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A new plan for export of U.S. coal through a Canadian port is arousing some opposition north of the border.

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NATIONAL

Storm took town's youngest as it swept through

One loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field.
POLITICS

Obama defends drone strikes but says no cure-all

President Barack Obama on Thursday defended America's controversial drone attacks as legal, effective and a necessary linchpin in an evolving U.S. counterterrorism policy. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no "cure-all" and said he is haunted by the civilians unintentionally killed.
POLITICS

Tea party storm largely inside IRS _ so far

Three days of congressional hearings about the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative political groups have lawmakers looking for ways to widen an investigation that has so far been largely contained within the tax collection agency.
TECHNOLOGY

Google to add Galapagos Islands to Street View

Few have explored the remote volcanic islands of the Galapagos archipelago, an otherworldly landscape inhabited by the world's largest tortoises and other fantastical creatures that inspired Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.