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Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border yesterday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast. With the regime scoring gains on the battlefield, the United States and Russia could face an even tougher … 0

Obama gets personal about race, manhood in Morehouse College speech

Sunday, May 19, 2013

President Obama yesterday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to “transform the way we think about manhood,” urging the young men to avoid the temptation to make excuses and to take responsibility for their families and their communities. Delivering a commencement address at the all-male private liberal arts college in Atlanta, Obama spoke in deeply personal terms about the “special obligation” … 3

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Prouty organizers set $2.75 million goal Organizers of New Hampshire’s annual Prouty fundraiser for cancer research and treatment have set a $2.75 million goal for this year’s two-day event. The Prouty, which takes place July 12 and 13 in Hanover, has raised more than $17 million in the past 31 years. It features 100- and 200-mile bike races, multiple walk routes and rowing … 0

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Ronald Briggs of Epsom places a flower in memory of his nephew, Michel Briggs, in a wreath during the New Hampshire Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony; Friday, May 17, 2013. The names of 44 officers who died in the line of duty were read

ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff

PHOTOS: Event honors officers killed in line of duty in N.H.

Amy McKean loads a box of T-shirts into a vehicle with Rock 'N Race team coordinator Donna Killion at St. Peter's Church in Concord; Tuesday, May 14, 2013. McKean's Rock 'N Race team, Amy's Advocates, raises more money for the Concord Hospital fundraiser than any other team. A survivor of Hodgkins Lymphoma, McKean organizes a team that now number 127 runners and walkers. Though it is the second-largest team, it has raised more money over the last few years than any other group.
(ALEXANDER COHN / Monitor staff)

Ray Duckler: Amy and her Advocates raise money for Concord cancer center like no other team

Joseph Foster is interviewed by WMUR before the ceremony where he is sworn in as state Attorney General on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in the Executive Council Chambers at the State House.

(ANDREA MORALES / Monitor staff)

PHOTOS: Incoming Attorney General Joe Foster’s swearing-in ceremony

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Turning off iPhone essential to pilots reporting interference

Friday, May 17, 2013

The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire, leading pilots several miles off course until a flight attendant persuaded a passenger in row 9 to switch off an iPhone. “The timing of the cell phone being turned off coincided with the moment where … 0

Acting IRS chief ousted over targeting of conservative groups

Friday, May 17, 2013

President Obama yesterday demanded and accepted the resignation of the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Steven Miller, as part of a multi-pronged effort to quell controversies that threaten to dominate his second term. The action was Obama’s first substantive step to address a political uproar stemming … 0

U.S. retailers shun Bangladesh reforms

Friday, May 17, 2013

Nearly all U.S. clothing chains, citing the fear of litigation, declined to sign an international pact ahead of yesterday’s deadline, potentially weakening what had been hailed as the best hope for bringing about major reforms in low-wage factories in Bangladesh. Companies including Walmart, Gap, Target and J.C. Penney … 0

Jurors find Jodi Arias eligible for death penalty

Friday, May 17, 2013

The same jury that convicted Jodi Arias of murder one week ago took about three hours yesterday to determine that the former waitress is eligible for the death penalty in the stabbing and shooting death of her one-time … 0

Boston Marathon fund releases victim compensation formula

Friday, May 17, 2013

Everyone killed or injured in last month’s Boston Marathon bombings will receive some compensation from the $30 million in donations pledged for victims so far, according to a formula released yesterday by the administrator of the One Fund Boston. The protocol issued by Kenneth Feinberg lists no specific … 0

New trial granted in Mass. trampoline-pool case

Friday, May 17, 2013

A man who sued his half brother and lost after he was paralyzed doing a flip from a trampoline into a 2-foot wading pool is entitled to a new trial, the highest court in Massachusetts ruled yesterday. Cleber Coleta Dos Santos, his wife and son lived in half … 0

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder yesterday defended the Justice Department’s secret examination of Associated Press phone records though he declared he had played no role in it, justifying the effort as part of an investigation into what he called … 0

Wisconsin boy gets handwritten response from Biden

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

It might not be unusual for schoolchildren to write to the president or vice president. But one Wisconsin boy got an unexpectedly personal response. The 7-year-old, second-grade student at Downtown Montessori Academy wrote a letter to Vice President … 0

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard exempt from furloughs

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Workers at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard will be exempt from the Defense Department’s plan to furlough about 680,000 of its civilian employees for 11 days through the end of the fiscal year. According to a memo obtained by the Associated Press, the Pentagon will allow the Navy to … 0

U.S. Supreme Court rules in N.H. towing case

Friday, May 17, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that federal trucking laws don’t pre-empt a state claim against a New Hampshire towing company. The court ruled Monday in a Manchester case involving Robert Pelkey, who lived at an apartment complex in 2007 when he had to go a hospital … 0

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