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National & World Brothers of Ohio kidnapping suspect: Hope he 'rots in jail'

By Associated Press Published: May 13, 2013 at 7:40 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 9:34 AM PDT

Onil and Pedro Castro told CNN that they want Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight to know how sorry they are for their ordeal.

National & World Take a look: Amtrak unveils their new locomotives (Photo Gallery)

By DAVID PORTER, Associated Press Published: May 13, 2013 at 9:40 AM PDT Last Updated: May 13, 2013 at 9:40 AM PDT

When Amtrak unveils the first of 70 new locomotives Monday at a plant in California, it will mark what the national passenger railroad service hopes will be a new era of better reliability, streamlined maintenance and better energy efficiency.

National & World Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home

By JOHN COYNE, Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 9:44 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 6:33 PM PDT

Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight remain in seclusion and released their first statements since they were found May 6 after Berry escaped and called 911.

National & World 2 bodies found after NJ standoff; suspect killed

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI,Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 9:17 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 9:17 AM PDT

The bodies of a woman and her 13-year-old son were found after a dayslong standoff, and her boyfriend was killed as officers stormed the home to rescue three other children he had been holding captive.

National & World N. Korea states case against Lynnwood man sentenced to hard labor

By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 11:43 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 6:16 PM PDT

Last week, former NBA star Dennis Rodman attempted to use his friendship with Kim Jong Un on behalf of American Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood, asking the leader to "do me a solid" and release the American.

National & World Gates: No to direct military involvement in Syria

By Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 10:14 AM PDT

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he thinks direct U.S. intervention in Syria's civil war — particularly direct military involvement — would be a mistake.

National & World Kansas sheriff: Body found, believed to be missing girl

By Associated Press Published: May 12, 2013 at 10:03 AM PDT Last Updated: May 12, 2013 at 10:03 AM PDT

A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago.

National & World Brother arrested in fatal stabbing of 8-year-old girl

By Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 9:17 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 9:17 PM PDT

Authorities on Saturday arrested the 12-year-old brother of an 8-year-old girl who was mysteriously stabbed at her home in a rural Northern California community last month.

National & World For kidnapped women, ordeal of recovery begins now

By JESSE WASHINGTON AP National Writer Published: May 11, 2013 at 9:44 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 9:44 PM PDT

Now, for the women freed from captivity inside a Cleveland house, the ordeal is not over. Next comes recovery - from sexual abuse and their sudden, jarring re-entry into a world much different from the one they were snatched from a decade ago.

National & World IRS officials knew in 2011 that tea party was targeted

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 9:18 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 9:18 PM PDT

Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report obtained by The Associated Press that seemingly contradicts public statements by the IRS commissioner.

National & World Experts: CO2 record illustrates 'scary' trend

By SETH BORENSTEIN,AP Science Writer Published: May 11, 2013 at 4:28 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 5:33 PM PDT

Within a decade the world will never see days — even in the cleanest of places on days in the fall when greenhouse gases are at their lowest — when the carbon measurement falls below 400 ppm, scientist says

National & World Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now

By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer Published: May 11, 2013 at 11:50 AM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 4:19 PM PDT

Mission Control said it appeared as though the leak may have been plugged, although additional monitoring over the coming weeks will be needed before declaring a victory.

National & World The week's best photos (Photo Gallery)

By KOMO Staff Published: May 10, 2013 at 7:14 AM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 8:53 PM PDT

National & World 43 dead in Turkey car bombings near Syria

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 12:47 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 12:47 PM PDT

Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and one called the neighboring country's intelligence service and military "the usual suspects."

National & World IRS knew tea party targeted in 2011

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Published: May 11, 2013 at 1:41 PM PDT Last Updated: May 11, 2013 at 1:41 PM PDT

Senior Internal Revenue Service officials knew agents were targeting tea party groups as early as 2011, according to a draft of an inspector general's report.