MiamiHerald.com: Nation Wires http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/index.html MiamiHerald.com: Nation Wires http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation/AP/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2013 MiamiHerald.com Nation Wires 60 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:32:17 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com <![CDATA[10 Things to Know for Wednesday]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409534/10-things-to-know-for-wednesday.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409534/10-things-to-know-for-wednesday.html Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10 EDT

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Wednesday:

]]> <![CDATA[2 FBI agents who died remembered for valor]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409481/2-fbi-agents-who-died-remembered.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409481/2-fbi-agents-who-died-remembered.html Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14 EDT FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday praised two agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast last weekend for their "true and unerring valor."

]]> <![CDATA[Police defend officer who shot NY college student]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409434/mourners-say-hofstra-students.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409434/mourners-say-hofstra-students.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49 EDT

The president of a New York police union defended an officer who accidentally killed a Hofstra University student during a standoff with an armed intruder, saying Tuesday the only person responsible for the woman's death was the gunman who held her hostage.

]]> <![CDATA[UN: Poaching threatens central Africa peace]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409433/un-poaching-threatens-central.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409433/un-poaching-threatens-central.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:49 EDT The illegal trade in elephant ivory may constitute an important source of funding for armed groups, including the Lord's Resistance Army, threatening peace and security in central Africa, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the Security Council.

]]> <![CDATA[UN urges action to end child soldiers in Myanmar]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409411/un-urges-action-to-end-child-soldiers.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409411/un-urges-action-to-end-child-soldiers.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:25 EDT U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Myanmar's government has made progress in reducing the recruitment of children into the armed forces but still needs to stamp out the practice.

]]> <![CDATA[Texas judge: Lesbian couple can't cohabitate]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409397/texas-judge-lesbian-couple-cant.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409397/texas-judge-lesbian-couple-cant.html Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09 EDT A judge has ruled that a North Texas lesbian couple can't live together because of a morality clause in one of the women's divorce papers.

]]> <![CDATA[Despite tight budgets, aid expected to easily flow to Oklahoma victims]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409371/despite-tight-budgets-aid-expected.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409371/despite-tight-budgets-aid-expected.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:44 EDT

The Oklahoma City area is already home to two of the costliest tornados in the last half a century, and Monday’s devastating twister that hit just south of the city is likely to stress federal emergency dollars already under pressure from the recent federal budget cuts.

]]> <![CDATA[Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409347/scientists-dont-drop-federal-wolf.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409347/scientists-dont-drop-federal-wolf.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34 EDT Groups of scientists are urging federal officials not to remove protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states.

]]> <![CDATA[2 more reports of anti-gay attacks in NYC]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409346/2-more-reports-of-anti-gay-attacks.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409346/2-more-reports-of-anti-gay-attacks.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:34 EDT

Hours after New Yorkers rallied in response to a spate of gay-bashing that's resulted in one death and fueled concern about hate crimes, there were two more reports of possible anti-gay attacks on Manhattan streets, authorities said Tuesday.

]]> <![CDATA[APNewsBreak: Coast Guard deserter to be confined]]> http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409341/apnewsbreak-coast-guardsman-admits.html http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/21/3409341/apnewsbreak-coast-guardsman-admits.html Tue, 21 May 2013 18:29 EDT A military judge has ruled that a Coast Guard rescue swimmer who admitted he deserted his job in Hawaii to camp out in the mountains of Oahu for three months will be confined for more than 6 months and discharged with bad conduct.

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