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Netanyahu blasts West over Iran talks
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Netanyahu blasts West over Iran talks

February 25, 2015

Netanyahu Netanyahu’s comments, at a meeting of his Likud Party outside of Jerusalem, come as he plans to address the U.S. Congress on the nuclear negotiations. The West fears Iran…

Justices appear to favor Muslim denied job over headscarf
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Justices appear to favor Muslim denied job over headscarf

February 25, 2015

Samantha Elauf, center, her mother Majda Elauf, left, and P. David Lopez, general counsel of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission leave the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday. The Supreme…

Health-care law pushing rate of uninsured down
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Health-care law pushing rate of uninsured down

February 24, 2015

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the share of adults without health insurance dropped to its lowest level in seven years in 2014 as Obama’s overhaul took full effect. The…

Germany readies for ‘Mein Kampf’
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Germany readies for ‘Mein Kampf’

February 24, 2015

The Bavarian State Library will publish the first new edition of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” since World War II.Associated Press file photo A noted center for the study of Nazism,…

Nation Brief
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Nation Brief

February 24, 2015

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A trade group has turned in enough signatures to qualify a referendum on California’s plastic bag ban law, suspending implementation of the nation’s first statewide ban until…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

February 24, 2015

MOSCOW – Russia’s space agency expects the International Space Station to stay in orbit through 2024 and plans to create its own space outpost with its segment of the station…

European rabbis take defense into own hands
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European rabbis take defense into own hands

February 24, 2015

Rabbis from across Europe take part in a self-defense training class Tuesday during a conference sponsored by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and the European Jewish Association in Prague, Czech…

Progress made toward closing Guantanamo Bay
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Progress made toward closing Guantanamo Bay

February 23, 2015

Abdalmalik A panel made up of representatives of six government agencies, including the Defense Department and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, determined on Dec. 5 that Abdalmalik…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

February 23, 2015

GENEVA – Edging toward a historic compromise, the U.S. and Iran reported progress Monday on a deal that would clamp down on Tehran’s nuclear activities for at least 10 years…

Impasse in Senate on Homeland budget bill as shutdown looms
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Impasse in Senate on Homeland budget bill as shutdown looms

February 23, 2015

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Sunday speaks about the agency’s budget and cybersecurity at the Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee session during the National Governors Association…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

February 22, 2015

JOHANNESBURG – A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. A masked…

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Nation Briefs

February 22, 2015

BOSTON – Judy Clarke has defended those accused of horrific and infamous crimes, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph and Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner, who killed…

Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year
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Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

February 22, 2015

As investigators in West Virginia and Ontario pick through the wreckage from the latest pair of oil train derailments to result in massive fires, U.S. transportation officials predict many more…

‘Birdman’ swoops in, wins best film of year
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‘Birdman’ swoops in, wins best film of year

February 22, 2015

In a battle of B-movies for best picture, the Oscars awarded “Birdman” best picture, opting for a movie that epitomizes much of Hollywood – showy, ego-mad, desperate for artistic credibility…

Work to resume work at Arizona uranium mine
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Work to resume work at Arizona uranium mine

February 22, 2015

The move by Energy Fuels Resources Inc. comes amid a lawsuit challenging the Canyon Mine on national forest land about six miles southeast of Tusayan. Work to sink the shaft…

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Nation Briefs

February 21, 2015

WASHINGTON – Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm this week in opposing legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if it doesn’t also overturn President…

Antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum
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Antiquities collection donated to Israel Museum

February 21, 2015

This bronze mirror with a woman’s head in relief is part of The Israel Museum’s collection of ancient Greco-Roman and Near-Eastern antiquities being donated by New York philantropists Robert and…