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CIA thwarts ‘undetectable’ al-Qaida bomb plot
The plot involved an upgrade of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate aboard a jetliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Eight rare Mexican wolf pups have been born at a preserve in the New York City suburbs, a development that could aid the federal program that has reintroduced the endangered species to the wild. The Wolf Conservation... - PAGE A5
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This new bomb was also designed to be used in a passenger’s underwear, but this time al-Qaida developed a more refined detonation system, U.S. officials said.
The FBI is examining the latest bomb to see whether it could have passed through airport security and brought down an airplane, officials said. They said the device did not contain metal, meaning it
Ruidoso man arrested for alleged assault
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Police arrested Kenneth Kaulay, 40, on unrelated charges, Monday. He was taken to the Lincoln County Detention Center where the Ruidoso Police served an arrest warrant on charges of criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping, attempted murder, armed robbery and stalking. The Ruidoso Police Department received a call Sunday from the victim’s husband, who said his spouse had not returned home from work the previous night. According to the police, the victim was located by investigating officers in a vacant lot. She was badly battered and only semi-conscious. Review of the surveillance video at the victim’s place of employment showed Kaulay following her out of the restaurant where she was taken to See ASSAULT, Page A3
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Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri.
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No end to obesity epidemic, 20-year forecast shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — A short clip from Mike Wallace’s “60 Minutes” interview with Roger Clemens in 2008 provided just enough ambiguity for the judge to rule it out, hurting the government’s hopes of proving one piece of its case against the 11-time All-Star pitcher. Lawyers for Clemens also laid down in writing their reasons to strike testimony from Andy Pettitte, while the jury... - PAGE B1
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who heads the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters Monday that she had been briefed about an “undetectable” device that was “going to be on a U.S.-
bound airliner.” There were no immediate plans to change security procedures at U.S. airports. The would-be suicide bomber, based in Yemen, had not yet picked a target or bought a plane ticket when the CIA stepped in and seized the bomb, officials said. It’s not immediately clear what happened to the alleged bomber.
Kindergartners at Washington Avenue Elementary students ‘drive’ their homemade vehicles through the halls during the annual Transportation Parade, Thursday.
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probably could have passed through an airport metal detector. But it was not clear whether new body scanners used in many airports would have detected it.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida’s affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, U.S. officials said Monday.
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Members of the National Guard, on hand to inspect the new rappelling tower at NMMI, confer with NMMI personnel as workers install a canopy to the top of the structure, Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The obesity epidemic may be slowing, but don’t take in those pants yet. Today, just over a third of U.S. adults are obese. By 2030, 42 percent will be, says a forecast released Monday. That’s not nearly as many as experts had predicted before the oncerapid rises in obesity rates began leveling off. But the new forecast suggests even small continuing increases will add up. “We still have a very serious problem,” said obesity specialist Dr. William Dietz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Worse, the already obese are getting fatter. Severe obesity will double by 2030, when 11 percent of adults will be nearly 100 pounds overweight, or more, concluded the research led by Duke University.
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FILE - In this May 2, 2012 file photo, Washougal Mayor Sean Guard, left, coaxes Camas Mayor Scott Higgins to step on the scales during their weigh-in in Washougal, Wash. That could be an ominous consequence of childhood obesity. Half of severely obese adults were obese as children, and they put on more
pounds as they grew up, said CDC’s Dietz. While being overweight increases anyone’s risk of
Obama’s vague gay marriage stance under scrutiny
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In this April 20, 2012, file photo Education Secretary Arne Duncan speaks durng the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington. Duncan's comments on Monday, May 7, 2012, came one day after Vice President Joe Biden suggested he supported gay marriage, too.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s election-year vagueness on gay marriage is coming
under fresh scrutiny. Education Secretary Arne Duncan broke ranks with the White House on
Monday, stating his unequivocal support for same-sex marriage one day after Vice President Joe Biden suggested that he supported gay marriage as well. Obama aides worked to manage any political fallout. They said the back-toback remarks by two top administration officials represented personal viewpoints and were not part of a coordinated effort to lay groundwork for a shift in the president’s position. Obama aides also tried to use the latest flare-up in the gay-marriage debate to shine a light on GOP rival Mitt Romney’s history of equivocating on some gayrights issues, an attempt to turn a potential political problem into an opportuni-
ty. Obama, who supports most gay rights, has stopped short of backing gay marriage. Without clarification, he’s said for the past year and a half that his personal views on the matter are “evolving.” The White House held fir m on Monday to that position, which polls show puts the president increasingly at odds with his party and the majority of Americans on gay marriage. But with Biden and Duncan’s comments reinvigorating the debate, Obama is likely to face renewed pressure to clarify his views ahead of the November election. Throughout his first ter m, he has sought to walk a fine line on samesex marriage. He’s trying to
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satisfy rank-and-file Democrats by supporting a range of gay rights issues without alienating crucial independent voters who could be turned off by the emotional social issue.
The president’s aides acknowledge that his position can be confusing. In states where gay marriage already is legal, the president says married gay couples should have the same rights as married straight couples. But he does not publically support the right of gay couples to enter into a marriage in the first place.
Duncan, a longtime friend of the president as well as a member of his See OBAMA, Page A3