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Lee Kuan Yew, 91, left giant legacy in tiny Singapore

Lee Kuan Yew, the first prime minister of Singapore who combined a personal charisma and strong will to transform his sleepy city-state into an unlikely trading powerhouse and a model for other emerging economies around the globe, died Monday at the age of 91. He had been suffering from a severe case of pneumonia, officials said.

March 22, 2015
Chadian troops participate in the closing ceremony of operation Flintlock in an army base in N'djamena, Chad, Monday March 9, 2015. The U.S. military and its Western partners conduct this training annually and set up plans long before Boko Haram began attacking its neighbors Niger, Chad and Cameroon. Chadian Brig. Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue said Monday that his soldiers alongside troops from Niger had entered Nigeria but he declined to give further details about the ongoing operation. Ngobongue described Boko Haram fighters as “bandits and criminals who have nothing to do with religion.” (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Nigeria seeks better intel on Boko Haram from West

Top Nigerian military officials complained Wednesday that the Obama administration and the West are not doing enough to help in the struggle against the brutal Boko Haram group, praising Chad and other poor countries in the region for doing more to halt the advances of the Islamist terror organization.

March 11, 2015

Veterans get help finding work

When Carl Vickers left the Air Force in 2005, he prepared his resume detailing his skills learned as an aerospace ground equipment technician to present to prospective employers.

March 9, 2015
The Georgetown University campus, Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Georgetown fourth-worst college for free speech

College campuses are supposed to be welcoming academic arenas where young people can discuss and argue ideas in a spirit of free and open inquiry. But after a recent incident, in which Georgetown University safety personnel removed pro-choice protesters from a sidewalk adjoining the campus, student groups there are wondering how free they really are to express ideas.

March 4, 2015
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The Federal Communications Commission is setting out to unravel the mystery behind the Internet traffic jams bogging down the delivery of Netflix videos and other online content. The inquiry announced Friday, June 13, 2014, by Wheeler will dissect the routes that video and other data travel to reach Internet service providers such as Comcast and Verizon. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Republicans vow to fight ‘net neutrality’

On the eve of an intensely anticipated Federal Communications Commission's vote Thursday on federal regulation of the Internet, congressional Republicans said they were not giving up the fight if the agency gives a strong endorsement of "net neutrality."

February 25, 2015

Lincoln’s death covered by New York Herald in full and in time

President Lincoln was shot in his booth at Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth shortly after 10 p.m. on April 14, 1865. Just hours later, in an age before radio or television, let alone instant messaging and Twitter, The New York Herald was on the streets with its first dispatch that the president had been shot.

February 15, 2015
Workers prepare flowers for distribution to local merchants in preparation for Valentine's Day, at the South Florida Logistics Center in Miami, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz) **FILE**

Washington, D.C., comes up short as Valentine’s Day draw

When it comes to love, the capital of the free world barely ranks above the biggest city in Alaska, while San Francisco leads a host of West Coast cities that rank high as the most attractive and cost-effective places to woo one's sweetheart with a last-minute romantic surprise.

February 10, 2015
Latvians says that Russian aggression and tension between Vladimir Putin and the West make them "nervous and concerned." (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Latvia on edge as tensions between Russia, West increase

More than two decades following their liberation with the collapse of the Soviet Union, citizens of Latvia remain "nervous and concerned" about the rising tensions between Russia and the West, Latvian Ambassador Andris Razans said Thursday.

February 5, 2015
Office supply market leader Staples confirmed Wednesday that it would acquire No. 2-ranked rival Office Depot in a cash and stock deal to create a combined company with more than 4,000 locations and annual sales of nearly $39 billion. (Associated Press)

Staples, Office Depot plan merger to compete in changing market

Faced with rising competition from rivals such as Amazon.com and falling demand for staplers, desk calendars and personal computers in the age of smartphones, the nation's two biggest office supply chains announced Wednesday a $6.3 billion merger in a bid to make themselves more competitive.

February 4, 2015