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PORTLAND, Maine – The Democratic lawyer who donned an Usama bin Laden costume replete with toy assault rifle to make a political statement on Halloween is facing additional charges over the incident, officials said Wednesday. Tom Connolly, 49, of Scarborough, faces new charges of terrorizing and reckless conduct, in addition …

KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO forces struck a suspected insurgent compound in rare violence near Kabul and battles continued Saturday in the area, NATO said, while Afghan authorities reported a dozen people dead in attacks. NATO troops backed by warplanes launched a raid Friday north of Kabul, hitting a compound with …

WASHINGTON – Signs of warming continue in the Arctic with a decline in sea ice, an increase in shrubs growing on the tundra and rising concerns about the Greenland ice sheet. “There have been regional warming periods before. Now we’re seeing Arctic-wide changes,” James Overland, an oceanographer at the Pacific …