras started to leave after the prayer circle disbanded. One by one — the camera guy with the tiny bulldog of a man reporting; the camera guy of the pretty young reporter with perfect hair; the camera guy who knocked over an elderly woman with a ...
Razor blade found in store-bought muffin not considered act of tampering
SEATTLE — The owner of a bakery in Seattle said Friday that...
Chinese company GooPhone steals Apple iPhone 5 plans, patents them
Forget Apple's recent prolonged patent battle with Samsung over various obscure types of patents. A Chinese company called GooPhone is taking us back to Intellectual Property 101...
Lawyers: Espionage suspects planned to invent a chip, not steal one
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Spies in the heart of Silicon Valley. Or...
Dorothy Howell Rodham, mother of Hillary Clinton, dies at 92
LOS ANGELES — Dorothy Howell Rodham, whose daughter...
In Ohio, fracking inches forward
In central Ohio, the Wayne National Forest is becoming yet another staging ground for a fight over fracking, as Wayne Forest Supervisor Anne Carey decided not to rewrite the plan for the management of the forest and prevent hydraulic fracturing in the area...
A renewed push to pass ‘Dream Act’
WASHINGTON — Early one morning in March, two Chicago-area brothers were dozing on an Amtrak train when it stopped in Buffalo, N.Y. A pair of uniformed Border Patrol...
Boulder County election workers spar over open meetings
In what election integrity activists say is yet another example of transparency problems at the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, a top election official told a canvass board member this week that the group’s meetings are not open to the public...
Shutdown deal at hand: Senate ready; House unsure
National media outlets are reporting that leaders of both parties in the U.S. Senate have reached a deal to end the federal government shutdown, raise the debt limit and restore funding to government programs. A deal should be announced shortly in the Senate...
