PYONGYANG, North Korea – After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country’s most important ally and a sign that he may be giving diplomacy a chance.
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Judge orders Manning memo posted at polls be impounded
A Washington County judge granted an emergency injunction request to “confiscate and preserve” all materials provided to Washington’s 12 polling places from the county elections office, including a memorandum about Councilman Joe Manning’s write-in campaign.
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Arrest in slaying of man pulled off party bus
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Federal authorities said a suspect wanted in the shooting death of a man pulled off a Western Pennsylvania party bus has been taken into custody.
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IRS official to take the 5th at House hearing
WASHINGTON – Summoned by Congress, a key figure in the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups plans to invoke her constitutional right against self-incrimination and decline to testify at a congressional hearing today.
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Syria opposition signals tough line on peace talks
BEIRUT – Despite recent rebel setbacks in Syria’s civil war, the main opposition bloc signaled a tough line Tuesday on attending possible peace talks with President Bashar Assad’s regime.
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