NATION AND WORLD
Dentist accused of using paper clips for root canals
FALL RIVER, Mass. - A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of placing paper clips instead of stainless steel posts inside the teeth of root canal patients while billing Medicaid for the more expensive parts.By Associated Press , March 17, 2010
US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect
WASHINGTON (AP) — Let the count begin.By Associated Press , March 15, 2010
Gunman killed after shooting 2 Pentagon police 
WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man killed in a shootout with Pentagon police drove cross-country and arrived at the military headquarters' subway entrance armed with two semiautomatic weapons, authorities said Friday. The shooter apparently left behind Internet postings resentful of the government and airing suspicions about the 9/11 attacks.
By DEVLIN BARRETT and MATT APUZZO,Associated Press Writers , March 05, 2010
Obama seeks money, interventions to stem dropouts
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama took aim Monday at the nation's school dropout epidemic, proposing $900 million to states and education districts that agree to drastically change or even shutter their worst performing schools.
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE,Associated Press Writer , March 01, 2010
Chile troops, police attack post-quake looting
CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) — Rescuers found signs of life in a quake-toppled building on Monday as the world offered aid to victims of a catastrophe that killed more than 700 people. Troops and police cracking down on looters arrested dozens of people for violating a curfew.
By EVA VERGARA and MICHAEL WARREN, Associated Press Writers , March 01, 2010
1939 Batman comic sells for more than $1M
DALLAS (AP) — A 1939 comic book in which Batman makes his debut sold at auction Thursday for more than $1 million, breaking a record set just three days earlier by a Superman comic, Heritage Auction Galleries said.
By JAMIE STENGLE,Associated Press Writer , February 26, 2010
2 teens injured in Colorado middle school shooting
LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — A teacher tackled a man armed with a high-powered rifle just after two teenage students were shot Tuesday at a suburban Denver middle school that's just miles from Columbine High School, the site of one of the nation's deadliest school shootings, authorities said.
By SAMANTHA ABERNETHY,Associated Press Writer , February 24, 2010
New Obama health proposal would limit insurance rate hikes
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is making a fresh attempt to rescue his health care overhaul by proposing a measure that would allow the government to deny or roll back egregious insurance premium increases that infuriate consumers.
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press , February 22, 2010
Official: Plane crash pilot left anti-IRS Web note
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service plowed his small plane into an office building housing nearly 200 federal tax employees on Thursday, officials said, setting off a raging fire that sent workers fleeing as thick plumes of black smoke poured into the air.
By JIM VERTUNO,Associated Press Writer , February 18, 2010
Harem leader faces rape, incest charges
JERUSALEM — An Israeli man who kept a cult-like harem of women and fathered dozens of children with them was charged in a Tel Aviv court today with enslavement, rape, incest and other sexual offenses.
By Associated Press , February 15, 2010
Neo-Nazis rally on Dresden bombing anniversary
DRESDEN, Germany (AP) — Thousands of protesters formed a human chain in Dresden on Saturday, determined to stop neo-Nazis from exploiting the German city's painful history on the 65th anniversary of its deadly Allied bombing in World War II.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS , February 15, 2010
Georgian Olympic luger dies after crash
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A men's luger from the former Soviet republic of Georgia died Friday after a crash during training, an Olympic official with direct knowledge of the situation said. The death cast a shocking pall over the Vancouver Olympics hours before the opening ceremony.
By STEPHEN WILSON,AP Sports Writer , February 12, 2010
The do’s and don’ts of Valentine poetry
FARGO - Today is Feb. 11, which means that in exactly two days men everywhere will start panicking, realizing Valentine’s Day is Sunday and they haven’t even thought of a gift for their sweetheart.
By John Lamb, INFORUM , February 11, 2010
Pakistani officials confirm Taliban chief is dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani government confirmed for the first time Wednesday that the country's Taliban leader has died of injuries sustained in a U.S. drone strike in mid-January, setting the stage for a potential succession struggle that could further weaken the group.
By MUNIR AHMAD and RIAZ KHAN,Associated Press Writers , February 10, 2010
Rep. John Murtha, Iraq war critic, dies at 77
HARRISBURG, Pa. — U.S. Rep. John Murtha, an influential critic of the Iraq War whose congressional career was shadowed by questions about his ethics, died Monday. He was 77.
By Associated Press , February 09, 2010
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1945: Darwin Gidel Returns from Nazi POW Camp
Tech Sgt. Darwin Gidel, who on March 24, 1944, was engineer on a B-17 bomber overtaken and shot down by Focke-Wulf 190 fighters on its return from a mission over Schweinfurt, Germany, is home on a 30-day leave from the General hospital in Battle Creek, Mich., to which he was assigned when he recentl
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Mar 10, 2010 at 5:00 AM | Reprint1960: Fighting for Lunch, AKA Desegregation
This is one of several 1960 articles from March detailing the fight for desegregation in the south, in this case, framed as a fight for the right to
1945: Torpedoman Missing in Action
Clyde Arthur Gerber, torpedoman first class on submarine, was missing since September in 1944, according to this 1945 Daily Globe article and photo.
1985: Kidnapped Boy Comes Home Again
Bobby Smith was kidnapped and spent 2 years with his kidnappers, to be rescued in 1985. This article from People magazine tells the full story, bu
1945: Nazi Spies Caught By Kid
Harvard Hodgkins, who was 17, helped catch two Nazi spies who came to New England, probably from a German U-Boat, in 1944.
It's a fascinating st
1945: Collapse of Germany Delayed, Plans Changed
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Jan 5, 2010 at 5:00 AM | Reprint
1934: War Averted; Nazis Solve Problem
Posted by: Kari Lucin, Daily Globe on Dec 29, 2009 at 5:00 AM | Reprint
1944: The Man Who Killed Rommel
Only one problem with this 1944 photo caption about the man who killed Rommel: Rommel was killed by Rommel. After being implicated in the plot to
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