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U.S. Open: Murray Asserts Himself After Poor Start
Struggle for Water in Colorado With Rise in Fracking
Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Get Scientology Treatment
Roddick, at a Loss for Words, Leaves Behind a Career of Superlatives
U.S. Presses Iraq on Iran Flights Thought to Carry Arms
Putin Pulls Off His Latest Feat: Flying With Migratory Birds
Gazprom Objects to European Antitrust Inquiry
Obama to Speak Indoors Because of Weather Threat
Memo From Beijing: Beijing Updates Parables, ‘The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety’
The Caucus: Democrats Restore Language on Jerusalem to Party Platform
Qaddafi’s Ex-Spy Chief Reportedly in Libyan Custody
Roddick’s Career Ends With Loss to Del Potro
DNA ‘Junk’ Plays Crucial Role
Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace
The Caucus: In Clinton and Warren, Competing Messages for the Middle Class
Morsi Warns Assad: ‘Your Time Won’t Be Long’
U.S. Will Hold Part of Afghan Prison After Handover
Far From ‘Junk,’ DNA Dark Matter Proves Crucial to Health
The Caucus: At the Democratic Convention, an Emphasis on Social Issues
Key Figure in Scandal That Felled Bo Xilai Is Charged

U.S. Open: Murray Asserts Himself After Poor Start

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:34 PM PDT

After losing the first set to 12th-seeded Marin Cilic, the Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray won the next three sets to advance to the semifinals.

Struggle for Water in Colorado With Rise in Fracking

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:20 PM PDT

A race for water is rippling through the drought-scorched heartland, pitting farmers against oil and gas interests.

Vietnam Agent Orange Victims Get Scientology Treatment

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT

About 300 people exposed to dioxin during the Vietnam War have passed a detoxification program in Hanoi developed by the founder of the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard.

Roddick, at a Loss for Words, Leaves Behind a Career of Superlatives

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:14 PM PDT

Always a fan favorite at the United States Open, and the 2003 champion, Andy Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martín del Potro.

U.S. Presses Iraq on Iran Flights Thought to Carry Arms

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:32 PM PDT

The United States said Wednesday that Iraq had an obligation to stop and inspect Iranian planes flying through its airspace that are suspected of carrying arms to Syria.

Putin Pulls Off His Latest Feat: Flying With Migratory Birds

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:36 PM PDT

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia piloted a motorized hang glider over an Arctic wilderness area while guiding a flock of migratory birds toward their winter habitat as part of an operation called "The Flight of Hope."

Gazprom Objects to European Antitrust Inquiry

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 12:42 PM PDT

The Russian gas export monopoly said that it would strongly contest an antitrust investigation and insisted that its pricing practices were in line with the rest of the industry.

Obama to Speak Indoors Because of Weather Threat

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:32 PM PDT

Former President Bill Clinton will rebut arguments against the re-election of President Obama, saying Mr. Obama has taken steps to turn around an economy left in shambles by Republicans.

Memo From Beijing: Beijing Updates Parables, ‘The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety’

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:36 PM PDT

China's updated book of parables, "The 24 Paragons of Filial Piety," has drawn ridicule for not addressing the complexities of life that keep children from taking care of their parents.

The Caucus: Democrats Restore Language on Jerusalem to Party Platform

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:59 PM PDT

After pro-Israel groups and Republicans criticized its absence from the party's 2012 platform, Democrats adopted language declaring Jerusalem Israel's capital.

Qaddafi’s Ex-Spy Chief Reportedly in Libyan Custody

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 08:48 AM PDT

Mauritania extradited Muammar el-Qaddafi's former spy chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, to Libya on Wednesday, a Mauritanian government source and the Mauritanian state news agency said.

Roddick’s Career Ends With Loss to Del Potro

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:01 PM PDT

Always a fan favorite at the United States Open, and the 2003 champion, Andy Roddick headed into retirement with a 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin del Potro.

DNA ‘Junk’ Plays Crucial Role

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:28 PM PDT

"So much of the genome is turning out to have unknown purposes is a real worry for the global-scale experimentation being done on genetic modification of food crops," writes Philip M in South Africa.

Iran Supplying Syrian Military via Iraqi Airspace

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT

"Just another notch in the gun belt for the Iranians and for America the realization that you can't do everything all of the time," writes Stephen in Ontario.

The Caucus: In Clinton and Warren, Competing Messages for the Middle Class

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:14 PM PDT

Wednesday's prime-time Democratic convention speakers — Elizabeth Warren and Bill Clinton, one right after the other — represent irreconcilable strains of American liberalism.

Morsi Warns Assad: ‘Your Time Won’t Be Long’

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:12 PM PDT

A statement by President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt directed at Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, added to regional acrimony as Syrian forces shelled the battleground city of Aleppo.

U.S. Will Hold Part of Afghan Prison After Handover

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:16 PM PDT

The United States military will continue indefinitely to operate a section of the Parwan complex holding foreign combatants, even as the two countries mark a transfer of authority.

Far From ‘Junk,’ DNA Dark Matter Proves Crucial to Health

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:17 PM PDT

At least four million gene switches that reside in sections of the human genome once thought to be inactive turn out to have critical functions in the body, researchers reported.