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TOKYO – The fault line that caused this week’s devastating earthquake in China probably buckled in two stages, and the hardness of the terrain contributed to the wide reach of the damage, Japanese scientists said Thursday. The 7.9-magnitude quake on Monday struck in Sichuan province but rattled buildings as far …

BUENOS AIRES – Two brothers, age 7 and 9, told psychiatrists they slowly, coldly tortured a 2-year-old girl to death — a revelation that has Argentines debating whether to do away with a law prohibiting the prosecution of minors for terrible crimes. Judge Marta Pascual said the children confessed to …

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – A Long Island town’s board members who had drawn the line at hanging clothes to dry outside are cutting residents some slack: It’s OK for them to use clotheslines now. The Southampton Town board has lifted a ban on clotheslines that had stood since 2002, when some …