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• US Navy well-versed in interdicting suspect cargo ships
  Tracking North Korea's Kang Nam is not an extraordinary duty for American warships.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• For Obama, a careful 'outrage' at Iran
  The president responded to critics who accused him of not condemning Iran's crackdown of pro-democracy protesters. But he also kept his options open.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Battle for Iran is online as much as on the streets
  Web and social media are helping protesters, but government censors are catching up.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• McMahon reveled in the role of second banana
  His effervescent sidekick persona represents a bygone era of entertainment.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• In stunning reversal, LAPD goes from reviled to respected
  The police department once known for beating Rodney King has resuscitated its public image by reaching out to the minority communities it once antagonized.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• In battle of the burqa, Obama and Sarkozy differ
  During speech Monday, Sarkozy suggested that the traditional female Islamic dress was a form of enslavement. But Obama backed freedom of religious expression in his Cairo speech.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Easy for suspected terrorists to buy guns in the US, report says
  One senator calls this the 'terror gap' and vows to plug it, but gun owners fear the government might use the FBI's terror list to crack down on law-abiding citizens.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Supreme Court strikes a compromise to save landmark voting law
  Civil rights activists praise the court for not throwing out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Guantánamo detainee, considered an enemy by both sides, is ordered freed
  A federal judge orders release of a Syrian national who Al Qaeda suspected was a US spy.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Many Iranian-American protesters fear to speak too boldly
  They want the story of their homeland told, but they worry about reprisals against relatives in Iran, as well as from pro-regime groups here in the US.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Subway in crash was older, needed to be phased out
  Federal officials had warned Metro about that type of train and say it is 'unacceptable' that it hadn't been retired or improved.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Iraq: forgotten and in trouble?
  Saturday's massive bomb in Kirkuk, combined with political gridlock, raises questions about how ready Iraq is for the withdrawal of US troops from cities by June 30.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• NASA's new breed of astronaut
  The space station, now fully staffed, demands diplomats, not jet jockeys.
  23 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Whither the Kang Nam, North Korea's suspect cargo ship?
  The aging craft, heading toward the Strait of Malacca, is an unlikely player in what is fast becoming an international drama.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Supreme Court to review sex offender law
  The top court agrees to assess a law that lets the US government indefinitely detain sex offenders even after they have served their sentences.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Supreme Court: More districts can sue to bail out of Voting Rights Act
  The court did not strike down the law Monday, as some experts had expected, but it opened the door for jurisdictions to free themselves from one of the act's key provisions.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Counting heads in new ways: The census goes high-tech
  The 2010 Census gets a technology makeover, complete with GPS and hand-held computers, but that has some worried about their personal privacy.
  22 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Obama's toughest words yet on Iran crackdown
  The US and world are 'appalled and outraged,' Obama said Tuesday. His answer to critics who want stronger censure? 'I am president' of the US.
  24 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• US failure 'likely' caused Afghan civilian deaths, says report
  Mistakes in the way airstrikes were carried out in Farah Province last month may have led to the deaths of 26 Afghans, according to a Pentagon investigation released Friday.
  20 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Stanford indicted on charges in alleged $7 billion swindle
  The onetime billionaire sports enthusiast has proclaimed his innocence since the SEC brought accusations against him in February.
  20 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Cities' gun restrictions begin to topple
  After big D.C. case in '08, San Francisco and Philadelphia have seen setbacks for local gun controls. More laws are expected to come under fire.
  20 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• Obama's new tune on trade
  Candidate Obama opposed new free-trade agreements and wanted to renegotiate NAFTA. A global slump has changed his mind.
  20 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• With its ship Kang Nam, North Korea tests UN's resolve
  The US is tracking the cargo carrier as it moves through the Pacific, but the interdiction called for by the UN will prove tricky.
  19 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• What impact will Supreme Court decision on DNA evidence have?
  The defendant's advocates decried the court's ruling against a convict's right to such evidence, but Attorney General Eric Holder suggested it would have a limited effect.
  19 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST
• US guns in Mexico: Will new data help change law?
  Democrats are largely avoiding the gun issue, but some hope a new Government Accountability Office report will help tighten rules for gun shows.
  19 Jun 2009 01:00:00 EST