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Many new veterans seeking disability

2012-05-28T05:00:00-04:00

America’s newest veterans are filing for disability benefits at a historic rate, claiming to be the most medically and mentally troubled generation of former troops the nation has ever seen.

Driving season begins, as does griping about gas prices

2012-05-27T17:16:35-04:00

It’s Memorial Day weekend and our national obsession with the price of gasoline is in focus once again.

Road to 270

2012-05-27T02:40:12-04:00

President Barack Obama faces new warning signs in a once-promising Southern state and typically Democratic-voting Midwestern states roughly five months before the election even as he benefits nationally from encouraging economic news.

Obama, Romney trying to play it safe

2012-05-27T02:39:30-04:00

In the risky business of running for president, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are largely playing it safe.
For all the small daily dramas of the 2012 campaign, there’s a risk-averse dynamic playing out: Neither candidate has been making bold new policy proposals or displaying a free-wheeling personal style. So far, at least.

Travelers to hit the road this weekend

2012-05-26T02:19:43-04:00

More Americans will hit the road this holiday weekend than a year ago. And they’ll have a bit more money to spend thanks to lower gas prices.
Memorial Day kicks off the summer travel season, and since pump prices never reached $4 or $5 a gallon as feared, economists say travelers are likely to dine out or shop more once they pull off the road.

Man charged with murdering boy in 1979

2012-05-26T02:17:21-04:00

Thirty-three years to the day after 6-year-old Etan Patz vanished without a trace while walking to catch a school bus, a man accused of strangling him and dumping his body with the trash was arraigned on a murder charge on Friday in a locked hospital ward where he was being held as a suicide risk.

States looking to new tolls to pay for highways

2012-05-24T02:44:12-04:00

Driving onto an Interstate highway? Crossing a bridge on the way into work? Taking a tunnel under a river or bay? Get ready to pay.

Secret Service misbehavior detailed

2012-05-24T02:41:48-04:00

Senators investigating the Secret Service prostitution scandal said Wednesday that dozens of reported episodes of misconduct by agents point to a culture of carousing in the agency and urged Director Mark Sullivan to get past his insistence that the romp in Cartagena was a one-time mistake.

U.S. Army selective on recruits, re-enlistment

2012-05-23T05:01:00-04:00

Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Joplin remembers deadly tornado

2012-05-23T05:00:00-04:00

Carrying small American flags and wearing T-shirts bearing the names of friends and loved ones who died when a massive tornado tore through Joplin one year ago, thousands of people made a somber march Tuesday through some of the town’s hardest-hit neighborhoods.