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UPDATE: Gunman Barricaded In Tacoma Home Surrenders

UPDATE: Gunman Barricaded In Tacoma Home Surrenders
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Pierce County sheriff's spokesman says a 67-year-old Tacoma-area man has surrendered after an hours-long standoff with officers at his home. Officers responded to the neighborhood late Tuesday afternoon after reports that a man was walking around the area, shooting

Experts: NKorea training teams of 'cyber warriors'

Experts: NKorea training teams of 'cyber warriors'
By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Technology Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus remains fixed on North Korea, where South Korean security experts say Pyongyang has been training a team

Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP

Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP
By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans. While

Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP

Senate Democratic budget extends standoff with GOP
By ALAN FRAMAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans. While

DEVELOPING STORY: Fugitive To Be Returned From Oregon To Washington

DEVELOPING STORY: Fugitive To Be Returned From Oregon To Washington
SEATTLE (AP) - The Department of Corrections says the man accused of killing his grandparents at their Renton home should be returned to Washington by Friday.    Michael Chadd Boysen was arrested March 12 after a standoff at a Lincoln City, Ore., motel and has been held at the

General: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair

General: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair
By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Barack Obama has marked for extinction, the top U.S. commander in South and Central America said Wednesday. The

General: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair

General: Gitmo buildings in need of major repair
By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - As much as $170 million is needed to improve facilities for the troops stationed at the Guantanamo Bay detention center that President Barack Obama has marked for extinction, the top U.S. commander in South and Central America said Wednesday. The

Bloomberg says he'd veto proposal for NYPD monitor

Bloomberg says he'd veto proposal for NYPD monitor
By JENNIFER PELTZAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) - In a politically charged standoff over police oversight in the nation's biggest city, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday he'd veto a plan to put the New York Police Department under an outside watchdog's scrutiny, calling it a threat