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American Scene: Harvard alumni directory updates Unabomber entry

BOSTON — Harvard University alumni attending their 50th-anniversary class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates - including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski.

Kaczynski graduated in 1962 and is locked up in the federal Supermax prison in Colorado for killing three people and injuring 23 during a nationwide bombing spree between ...

Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88....
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Literary scholar Paul Fussell dead at 88

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Paul Fussell, an acclaimed literary scholar who won a National Book Award in 1976 for "The Great War and Modern Memory," died Wednesday morning at age 88....
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Clinton: US hacked Yemeni al-Qaida sites

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida - hacking into al-Qaida websites in Yemen....
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Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WELLINGTON, Nev. (AP) -- A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday....
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Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WELLINGTON, Nev. (AP) -- A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday....
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Authorities think illegal burn sparked Nevada fire

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WELLINGTON, Nev. (AP) -- A wildfire that destroyed two homes in a rural neighborhood near the California-Nevada line may have been caused by an illegal burn that had been smoldering at a private residence since the weekend, investigators said Wednesday....
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Details released on family found dead in Oregon

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated....
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Details released on family found dead in Oregon

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
SALEM, Ore. (AP) -- Two little girls, not yet old enough for kindergarten, were shot to death. Their infant sister was found asphyxiated....
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Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates - including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski....
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Unabomber submits update to Harvard alumni book

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
BOSTON (AP) -- Harvard University alumni attending their 50th class reunion this week are getting updates on classmates - including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski....
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Times' Emily Miller wins Mollenhoff Award

Washington Times Senior Editor for Opinion Emily Miller was awarded the Clark Mollenhoff Award for Investigative Reporting from the Institute on Political Journalism.

The Mollenhoff award was given to Ms. Miller for her "Emily Gets Her Gun" series, which ultimately resulted in review of onerous gun regulations by Washington, D.C., ...

Astrodome spared? Group suggests overhaul, reuse

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astrodome, a now-empty showplace that has hosted everyone from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, should be turned into a multipurpose facility that could spark fresh interest in the city of Houston, a group of consultants recommended Wednesday....
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Astrodome spared? Group suggests overhaul, reuse

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astrodome, a now-empty showplace that has hosted everyone from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, should be turned into a multipurpose facility that could spark fresh interest in the city of Houston, a group of consultants recommended Wednesday....
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Astrodome spared? Group suggests overhaul, reuse

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
HOUSTON (AP) -- The Astrodome, a now-empty showplace that has hosted everyone from Elvis Presley to Hurricane Katrina evacuees, should be turned into a multipurpose facility that could spark fresh interest in the city of Houston, a group of consultants recommended Wednesday....
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'Pro-choice' Americans found in record-low minority

A record low 41 percent of Americans identify themselves as "pro-choice" on abortion, according to a poll released Wednesday, while the number of Americans who say they are "pro-life" bounced back into the majority.

The results from the Gallup Poll survey confirm a sharp turnaround in personal attitudes about abortion ...

GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WACO, Texas (AP) -- A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday....
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GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WACO, Texas (AP) -- A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday....
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GI says Muslim faith motive for Ft Hood bomb plot

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
WACO, Texas (AP) -- A Muslim U.S. soldier accused of planning to bomb Fort Hood troops says he wasn't seeking vengeance but justice for people in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a recording played at his federal trial Wednesday....
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Obama birth certificate OK by Arizona official

AP - U.S. News - Tue, 2025-06-17 09:30
PHOENIX (AP) -- Arizona's secretary of state said Wednesday that Hawaii's official verification of President Barack Obama's birth records meets necessary requirements, meaning the president's name will appear on Arizona's ballot in the fall....
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