http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/index.html en-us Copyright 2013 The Seattle Times Company Sat, 25 May 2013 14:15:36 PDT Sat, 25 May 2013 14:15:36 PDT MattBase 1 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/art/ui/stlogo_231.gif http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056677_apeufrancesoldierstabbed.html?syndication=rss A French soldier was stabbed in the throat in a busy commercial district outside Paris on Saturday, and the government said it was trying to determine if there were any links to the brutal killing of a British soldier by suspected Islamic extremists. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056677_apeufrancesoldierstabbed.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021059280_apusmissingteeniowa.html?syndication=rss Authorities on Saturday searched amid rainy and windy conditions for an Iowa teenager who was abducted Monday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021059280_apusmissingteeniowa.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:05:10 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056745_apustrainderailmentmissouri.html?syndication=rss The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into the cause of a cargo train collision that partially collapsed a highway overpass Saturday in southeast Missouri, injuring seven people. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056745_apustrainderailmentmissouri.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:15:23 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056654_apusoklahomatornadograduation.html?syndication=rss Seven tornadoes have swept through their town since they were born, but as new graduates donned caps and gowns to say goodbye to their high schools Saturday, they vowed they wouldn't say goodbye to Moore. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056654_apusoklahomatornadograduation.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:58:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056686_apusi5bridgecollapse.html?syndication=rss The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056686_apusi5bridgecollapse.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:53:10 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053903_apeubritainattack.html?syndication=rss British police on Saturday arrested three more suspects in connection with the savage killing of an off-duty soldier that has raised fresh concerns about terrorism. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053903_apeubritainattack.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:06:48 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056722_apussuperstormjerseyshore.html?syndication=rss Saws and sledgehammers joined beer and barbecues - under covered porches - as a fixture of the first Memorial Day weekend at the Jersey shore since Superstorm Sandy roared through. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056722_apussuperstormjerseyshore.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:44:29 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021056535_apusmarchingagainstmonsanto.html?syndication=rss Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto were held across the U.S. and in dozens of other countries Saturday. Business & Technology http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2021056535_apusmarchingagainstmonsanto.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:39:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056498_apusslaincollegestudent.html?syndication=rss Lizzi Marriott left a message saying she'd be home by midnight. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056498_apusslaincollegestudent.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:51:33 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056542_apuspregnantwomanheroinhomicide.html?syndication=rss The personal ads that Dr. Ali Salim placed on Craigslist - and police say he posted hundreds of them - made one thing clear: He wanted "no drama." Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056542_apuspregnantwomanheroinhomicide.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:32:11 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056475_apusbridgecollapseaccidents.html?syndication=rss Thousands of bridges around the U.S. may be one freak accident or mistake away from collapse, even if the spans are deemed structurally sound. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056475_apusbridgecollapseaccidents.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:28:12 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021058282_apusb52crashanniversary.html?syndication=rss After surviving a deadly B-52 bomber crash and a night on a frozen mountainside, Gerald Adler, injured and frostbitten, could recall only the red handlebar mustache of his rescuer. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021058282_apusb52crashanniversary.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:24:11 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053901_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group vowed to help propel President Bashar Assad to victory in Syria's bloody civil war, warning that the fall of the Damascus regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period." Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053901_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:12:13 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056696_apasindiarebelattack.html?syndication=rss Suspected Maoist rebels set off a land mine and opened fire Saturday on a convoy of cars carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India, killing at least 17 people and wounding 24 others, police said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056696_apasindiarebelattack.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:11:12 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056499_apafkerryafrica.html?syndication=rss Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056499_apafkerryafrica.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:07:11 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056732_apustexasflooding.html?syndication=rss A woman has been killed in flooding in the San Antonio area. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056732_apustexasflooding.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:20:25 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056664_apussarajaneolsondrugsentences.html?syndication=rss Sara Jane Olson, the Minnesota woman who served seven years in prison for her involvement in high-profile 1970s radicalism, is edging back into public life - this time voluntarily - as she and a friend petition the Obama administration to reduce disparities in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056664_apussarajaneolsondrugsentences.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056678_apcncanadamayorvideo.html?syndication=rss Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056678_apcncanadamayorvideo.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:42:12 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056727_apmlyemen.html?syndication=rss Security officials say two Yemeni soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb in a restive province where high-level intelligence officers have been assassinated in the past. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056727_apmlyemen.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:17:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056581_apmlegypt.html?syndication=rss Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court ruled on Saturday against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056581_apmlegypt.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056715_apeuturkeykissingprotest.html?syndication=rss Dozens of couples have locked lips at a subway stop in Turkey's capital, Ankara, to protest subway authorities' admonishment of a couple that kissed in public. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056715_apeuturkeykissingprotest.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 14:01:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056474_apusveteransmentalhealth.html?syndication=rss One patient with a history of substance abuse and suicidal thoughts was left alone in a waiting room inside the Atlanta VA Medical Center, where he obtained drugs from a hospital visitor and later died of an overdose. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056474_apusveteransmentalhealth.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021056673_apusobamadronepolicy.html?syndication=rss President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the weapons can be deployed. Politics http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021056673_apusobamadronepolicy.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:10:23 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056571_apuspriestchildmolestation.html?syndication=rss The second-highest official in the Archdiocese of Newark is stepping down in the wake of a sex scandal involving a former priest accused of violating an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056571_apuspriestchildmolestation.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:01:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056464_apusteenmurderplot.html?syndication=rss For nearly nine months, the people of this small West Virginia town saw the face of missing 16-year-old honors student Skylar Neese everywhere - beaming at them from fliers on utility poles, in gas stations, even at the local tattoo parlor. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056464_apusteenmurderplot.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 13:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056462_apusangelflightcrash.html?syndication=rss Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056462_apusangelflightcrash.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056416_apuswestpointhagel.html?syndication=rss Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point on Saturday that they must stamp out the scourge of sexual assault in the military. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056416_apuswestpointhagel.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056651_apmliraq.html?syndication=rss Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056651_apmliraq.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056584_apusnorthdakotaflooding.html?syndication=rss In a story May 24 about North Dakota flooding, The Associated Press, relying on information from North Dakota's state engineer, erroneously reported that construction work at the Renwick Dam lowered the top of the dam by three feet. Construction left some parts of the dam at the same height and the other parts of the dam were raised by 3.4 feet. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056584_apusnorthdakotaflooding.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056570_apmlsellingthescrollsglance.html?syndication=rss The Dead Sea Scrolls consist of more than 10,000 manuscript fragments representing 900 separate texts, including the oldest biblical texts ever found. They were discovered in caves in the Judean desert alongside the Dead Sea. Most of the scrolls are animal skin parchment, a few are papyrus, and one is made of copper. At least 90 percent are written in Hebrew, while the rest are in Aramaic and Greek. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056570_apmlsellingthescrollsglance.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 11:46:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056563_apmlsellingthescrolls.html?syndication=rss Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale - in tiny pieces. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056563_apmlsellingthescrolls.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 11:46:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2021056472_apusbostonmarathonlastmile.html?syndication=rss Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her seventh Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later in the mail at her Lorton, Va., home. But she couldn't bring herself to wear it until Saturday, when she and thousands of other athletes joined victims of the blast to run and walk the last mile of the race. Sports http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2021056472_apusbostonmarathonlastmile.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 12:31:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056513_apussuperstormcliffwalk.html?syndication=rss Newport's Cliff Walk, which runs between the Atlantic Ocean and some of the city's most stunning Gilded Age mansions, sustained what has been estimated at up to $8 million in damage during Superstorm Sandy. Some walkways were washed away or caved in. In other areas, huge boulders were moved by the violent surf. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056513_apussuperstormcliffwalk.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 11:16:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053898_apeurussiasuicidebombing.html?syndication=rss A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053898_apeurussiasuicidebombing.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 11:01:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056491_apusstopandfriskoptions.html?syndication=rss It once was an accepted tactic as old as policing itself and, according to the New York Police Department, a key to the city's dramatic drop in crime: patrol officers stopping young men on the street to see if they're up to no good. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056491_apusstopandfriskoptions.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056473_apmlisraelsyria.html?syndication=rss An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056473_apmlisraelsyria.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056427_apeurussiagayrally.html?syndication=rss Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056427_apeurussiagayrally.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056419_apeubritaintigerattack.html?syndication=rss A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056419_apeubritaintigerattack.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 09:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053908_apaspakistan.html?syndication=rss Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into flames, police said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053908_apaspakistan.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:23:24 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056463_apusoklahomatornadothechoicestheymade.html?syndication=rss They say you should never make a big decision when you're emotional. But what if there's barely a moment to think and a life-or-death choice looming? Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056463_apusoklahomatornadothechoicestheymade.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 09:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053899_apasjapanradiationleak.html?syndication=rss An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053899_apasjapanradiationleak.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056425_apasafghanistan.html?syndication=rss A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056425_apasafghanistan.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 10:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053909_apafethiopiaafricasummit.html?syndication=rss The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053909_apafethiopiaafricasummit.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056414_appiracy.html?syndication=rss A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056414_appiracy.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056411_apmlsaudiiran.html?syndication=rss Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has warned against the danger of Iran's nuclear program to the region's security and said Iran should not threaten its neighbors since countries in the region harbor no ill-intentions to the Islamic Republic. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021056411_apmlsaudiiran.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052610_catholicwhistleblowersxml.html?syndication=rss Catholic Whistleblowers, a group of priests and nuns, say the Roman Catholic Church is still protecting sexual predators and want the new pope to clean house and the American bishops to enforce the zero-tolerance adopted more than a decade ago. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052610_catholicwhistleblowersxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052585_injuredparentsxml.html?syndication=rss Although much attention is paid to the safety of infants and toddlers, their sudden jabs, bites, head-butts and kicks can inflict real injuries on caregivers, usually parents. According to doctors, it’s no laughing matter. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052585_injuredparentsxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052827_japaneconomyxml.html?syndication=rss After years of grinding malaise, Japan suddenly has some of its bling back. The reason is early — and some say deceptive — signs that new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic shock therapy, called Abenomics, might just be working. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052827_japaneconomyxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052544_gayparentingxml.html?syndication=rss Unexpected as it may sound, a new study finds that Salt Lake City and its outskirts have the nation’s highest percentage of gay or lesbian couples raising children. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052544_gayparentingxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052692_germanyautobahnxml.html?syndication=rss Germany is alone among industrial countries in allowing drivers to decide for themselves how fast to race along the highway. So a proposal this month to impose a speed limit of 72 mph has set off an election-year battle that has some people questioning a basic tenet of German identity. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052692_germanyautobahnxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021054488_apusjudicialbriberyscandal.html?syndication=rss A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme that allowed a convicted murder to escape. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021054488_apusjudicialbriberyscandal.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:29:32 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052668_silentnewspaperxml.html?syndication=rss Newspapers all along the border face a challenge in reporting cartel violence: “If we wrote it they would attack us, kill us, kidnap us. There isn’t freedom of expression in Nuevo Laredo,” says one editor. Mexico’s human-rights commission says 81 journalists have been killed Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052668_silentnewspaperxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052568_plainsaquiferxml.html?syndication=rss The High Plains Aquifer, which supplies the nation’s midsection from Wyoming to the Texas Panhandle, is increasingly tapped out in its southern reaches, drained by ever more intensive farming and, lately, by drought. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052568_plainsaquiferxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053904_apeubalkansyugonostalgia.html?syndication=rss Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053904_apeubalkansyugonostalgia.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:16:09 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053906_apasmyanmartwochildpolicy.html?syndication=rss Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053906_apasmyanmartwochildpolicy.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 07:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053902_apasafghanistanballoons.html?syndication=rss Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053902_apasafghanistanballoons.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 07:31:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053918_apltchilebarrickgold.html?syndication=rss The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053918_apltchilebarrickgold.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 07:31:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053916_apeuitalymafiamartyr.html?syndication=rss An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-Mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053916_apeuitalymafiamartyr.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 07:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053900_apasjapansexslaves.html?syndication=rss A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd." Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053900_apasjapansexslaves.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 07:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053910_apasphilippinesabusayyaf.html?syndication=rss At least seven Filipino marines and five militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053910_apasphilippinesabusayyaf.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 06:46:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053907_apmlisraelpalestinians.html?syndication=rss Jordan's King Abdullah II said Saturday extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053907_apmlisraelpalestinians.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 06:31:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053857_apeurussiasuicidebombing.html?syndication=rss A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053857_apeurussiasuicidebombing.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021046388_apusobama.html?syndication=rss President Barack Obama says the nation must do more than just remember its fallen heroes on Memorial Day. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021046388_apusobama.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053859_apeuukrainegayrally.html?syndication=rss At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053859_apeuukrainegayrally.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053851_apasjapanradiationleak.html?syndication=rss An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053851_apasjapanradiationleak.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053858_apafethiopiaafricasummit.html?syndication=rss Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053858_apafethiopiaafricasummit.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 05:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046372_apasafghanistan.html?syndication=rss A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046372_apasafghanistan.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 08:40:41 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053856_apmlisraelpalestinians.html?syndication=rss Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053856_apmlisraelpalestinians.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 04:46:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046306_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046306_apmlsyria.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 04:46:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053836_apasmyanmartwochildpolicy.html?syndication=rss Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said Saturday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053836_apasmyanmartwochildpolicy.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053787_apafkerryafrica.html?syndication=rss Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053787_apafkerryafrica.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 04:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053849_apasafghanistanballoons.html?syndication=rss Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053849_apasafghanistanballoons.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 04:16:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046558_apusboyfriendslaying.html?syndication=rss They were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that could haunt them forever. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046558_apusboyfriendslaying.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 03:31:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053015_apusarizonasheriffracialprofiling.html?syndication=rss A federal judge has ruled that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053015_apusarizonasheriffracialprofiling.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 03:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053450_apaspakistan.html?syndication=rss Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053450_apaspakistan.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 03:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053828_apmlpakistan.html?syndication=rss Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053828_apmlpakistan.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 03:01:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049284_apltchilebarrickgold.html?syndication=rss The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049284_apltchilebarrickgold.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 03:01:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052887_apusobithaynesjohnson.html?syndication=rss When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala., months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city." When it came to employment, housing or education, blacks had made no real gains. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052887_apusobithaynesjohnson.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 02:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053356_apusangelflightcrash.html?syndication=rss The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053356_apusangelflightcrash.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 02:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053788_apapquotes.html?syndication=rss "Obama said that there would be more limits on targeted killings, a step in the right direction. But a mere promise that the U.S. will work within established guidelines that remain secret provides little confidence that the U.S. is complying with international law." - Kenneth Roth, executive director at Human Rights Watch, on the president's new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053788_apapquotes.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 02:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053762_apasphilippinesabusayyaf.html?syndication=rss At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053762_apasphilippinesabusayyaf.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 01:46:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053733_prayingparentsxml.html?syndication=rss Faith-healing advocate Herbert Schaible told Philadelphia detectives that medicine is against his religious beliefs after his ninth child, Brandon, died at 8 months in April. In 2009, another son, Kent, 2, died of untreated pneumonia. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053733_prayingparentsxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 01:16:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021053711_coalterminalsxml.html?syndication=rss The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is being asked to consider the cumulative, worldwide effects of opening three coal ports in the Northwest. Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021053711_coalterminalsxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 01:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049123_apcncanadamayorvideo.html?syndication=rss Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049123_apcncanadamayorvideo.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 00:16:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021053535_oregonwolvesxml.html?syndication=rss An agreement has been reached on a wolf-management plan in Oregon that would allow, as a last resort, killing wolves that prey on livestock Local News http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2021053535_oregonwolvesxml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 23:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053493_britattackxml.html?syndication=rss The possibility of wider involvement in the attack on British soldier Lee Rigby was suggested by the arrests of two women and a man linked to the two suspects in the case. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053493_britattackxml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 23:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053455_hatchetkillingxml.html?syndication=rss Claude Allen III, the 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush, was charged with first-degree murder in the death of a friend in Maryland. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053455_hatchetkillingxml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 23:04:15 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053395_apusjudicialbriberyscandal.html?syndication=rss A former Texas prosecutor and one-time candidate for Congress was convicted Friday of accepting bribes in exchange for court favors, including an $80,000 payment in a scheme that allowed a convicted murder to escape. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053395_apusjudicialbriberyscandal.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 23:01:03 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053386_judgeprofilexml.html?syndication=rss Sheriff Joe Arpaio relied on racial profiling and illegal detentions to target Latinos, using their ethnicity as the main basis for suspecting that they were in the country illegally, a federal judge says. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053386_judgeprofilexml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 22:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046296_apusprayerdeathschildren.html?syndication=rss After their 2-year-old son died of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible promised a judge they would not let another sick child go without medical care. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046296_apusprayerdeathschildren.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 22:01:08 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053168_militaryjusticexml.html?syndication=rss Convictions or sentences from at least 10 trials face challenge because of the comments attributed to Marine Lt. Col. Robert Palmer. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053168_militaryjusticexml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053313_apussuperstormaquarium.html?syndication=rss Playful sea lions and trusty penguins are welcoming visitors back to the New York Aquarium for the first time since the Coney Island marine haven was damaged by Superstorm Sandy. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053313_apussuperstormaquarium.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053301_apusoklahomatornadothehugger.html?syndication=rss The people of the Oklahoma town where a deadly tornado struck could use just about everything - cleaning supplies, food, water, shelter. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053301_apusoklahomatornadothehugger.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046303_apaschinankorea.html?syndication=rss A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021046303_apaschinankorea.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053280_apusdenverbarfire.html?syndication=rss Three men accused of fatally stabbing five people at a Denver bar that authorities say was set on fire to cover up the killings have pleaded not guilty. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053280_apusdenverbarfire.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:16:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049360_apltguatemalausexpresident.html?syndication=rss Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049360_apltguatemalausexpresident.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049425_apusxgrarizonalawmakersthreatened.html?syndication=rss Arizona's bitter debate over a signature part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul has sparked an investigation into lawmakers' safety after at least nine legislators received a threatening email over Gov. Jan Brewer's push to expand Medicaid access. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049425_apusxgrarizonalawmakersthreatened.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049208_apustrainscollideconnecticut.html?syndication=rss The engineer of the commuter train that derailed last week in Connecticut observed an "unusual condition" on the track before the wreck, federal officials said Friday without explaining what the condition was, though they did say repair work was done last month in the area of the crash. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049208_apustrainscollideconnecticut.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 20:46:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053151_apusmissingwomenfound.html?syndication=rss The man who famously put aside his Big Mac to help rescue three women held captive in a Cleveland house said Friday that he's not endorsing a group of restaurants that are offering him free burgers for life and wants his name kept out of it. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053151_apusmissingwomenfound.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053201_kabulattacksxml.html?syndication=rss A coalition official said the Afghan police’s Quick Reaction Force, along with other units, responded quickly and competently. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053201_kabulattacksxml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 21:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053118_apapusobithaynesjohnson.html?syndication=rss Haynes Johnson, a pioneering Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movements and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday. He was 81. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053118_apapusobithaynesjohnson.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 20:31:07 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053178_apusgorillababyohio.html?syndication=rss A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053178_apusgorillababyohio.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 20:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053154_apusarizonasheriffkeyfigures.html?syndication=rss Key figures in a lawsuit that alleges that an Arizona sheriff's office has racially profiled Latinos in its immigration patrols. A judge ruled Friday that Arpaio's office systematically racially profiles Latinos: Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053154_apusarizonasheriffkeyfigures.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053132_apusprepschoolsexualabuse.html?syndication=rss The Horace Mann School, one of New York City's most prestigious private schools, has apologized for more than three decades of sexual abuse perpetrated by some of its teachers and administrators, according to a letter posted on its website Friday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053132_apusprepschoolsexualabuse.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:46:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049540_apusdrugwararellanofelix.html?syndication=rss The last of the brothers accused of creating an infamous Mexican drug cartel pleaded guilty Friday to helping send hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from the United States, marking one of the final milestones in an investigation that began two decades ago. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049540_apusdrugwararellanofelix.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:31:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049674_apuscoloradoschoolsearch.html?syndication=rss A high school student whose class project included a soldier memorial display with a replica AK-47 was carrying it to his mom in the parking lot Friday around the time another student and a teacher said they saw someone outside with what looked like a rifle, police said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049674_apuscoloradoschoolsearch.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:31:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052780_aplthondurasgangtruce.html?syndication=rss Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said Friday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052780_aplthondurasgangtruce.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:31:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052607_apusmissingteeniowa.html?syndication=rss The ex-girlfriend of a man suspected of kidnapping two Iowa girls this week worried that he would harm her and her family before his impending release from prison in 2011, citing prior sexual and physical abuse and threats, according to court records released Friday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052607_apusmissingteeniowa.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053110_pharmacyinfectxml.html?syndication=rss The Food and Drug Administration said the problems involve seven patients who received steroid injections made at Main Street Family Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053110_pharmacyinfectxml.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052566_apusoklahomatornado.html?syndication=rss Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here." Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052566_apusoklahomatornado.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:01:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053092_apusmissingteeniowasearch.html?syndication=rss Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053092_apusmissingteeniowasearch.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:46:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053050_apusmuseumtheftindictment.html?syndication=rss A parolee was indicted by a federal grand jury in the theft of a valuable Gold Rush-era jewelry box from the Oakland Museum of California, authorities said Friday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021053050_apusmuseumtheftindictment.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:16:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049728_apusfamilyslaintrial.html?syndication=rss A 34-year-old man accused of killing five members of a central Illinois family with a tire iron took the witness stand Friday, wiping away tears as he painted a horrifying picture of the murder scene. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049728_apusfamilyslaintrial.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052641_apltdrugwarmexico.html?syndication=rss Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052641_apltdrugwarmexico.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:16:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021045748_boyscoutsxml.html?syndication=rss Liberal Scout leaders — while supporting the proposal to accept gay youngsters — have made clear they also want the ban on gay adults lifted. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021045748_boyscoutsxml.html?syndication=rss Sat, 25 May 2013 01:14:30 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049138_apcncanadaqatarun.html?syndication=rss Qatar has abandoned its bid to relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Canada to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight between the two nations, both countries said Friday. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049138_apcncanadaqatarun.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:06 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049484_apusxgrconcealedcarryillinois.html?syndication=rss Gun owners could carry concealed weapons in Illinois, the last state in the nation to prohibit it, under legislation that swept through the House Friday with the backing of the powerful Democratic speaker from Chicago, a city torn by violence despite what critics claim are the nation's toughest firearms restrictions. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049484_apusxgrconcealedcarryillinois.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049088_apltecuadorcorreainauguration.html?syndication=rss Ecuador's Rafael Correa began his third term as president on Friday under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress, a stable economy and a badly splintered opposition. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049088_apltecuadorcorreainauguration.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 18:01:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049211_apuspetraeusbroadwell.html?syndication=rss The biographer whose extramarital affair with then-CIA director David Petraeus triggered his resignation says she regrets the relationship and the harm and grief it caused her family. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049211_apuspetraeusbroadwell.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049141_apusatlantaairportshuttlecrash.html?syndication=rss Eighteen people were taken to the hospital Friday, at least two in serious condition, after they were hurt in a crash between a hotel shuttle bus and a tractor-trailer near Atlanta's airport, officials said. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049141_apusatlantaairportshuttlecrash.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 22:25:46 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052958_apusi5bridgecollapsesurvivors.html?syndication=rss Bryce Kenning saw the void before him in an explosion of dust, and there was nothing he could do. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052958_apusi5bridgecollapsesurvivors.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:05 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021049145_apushatchetkilling.html?syndication=rss The 20-year-old son of a former aide to President George W. Bush was charged in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday, accused by police of killing a man with a hatchet. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2021049145_apushatchetkilling.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 23:04:40 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049820_apeufranceimfchief.html?syndication=rss After two days of intense questioning from French magistrates, International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said Friday a court named her as a key witness in an investigation into a controversial payoff to an outspoken businessman that was arranged while she was France's finance minister - stopping short of charging her outright. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049820_apeufranceimfchief.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052687_apusdesertdumpdies.html?syndication=rss A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052687_apusdesertdumpdies.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052683_apcbpuertoricogayrights.html?syndication=rss Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021052683_apcbpuertoricogayrights.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049335_apusutahofficersshot.html?syndication=rss A Utah Army veteran was found hanging dead Friday in his jail cell as he awaited trial on charges of killing a police officer and wounding five others during a raid that netted 13 pot plants and sparked a fierce debate about what happened that night. Nation & World http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021049335_apusutahofficersshot.html?syndication=rss Fri, 24 May 2013 16:46:04 PDT http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2021050885_apeubritaindefamatorytweet.html?syndication=rss A tweet posted by the wife of Britain's parliamentary speaker about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous, the High Court ruled Friday. 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