New strategy means new mandate for CIA

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — For more than seven years, Mike — a lean, chain-smoking officer at the CIA’s headquarters in Virginia — has managed the agency’s deadly campaign of armed drone strikes. As the head of the CIA’s....MORE

NASA sees progress on asteroid lasso plan

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

PASADENA, Calif. — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the ....MORE

London attacker ID’d as a radical

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

LONDON — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstrations with a banned radical group, two Muslim hard-....MORE

Study

Did Neanderthals wean younger?

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Modern mothers love to debate how long to breast-feed, a topic that stirs both guilt and pride. Now — in a very preliminary ....MORE

California picks insurers to sell health policies

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

California, widely seen as a model for how individuals will buy health insurance under the new health care law, announced Thursday that 13 insurers had been chosen to sell policies through the insurance marketplace — or exchange — being....MORE

Boy Scouts to allow gay youth, not adults

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a landmark step its chief executive called “compassionate, caring and kind," the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its longstanding policy of forbidding openly gay youths to participate in its activities. The....MORE

World Briefing

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

IRS probe — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups. A day after she ....MORE

Today in History

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

Highlight: In 1937, in a set of rulings, the U. S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Act of 1935. In 1775, John Hancock was elected president of the Continental Congress, succeeding Peyton Randolph. In 1844, Samuel F. B.....MORE

Government will release $1.7M to timber counties

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

An amendment won't be needed to prompt the federal government to send funds to 18 onetime timber-dependent Oregon counties. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, both Oregon Democrats, announced Thursday that the U. S. Department of the Interior would release next week nearly $2 million owed to the counties. An Interior Department official confirmed the announcement Thursday afternoon.“The....MORE

EU moves to limit scope of trade deal

May 24, 2013 4:00 am

BRUSSELS — The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that the free-trade pact now under discussion with the United States exempt “audiovisual" industries so that countries like France could shelter their movie....MORE

‘Barbaric’ London attack sparks new terror fears

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

LONDON — In an attack that raised new fears of terrorism in Britain, a man walking near a military barracks in south London ....MORE

Man with ties to suspect in bombings fatally shot

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

BOSTON — A man in Orlando, Fla., who was being interviewed early Wednesday morning by law enforcement officers about his ties to the deceased Boston Marathon bombing suspect was fatally shot after he tried to attack the officers with a knife, according to a federal law enforcement official. The officers — who included an FBI agent from the Boston field office and two Massachusetts....MORE

Editor's choice

Long waits for green cards may end soon

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

SAN FRANCISCO — Sanket Sant, a citizen of India, came to the United States at age 21, earning a master’s degree in....MORE

Drones killed 4 from U.S.

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to open a new phase in the nation’s long struggle with terrorism today by restricting the use of unmanned drone strikes that have been at the heart of his national security strategy and shifting....MORE

World Briefing

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

IRS probe — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer....MORE

Study

Shipwrecks: An environmental threat?

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

While a recently released government report says that the wrecks, many from World War II, are not “ticking time bombs," a....MORE

Discovery

Mathematician makes breakthrough on prime numbers

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

Three and five are prime numbers — that is, they are divisible only by one and by themselves. So are five and seven. And 11 and 13. And for each of these pairs of prime numbers, the difference is two. Mathematicians have long believed that....MORE

Bernanke: Recovery still needs Fed’s help

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Despite recent improvement in the job market, the Federal Reserve needs to continue its stimulus efforts to avoid endangering the recovery, the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, told Congress on Wednesday. While acknowledging the risks....MORE

Most doctors still reject Medicaid

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

BONIFAY, Fla. — Sandra Duck thinks she's the victim of an undeclared Medicaid boycott. And she's probably right. When her....MORE

Today's read: Recovery in Oklahoma

Cleaning up after ‘complete disaster’

Despite tornadoes, residents stay put

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

MOORE, Okla. — Two days after a huge tornado barreled through this working-class town, authorities reopened the worst-hit....MORE

Medicine

Cell transplants could provide diabetes cure

May 23, 2013 4:00 am

MINNEAPOLIS — Dave Thoen feared being alone at night, knowing he could be blind-sided at any time by a debilitating, even....MORE

Iran sends soldiers to fight in Syria

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

MUSCAT, Oman — Iran has sent soldiers to Syria to fight alongside forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those of....MORE

Ex-commissioners at IRS deny lying

May 22, 2013 1:06 am

WASHINGTON — The last two directors of the Internal Revenue Service, Douglas Shulman and Steven Miller, endured a barrage of hostile questions Tuesday from members of the Senate Finance Committee about who was responsible and why they....MORE

Phenomenon

Energy released by tornado dwarfed Hiroshima bomb

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

WASHINGTON — Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled....MORE

Plaza towers elementary school

Chaos at disaster’s emotional focal point

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

MOORE, Okla. — At the end of the day on Monday, on the last week of the school year, students at Plaza Towers Elementary in ....MORE

Benghazi suspects ID"d

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

WASHINGTON — The U. S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, last year, and has enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists, officials ....MORE

Online slang dictionary gets a say in court cases

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

The wheels of justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster’s New World Dictionary. Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag....MORE

Senate committee OKs immigration bill

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

WASHINGTON — Far-reaching legislation to grant a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly....MORE

World Briefing

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

Afghan torture victim — The footless corpse of an Afghan man missing since November was found Tuesday near the former U. S. Special Forces base to which he was last seen being taken, according to Afghan officials and victims’....MORE

Editor's choice

Petraeus’ role in Benghazi talking points is questioned

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

The controversy over the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi attack last year began at a meeting over coffee on Capitol Hill three days after the assault. It was at this informal session with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that the ranking Democrat asked David Petraeus, who was CIA director at the time, to ensure that committee members did not inadvertently....MORE

Shelter requirements resisted in tornado alley

May 22, 2013 1:02 am

The website for Moore, Okla., recommends “that every residence have a storm safe room or an underground cellar." It says below-ground shelters are the best protection against tornadoes. But no local ordinance or building code requires such....MORE

Birthdays History

Today

May 22, 2013 1:06 am

It’s Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year. Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 73. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher Tommy John is 70. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is 56. Singer Morrissey is 54. White House....MORE

JPMorgan

Dimon to remain chairman after vote

May 22, 2013 4:00 am

TAMPA, Fla. — Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JPMorgan Chase, easily survived a vote Tuesday that would have called on him to give up his role as chairman of the nation’s largest bank. But shareholders sent a message that the bank....MORE

Apple CEO denies tax criticisms

May 22, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Facing down blistering criticism on Capitol Hill that Apple sidestepped billions of dollars in taxes, the company’s chief executive, Tim Cook, carefully defended Apple’s record Tuesday, rejecting any suggestion of....MORE

In focus: embassies

U.S. pressing ahead on security after Benghazi

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — By late this summer, the U. S. State Department plans to send dozens of additional diplomatic security agents to high-threat embassies, install millions of dollars of advanced fire-survival gear and surveillance cameras in those....MORE

Syria escalation

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Smoke and fire rise after explosives were dropped by a Syrian government warplane Monday in Yabroud near Damascus, Syria. Also....MORE

Senate confirms federal judge for Oregon

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Multnomah County Circuit Judge Michael J. McShane to a seat on the Eugene bench of the U. S. District Court of Oregon on Monday. McShane, 52, becomes the first openly gay federal judge in Oregon history. He....MORE

Editor's choice

White House had IRS notice earlier

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — The White House offered a new account Monday of how and when it learned that the Internal Revenue Service had improperly targeted conservative groups, saying that some senior officials were informed of the findings but that....MORE

Twister tracked path of 1999 tornado

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

NEW YORK — Monday’s powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that....MORE

Oklahoma tornado

Mile-wide tornado kills at least 91 'Hearts are broken'

• Death toll is mounting, and two elementary schools are crushed • Photos from the devastation • Deadliest tornadoes since 1900 • In the path of a 1999 twister, A5

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

MOORE, Okla. — A giant tornado, a mile or more wide, killed at least 91 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across....MORE

Iraq killings raise fears of sectarian conflict

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

BAGHDAD — A wave of car bombings and shootings hit cities in Iraq late Sunday and Monday, killing at least 76 people and wounding more than 250, medical and security officials said. Some news agency reports put the overall toll even higher, at ....MORE

Google server breach yielded sensitive data

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers who breached Google’s servers several years ago gained access to a sensitive database with years’ worth of information about U. S. surveillance targets, according to current and former government....MORE

World Briefing

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Myanmar leader’s visit — President Barack Obama on Monday told Myanmar’s president during a long-awaited White House meeting that he appreciates the Asian leader’s efforts to lead the country on its sometimes difficult path....MORE

Consumers may offset budget cuts

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Consumers will help keep economic growth on track this year, as new projections of their spending indicate it will offset the hit to the recovery from the federal government’s automatic budget cuts, a panel of economists said Monday. The....MORE

Deal emerging in solar dispute

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

The Obama administration and the European Union have each decided to negotiate settlements with China in the world’s largest anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade cases involving China’s roughly $30 billion a year in solar panel shipments....MORE

Apple’s tax tactics cost U.S. $44B, report says

May 21, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Apple Inc. has used an elaborate web of offshore subsidiaries to avoid paying at least $44 billion in U. S. taxes in the past four years, a Senate investigation has found. Many of the tactics, such as cost-sharing arrangements, are....MORE

Severe weather causes damage in Plains

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

The storm rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City....MORE

Nation & World Briefs

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

— From wire reportsPakistan election — Pakistan held a repeat election Sunday in an upscale area of the southern city of Karachi that was plagued with allegations of vote-rigging, despite the shooting death of a senior member of former....MORE

Today

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

It's Monday, May 20, the 140th day of 2013. There are 225 days left in the year. HistoryHighlight: In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N. Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. In....MORE

Rare old torpedo found by unusual divers

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

SAN DIEGO — In the ocean off Coronado, a Navy team has discovered a relic worthy of display in a military museum: a torpedo of the kind deployed in the late 19th century, considered a technological marvel in its day. But don’t look for....MORE

Obama Controversies

Aide rejects allegations

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

A senior adviser to President Barack Obama mounted a combative defense of the administration Sunday, saying that the controversies enveloping the White House were the result of Republican lawmakers trying to “drag Washington into a swamp of....MORE

Editor's choice

Records offer rare glimpse of leak probe

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON— When the Justice Department began investigating possible leaks of classified information about North Korea in 2009, investigators did more than obtain telephone records of a working journalist suspected of receiving the secret....MORE

A large aquifer on its last legs

May 20, 2013 4:00 am

HASKELL COUNTY, Kan. — Forty-nine years ago, Ashley Yost’s grandfather sank a well deep into a half-mile square of....MORE

Plank by plank, infamous cabin gets a new home

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

EDISTO ISLAND, S. C. — The floors creaked. The walls swayed in a strong breeze. Rot and termites had destroyed parts of the....MORE

In Obama’s style, seeing a paradox

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

President Barack Obama’s professed ignorance of the targeting of conservatives by one government agency and his support of tracking journalists’ sources by another highlight one of the great paradoxes of his presidency: Sometimes he....MORE

Impasse in Salem

Sticking point: PERS

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

SALEM — The political talking points coming from both sides of the aisle ring familiar: Both parties want to see a more....MORE

Today

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

It's Sunday, May 19, the 139th day of 2013. There are 226 days left in the year. HistoryHighlight: In 1943, in his second wartime address to the U. S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight....MORE

In perspective

What are the odds? For Powerball, abysmal

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game's highest jackpot,....MORE

Nation & World Briefs

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Train accident — The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured in Connecticut was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to....MORE

News Q&A

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Q: There have been numerous reports about shortages of various types of ammunition. Is it possible this shortage is related to the billions of rounds of ammo purchased by the Department of Homeland Security?A: Several members of Congress, including....MORE

Washington Week

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — The Senate unanimously confirmed Ernest Moniz as the next Secretary of Energy on Thursday. President Barack Obama nominated Moniz, a professor of physics and engineering systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to....MORE

Yesterday

State cracks down on gambling, liquor in 1913

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Compiled by Don Hoiness from archived copies of The Bulletin at the Des Chutes Historical Museum.100 YEARS AGOFor the week endingMay 18, 1913Metolius case is discussedIn discussing Governor West’s action in closing Metolius’ one saloon,....MORE

Farman discovered hole in ozone layer

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Joseph Farman, a British researcher whose single-minded and at times officially derided study of atmospheric changes in the Antarctic established the existence of a hole in the ozone layer over the South Pole approximately the size of the United....MORE

Today's read: Interviewing the tax agents

At Cincinnati IRS office, confusion amid a growing caseload

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

In summer 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got ....MORE

In focus: Art theft

Growth industry: chasing purloined Picassos at the FBI

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Stored inside a laptop at FBI headquarters are photos of thousands of paintings, sculptures and artifacts, works by Vincent Van Gogh and Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Paul Cezanne — international treasures worth millions of dollars each. All are missing. The computer belongs to Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, a Ph. D. in Near Eastern archeology who leads the agency’s art-....MORE

Health

Is migrating to America bad for you?

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of....MORE

Assad won’t budge

May 19, 2013 4:00 am

BEIRUT — Syrian President Bashar Assad, in a rare interview with a foreign newspaper, appeared to dismiss the possibility of serious progress arising from peace talks planned for next month, and to back away from earlier statements by Syrian....MORE

In focus: Benefits backlog

Vietnam veterans’ new battle: getting disability compensation

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

LOS ANGELES — Vietnam veteran John Otte did his best to forget the war. He got married, raised two sons and made a career....MORE

Syrian group claims role in newspaper hacking

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

The website and several Twitter accounts belonging to The Financial Times were hacked Friday by the Syrian Electronic Army in an ongoing campaign that has targeted an array of media outlets ranging from The Associated Press to the parody site The....MORE

Need to know

Rising seas a new reality for many

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

PHILADELPHIA — The night Meghan Wren got stranded by floodwaters and had to sleep in her car, she knew it was time for a....MORE

Today's read: Back from the brink

Once thought extinct, big trout is recovering

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

PYRAMID LAKE, Nev. — Hour after hour, Brian Dunn lofted his fly line into the turquoise-blue water of this shimmering....MORE

Israeli Settlement protests

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

A Palestinian hurls stones Friday at Israeli forces, not pictured, as tear gas fumes swirl in the background, during a protest....MORE

Commuter train crash injures at least 60

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

Two Metro-North Railroad trains collided after a derailment near Fairfield, Conn., at the height of the evening rush Friday, injuring 60 people, five of them critically, and snarling transit corridors in the Northeast, authorities said. An eastbound....MORE

Editor's choice

Treasury knew about IRS probe during 2012

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department’s inspector general told senior Treasury officials in June 2012 he was....MORE

New guide for diagnosing mental illness is fraught

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

For ADHD, the definition is being broadened, meaning the disorder could be diagnosed in more children. In the case of autism, the opposite is true. The new criteria are among the changes that will be released with the publication this weekend of the....MORE

Today in History

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

It’s Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year. Hall-of-Fame sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 89. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson is 76. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 71.....MORE

World Briefing

May 18, 2013 4:00 am

Iraq bombings — At least 66 people were killed in bomb blasts in Iraq on Friday, officials said, making it one of the bloodiest days this year as the country struggles to contain spiraling sectarian violence. Two bombs exploded in Baqouba, the ....MORE

Russia sends missiles to Syria

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Russia has shipped an advanced anti-ship cruise missile to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar Assad, U. S. officials said Thursday. Russia has previously provided Yakhont missiles, ....MORE

Powerful tornadoes rip through Texas

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Emergency workers search the debris in Granbury, Texas, on Thursday after 10 tornadoes touched down overnight here and in several ....MORE

Obama: Military rape is ‘shameful’

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — With arrests in the military continuing to shadow its program to combat sexual harassment, President Barack Obama summoned the Pentagon’s senior leaders to the White House on Thursday, telling them that the levels of sexual....MORE

Obama responds to criticism with ‘fix it’ strategy

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — At a news conference in a rainy Rose Garden on Thursday, President Barack Obama and the Turkish prime minister had weighty global matters to discuss, including Syria. But Obama also had something else to say.“With the prime....MORE

Immigration deal reached in House

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama’s top second-term priorities. It came after months of secretive talks....MORE

Data trove now guides drug company pitches

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

In the old days, sales representatives from drug companies would chat up local pharmacists to learn what drugs doctors were prescribing. Now such shoulder-rubbing is becoming a quaint memory — thanks to vast databases of patient and doctor....MORE

Bombing blamed on wars

• Younger suspect left ‘deathbed’ note in boat, officials say

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

As police and federal agents pursued him in a Boston suburb four days after the marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev left a “deathbed" note scrawled inside the hull of the boat where he was hiding that said the attack was retribution for wars the United States waged in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to two law enforcement officials. The note — which one official said stated that if....MORE

Editor's choice

The strange case of an alleged spy

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

ST. LOUIS-The freshman-year roommates at Colgate University would talk about what they hoped to do after college. They were just....MORE

In D.C.

Merkley urged IRS to verify 501(c)(4) groups

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — More than a year before the Internal Revenue Service apologized for unfairly targeting conservative groups for extra scrutiny, seven Democratic senators, including Oregon’s Jeff Merkley, urged the IRS to be on the lookout....MORE

World Briefing

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

Jodi Arias trial — Jurors deciding the fate of Jodi Arias, who murdered her one-time lover in 2008, were brought to tears Thursday by statements from the victim's family. “The nature of my brother's murder has had a major impact on me,"....MORE

Birthdays History

Today

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

— From wire reportsIt’s Friday, May 17, the 137th day of 2013. There are 228 days left in the year. Highlight: In 1973, a special committee convened by the U. S. Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal. In 1510, Early ....MORE

Cutting edge

Cardiac challenges? Docs press ‘print’

May 17, 2013 4:00 am

It may sound like something out of science fiction, but doctors at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington are....MORE

Walden, Wyden critical of DOJ’s seizure of phone logs

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle criticized the Department of Justice on Wednesday for seizing phone....MORE

IRS chief is ousted

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when....MORE

In focus: therapeutic cloning

In a first, stem cells produced from cloning technique

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites....MORE

Emails show jostling over Benghazi talking points

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — One hundred pages of emails released by the White House on Wednesday reveal intensive jostling among top intelligence and diplomatic officials over the government’s “talking points" in the aftermath of....MORE

In focus: Associated Press phone records

Criticized, White House pushes media shield law

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

WASHINGTON — Under fire over the Justice Department’s use of a broad subpoena to obtain calling records of Associated Press reporters in connection with a leak investigation, the Obama administration sought on Wednesday to revive....MORE

World Briefing

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

Texas tornadoes — Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people. Cambodia factory deaths — The ceiling of ....MORE

Geothermal drilling proposed

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

A Nevada geothermal power plant developer wants to drill 16 exploratory wells on public and private land about 70 miles southeast of Bend, and the Bureau of Land Management is taking public comments about the proposal until Saturday. Ormat Nevada, a....MORE

Eurozone politics prevent big action

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

PARIS — The eurozone economy shrank for a record sixth consecutive quarter in the first three months of the year, according to data released Wednesday. But when European heads of state meet next week in Brussels, don’t look for any big....MORE

Regulators soften Dodd-Frank rule

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

In the battle over regulation, Wall Street is poised to notch another win. Lobbyists for the nation’s biggest banks have persuaded federal regulators to soften a proposed rule under the Dodd-Frank Act, the financial overhaul law passed after....MORE

Research

On the trail of pollution in the world’s megacities

May 16, 2013 4:00 am

LOS ANGELES — Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the....MORE