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New England editorial roundup

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Oct. 4, 2012 file photo, large sections of pipe are shown in Sumner Texas. Safety regulators have quietly placed two extra conditions on construction of TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL oil pipeline after learning of potentially dangerous construction defects involving the pipeline’s southern leg. The new conditions were added four months after the pipeline safety agency sent TransCanada two warning letters about defects and other construction problems on the Keystone Gulf Coast Pipeline, which extends from Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, file)

New safety requirements set for Keystone pipeline

By JOAN LOWY - Associated Press

Indicted: Five members of an elite Chinese army group have been charged with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. accuses them of hacking U.S. corporations and labor organizations. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Hacking indictments could open new phase of confrontation between U.S., China

By Guy Taylor and Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

Attorney General Eric Holder listens during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Monday, May 19, 2014. Holder announced that a U.S. grand jury has charged five Chinese hackers with economic espionage and trade secret theft, the first-of-its-kind criminal charges against Chinese military officials in an international cyber-espionage case. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Justice Department charges five Chinese with cyber-espionage

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

US government fines General Motors maximum $35 million for ignition switch recall delays

Associated Press

This Friday, May 16 2014 photo shows General Motors' world headquarters in Detroit. U.S. safety regulators fined General Motors a record $35 million Friday for taking at least a decade to disclose defects with ignition switches in small cars that are now linked to at least 13 deaths. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

GM recall investigation reveals banned words

By DEE-ANN DURBIN - Associated Press

Key events in GM’s ignition switch recall

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Ga. utility closer to US loans for nuclear plant

By Byline withheld - Associated Press

The U.S. special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, John F. Sopko, said Wednesday that billions of dollars in reconstruction assistance to that war-torn nation are being lost to graft and corruption. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

Afghanistan corruption still severe problem, U.S. watchdog says

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Predatory Government Agencies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CODEVILLA: Who’s afraid of the USA? No one

By Angelo M. Codevilla

Md. developer sues Army, alleging water pollution

Associated Press

US audit finds flaws in Haiti health care programs

By TRENTON DANIEL - Associated Press

Israeli push for visa-free travel to US faces test

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEE - Associated Press

This undated image provided by the U.S. Army shows Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. The nearly five-year effort to free the only American soldier held captive in Afghanistan is scattered among numerous federal agencies with a loosely organized group of people working on it mostly part time, according to two members of Congress and military officials involved in the effort. An ever-shrinking U.S. military presence in Afghanistan has re-focused attention on efforts to bring home Bergdahl, who has been held by the Taliban since June 30, 2009. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)

AP sources: Work to free US soldier disorganized

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press

Miami youth group helped ‘Cuban Twitter’

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO and LAURA WIDES MUNOZ - Associated Press

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

N.Y. court: U.S. must release targeted killings memo

By Larry Neumeister - Associated Press

In this pool photo of a Pentagon-approved sketch by court artist Janet Hamlin, defendants speak with their defense lawyers during a break in pretrial hearings at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba, Monday, April 14, 2014. From right to left are Mustafa al Hawsawi, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Ramzi bin al Shibh, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammad sitting on the floor with Walid bin Attash sitting on a chair. A lawyer for one of five defendants in the Sept. 11 war crimes tribunal said Monday that FBI agents questioned a member of his defense team, apparently in an investigation related to the handling of evidence, a revelation that brought an abrupt halt to proceedings. (AP Photo/Janet Hamlin, Pool)

Guantanamo trial in 9/11 veers off track again

By BEN FOX - Associated Press