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  • Nokia sheds 300 IT jobs, transfers 820 workers

    Struggling Nokia Corp. is downsizing by more than 1,000 jobs, part of a wide-ranging plan to cut costs and streamline operations.


  • Washington Capitals' Brooks Laich celebrates his power-play goal in the second period against the Boston Bruins in Boston on Saturday, March 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

    Brooks Laich doesn’t skate in Caps’ opening practice

    Brooks Laich was the only Washington Capitals player in town who didn't take part in the first practice of training camp Sunday as he deals with an apparent groin injury.


  • ** FILE ** Eric Fehr.

    Capitals Notes: Welcome back Eric Fehr

    The Caps are expected to sign Eric Fehr to a one-year contract as soon as the NHL opens for business and the right wing passes a physical, a team source said Saturday. The deal will count $600,000 against the salary cap, and Fehr will be paid that pro-rated amount for a 48-game season.


  • Violence plays role in shorter US life expectancy

    The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, due in part to the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, according to a report released Wednesday by two of the nation's leading health research institutions.


  • Dr. Steven H. Woolf of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond was chairman of a study panel on health that found that the United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, in part because of the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked. (AP Photo)

    Violence plays role in shorter U.S. life expectancy

    The United States suffers far more violent deaths than any other wealthy nation, in part because of the widespread possession of firearms and the practice of storing them at home in a place that is often unlocked, according to a report released Wednesday by two of the nation's leading health research institutions.


  • US crime author has dark take on Finnish society

    In the doorway of a Helsinki bar on a snowy December afternoon, American author James Thompson is being offered a pair of Russian army night vision goggles that may _ or may not _ have fallen off the back of a truck.


  • Parents leave a staging area after being reunited with their children following a shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., about 60 miles (96 kilometers) northeast of New York City, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. An official with knowledge of Friday's shooting said 27 people were dead, including 18 children. It was the worst school shooting in the country's history. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

    Major shooting incidents at schools in recent years

    A gunman at a Connecticut elementary school killed 27 people, including 18 children on Friday. It is among the world's worst mass shootings. Here is a look at some others.


  • Secretary of Education Arne Duncan

    Global study of student scores a mixed bag for U.S.

    Students in the United States perform better than the global average but still lag behind many of their peers in Asia and Europe, an international study found.


  • Agreement on EU budget unlikely as nations stand their ground

    Everyone is drawing lines in the sand, but the leaders are so far apart they might as well be on different beaches.


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