Perry Chiaramonte Archive

Hand of Lincoln: Abe's note saving teen soldier up for sale

Published May 23, 2013

A hastily scrawled note by President Abraham Lincoln just two months before his assassination ordering a disabled 14-year-old boy released from the army in response to a plea from the boy’s father went on sale Thursday in Philadelphia.

Chicken fight: Study backs farmer in pollution battle with EPA

Published May 23, 2013

The Environmental Protection Agency has overestimated the levels of water pollution on poultry farms by as much as half according to a recent study by the University of Delaware.

Gold crush: U.S. ready to shut down gold sales to Iran

Published May 20, 2013

The U.S. is in no rush to sell gold to Iran and is urging other nations not to be as well.

American imprisoned in North Korea spared death gulags, say experts

Published May 19, 2013

It’s bad for Kenneth Bae, the Washington man arrested in North Korea last year and sentenced to 15 years in prison, but it could be worse, according to people familiar with the workings of one of the world’s most secretive and repressive regimes.

Canada takes hard line against Iranian regime as elections loom

Published May 16, 2013

One of the biggest vocal opponents of the Iranian regime as of late is our neighbors to the north.

Boston reservoir tested after trespassers nabbed

Published May 15, 2013

State Police in Massachusetts are ramping up patrols at water supply facilities after a group of college students were found trespassing at a reservoir that provides water for the city of Boston.

UN-linked disarmament panel taps Iran to lead talks

Published May 13, 2013

It would be difficult to find a more unlikely chair for the UN-linked Conference on Disarmament than Iran, which will preside over the panel later this month despite longstanding accusations the Islamic Republic has a secret nuclear weapons program and has helped provide weapons to terrorists.

Feds defend decision to scrub 3D gun plans from Internet

Published May 10, 2013

The state department on Friday defended its decision to censor plans for a working, three-dimensional handgun that anyone can create from plastic with a 3D printer. 

Grave robbing? NJ's cemetery grab leaves church without a prayer

Published May 07, 2013

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has blocked an appeal the Diocese of Camden to block the state from using eminent domain to take vacant land located at a cemetery run by the catholic organization.

Grave problem: Cemeteries want nothing to do with Boston Marathon bomber

Published May 03, 2013

He’s gone from most wanted to least wanted.

Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s family in Russia doesn’t want his body, his widow declined to claim it and now it looks like the city he terrorized is stuck with it.