All Stories from May 27, 2012 (Change date)
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McCain: Don’t count on Russia to force out AssadMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. can’t count on Russia — a major arms supplier to Syria — to force President Bashar Assad from power, Sen. John McCain said Sunday, blaming Presiden...
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Justices’ summer plans point to late June finishMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - WASHINGTON — One never knows when the Supreme Court will hand down its last, often biggest, opinions of the term. But the justices’ summer travel schedules make it a pre...
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Gay students graduate openly at military academiesMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Gay students at America’s military service academies are wrapping up the first year when they no longer had to hide their sexual orientation, benefiting...
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Syria defiantly denies killings; U.N. council meetsMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - BEIRUT — Syria on Sunday strongly denied allegations that its forces killed scores of people — including women and children — in one of the deadliest days of the country...
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Why that flat Facebook IPO isn’t so bad after allMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - NEW YORK — The botched offering of Facebook stock has raised several troubling questions, but at least we don’t have to worry about the one that plagues many IPOs: How a...
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Inmates, corruption rule Honduras’ deadly prisonsMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Inside one of Honduras’ most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prost...
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Some states asking the tax man to get tougherMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - MONTPELIER, Vt. — Dentist Frank Illuzzi was stunned when Vermont tax collectors began demanding a 6 percent sales tax on the value of toothbrushes and floss he hands out...
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Crews on NM fire prepare to send copters into airMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - GLENWOOD, N.M. — Crews fighting a wildfire in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico planned to take advantage of lighter winds Sunday by building protection lines on ke...
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Watching dissidents is a booming business in ChinaMay 27, 2012 6:34 pm - BEIJING — Every workday at 7:20 a.m., colleagues pick up Yao Lifa from his second-floor apartment and drive him to the elementary school where he taught for years. This ...
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PTSD awareness mission comes to BartlettMay 27, 2012 6:27 pm - For years after his discharge from the Army, Thomas Skinner found ways to isolate himself from the world. Even when he found employment outside his home, he was enclosed...