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Hart, Holmstrom share economics Nobel for contract theory
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Hart, Holmstrom share economics Nobel for contract theory

October 10, 2016

British-born Oliver Hart of Harvard University and Finnish economist Bengt Holmstrom of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Finland will share the $930,000 award for their contributions to contract theory. That’s…

Train service resumes after deadly New Jersey crash
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Train service resumes after deadly New Jersey crash

October 10, 2016

New Jersey Transit employees talk to one another after a train arrives to Hoboken Terminal in Hoboken, N.J. Rail service resumed Monday at the New Jersey transit station damaged less…

Time for candidates to keep calm, debate on
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Time for candidates to keep calm, debate on

October 9, 2016

For many people, the jaw-dropping 2005 video of Trump’s vulgar comments about women trumps anything else that has come out about the Republican nominee. And it gives Hillary Clinton fresh…

Nation & World Briefs
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October 8, 2016

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Fire officials in Texas say a man who apparently was sleeping in a dumpster survived when he and the trash in the bin were dumped into…

Police: Doughnut heist leads to capture of wanted man
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Police: Doughnut heist leads to capture of wanted man

October 8, 2016

The Hobbs News-Sun reports that Gregory Mendoza was arrested Monday outside a bakery after police received a report he stole a doughnut. Police then discovered 35-year-old Mendoza was wanted on…

Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump
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Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump

October 8, 2016

Gov. Gary Herbert was the first elected official to pull his endorsement from Donald Trump as conservatives recoiled from a recording of Trump boasting of how his fame allowed him…

Kerry seeks war crimes probe against Russia, Syria
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Kerry seeks war crimes probe against Russia, Syria

October 7, 2016

Kerrydu1-i-syn Kerry said Russia and the regime of President Bashar Assad “owe the world more than an explanation” for attacks made to “terrorize civilians and to kill anybody and everybody…

‘A monster’ closes in on Florida
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‘A monster’ closes in on Florida

October 6, 2016

It was the most powerful storm to threaten the U.S. Atlantic coast in more than a decade, and had already left more than 280 dead in its wake across the…

Barely half of illegal border crossers caught
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Barely half of illegal border crossers caught

October 5, 2016

The report found that 54 percent of people who entered illegally between border crossings got caught in the 2015 fiscal year. That’s much lower than the 81 percent success rate…

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October 5, 2016

ALBUQUERQUE – Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to “that Mexican thing,” at the vice presidential debate as he tried to brush aside criticism of…

Kaine attacks, Pence fights back in VP debate
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Kaine attacks, Pence fights back in VP debate

October 4, 2016

Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine criticized the other’s running mate during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., on…

Debate simmers over Devils Tower’s name
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Debate simmers over Devils Tower’s name

October 4, 2016

As the nation’s first national monument approaches its 110th anniversary in 2016, some American Indian tribes are seeking to change the name of the geologic feature in northeast Wyoming to…

Weird science
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Weird science

October 4, 2016

3 win Nobel for unusual states of matter