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Taliban offer to free U.S. soldier
20 Jun 2013 at 3:54am
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in 2009.
How long should a veteran wait for help?
20 Jun 2013 at 3:56am
"Imagine this is you." The words have barely appeared on the screen, over footage of what seems to be an American military convoy, when there's an explosion. "Your life is changed forever" the text reads, over images of two soldiers carrying a wounded comrade, followed by a picture of two artificial legs and a cane. [...]
Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver
20 Jun 2013 at 1:09am
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) ? Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the wild land blazes to start and spread.
James Gandolfini: He let his characters star
20 Jun 2013 at 12:09am
NEW YORK (AP) ? James Gandolfini would have hated all this fuss.
10 Things to Know for Today
20 Jun 2013 at 4:47am
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
Senators closing in on border security compromise
20 Jun 2013 at 12:23am
WASHINGTON (AP) ? White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully.
Medical care lags behind Afghan military growth
20 Jun 2013 at 12:42am
FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHINWAR, Afghanistan (AP) ? The young Afghan soldier lay in great pain on a cot at an army base, his uniform pants cut up to his thigh so medics could clean the wound in his right knee where he was shot fighting insurgents.
Youth leagues try to rein in 'bad news parents'
20 Jun 2013 at 12:10am
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (AP) ? No parent here has rushed onto a playing field to jump a referee who made an unpopular call. No adult has gotten angry and slugged or pushed a coach or a young player, as has happened elsewhere. Nor have there been any of those embarrassing sideline brawls you sometimes see posted on online video sites.
Developer: Kan. caverns could preserve human race
20 Jun 2013 at 4:22am
ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) ? After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine.
Uncle: Patriots player had link to homicide victim
20 Jun 2013 at 12:33am
BOSTON (AP) ? New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had a connection to a homicide victim found in an industrial park near the athlete's home, but family and officials were mum on the nature of their relationship, two days after police first visited the upscale division.
Italy hospital: Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest
20 Jun 2013 at 4:43am
ROME (AP) ? Organizers of the Taormina Film Festival scrambled Thursday to put together a last-minute tribute to U.S. actor James Gandolfini, after he suffered a fatal cardiac arrest while in Italy to attend the festival's closing ceremony and receive an honor from the Sicilian resort city.
Texas auction house to sell John Brown leg irons
20 Jun 2013 at 12:35am
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) ? The leg irons that restrained abolitionist John Brown after his failed 1859 raid on a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry are being sold Saturday in Texas, but two historical parks dedicated to his legacy can't afford to bid on them
Actor James Gandolfini dies in Italy at age 51
20 Jun 2013 at 4:03am
LOS ANGELES (AP) ? James Gandolfini's lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV's indelible characters.
Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest, hospital says
20 Jun 2013 at 3:47am
ROME (AP) ? Hospital officials in Rome say U.S. actor James Gandolfini died after suffering cardiac arrest.
In northern Iraqi city, al-Qaida gathers strength
19 Jun 2013 at 11:23pm
BAGHDAD (AP) ? Al-Qaida's Iraq arm is gathering strength in the restive northern city of Mosul, ramping up its fundraising through gangland-style shakedowns and feeding off anti-government anger as it increasingly carries out attacks with impunity, according to residents and officials.
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