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Pentagon seeks to improve family leave
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Pentagon seeks to improve family leave

January 29, 2016

Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he wants to double the length of fully paid maternity leave for female service members and will also boost time off for paternity leave and…

Barbie getting a new look
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Barbie getting a new look

January 29, 2016

Barbie is getting some new looks, the doll’s maker said. Mattel said it will start selling the 57-year-old doll in three new body types.Mattel via Associated Press The iconic plastic…

Aide downplays Obama’s interest in high court seat
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Aide downplays Obama’s interest in high court seat

January 28, 2016

On Tuesday, a voter in Decorah, Iowa, asked former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton whether she would consider naming Obama to the court if she was elected president. “Wow, what…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

January 28, 2016

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan lawmakers directed another $28 million on Thursday to address Flint’s lead-contaminated water supply, allocating money for bottled water, medical assessments and other costs for the financially…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

January 28, 2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan – Seeking to assert Taiwan’s sovereignty and build his legacy, President Ma Ying-jeou paid a visit Thursday to an even smaller island also claimed by China. Defying rare…

Man with guns arrested at Disneyland Paris
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Man with guns arrested at Disneyland Paris

January 28, 2016

Disneyland Paris remained open Thursday after a man with two handguns was arrested trying to enter one of the amusement park’s hotels.Michel Euler/Associated Press file photo No one was hurt…

Few U.S. neighborhoods affordable, near schools
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Few U.S. neighborhoods affordable, near schools

January 27, 2016

Pedestrians wait to cross streets in Seattle’s University District neighborhood on Wednesday. Across the country, just 14 percent of neighborhoods manage to be at once affordably priced, walkable and near…

Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions
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Officials say France wants more Iran sanctions

January 27, 2016

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his first visit to Europe since a nuclear accord was signed with several Western countries has proven that there are “great possibilities” for economic, academic,…

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Nation & World Briefs

January 27, 2016

McCain WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee assailed Pentagon officials on Wednesday for relying on Russian rocket engines to launch American military satellites into space, arguing…

Fed voices concern about global economic pressures
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Fed voices concern about global economic pressures

January 27, 2016

Susan Walsh/Associated Press file photo<br><br>The Federal Reserve, headed by Chair Janet Yellen, issued a statement Wednesday saying it was studying “global economic and financial developments and is assessing their implications…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

January 26, 2016

MOSCOW – Russia’s foreign minister has rejected the conclusion by a British judge that former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko had been poisoned by two men acting at the behest of…

Science group warns  of Doomsday threat
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Science group warns of Doomsday threat

January 26, 2016

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Richard Perry said the world is closer to nuclear war today than it was during the Cold War. Perry spoke during a conference Tuesday after…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

January 26, 2016

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa – Republican Donald Trump on Tuesday bowed out of the final Republican presidential debate before the leadoff Iowa caucuses, saying Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly is “a lightweight.”…

Ex-prosecutor to spearhead investigation into Flint water
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Ex-prosecutor to spearhead investigation into Flint water

January 25, 2016

Republican Bill Schuette said Todd Flood, a former assistant prosecutor for Wayne County, which includes Detroit, will spearhead the investigation and serve as special counsel. He will be joined by…