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Shiite rebels take over government in Yemen
Houthi Shiite Yemenis celebrate in Sanaa, Yemen, earlier this week. The rebel group completed its takeover of the country Friday by announcing it was dissolving Parliament and will run the…
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BEIRUT – A statement attributed to Islamic State extremists claimed that an American woman held hostage by the group was killed on Friday, allegedly in a Jordanian airstrike on the…
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Benghazi panel to query top officials
House Select Committee on Benghazi Chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., left, confers with Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. at the start of the panel’s third public hearing to investigate the 2012…
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U.S. gains strong 257K jobs, pay jumps; jobless rate 5.7 percent
Job applicant Rafael Ferrer, 49, left, on Friday shakes hands with a representative of the Hilton Bentley Miami Beach hotel during a job fair at the Hospitality Institute in Miami.Lynn…
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Some Japanese see slain hostages, Abe as troublemakers
Relatives of three Japanese hostages being held in Iraq bow before reporters in Tokyo. When the young Japanese anti-war activists were taken hostage in Iraq and later freed in 2004,…
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Democrats attack GOP health-care plan
“It effectively raises taxes on the middle class, removes bedrock protections for consumers and chips away at key coverage benefits that Americans rely on,” Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, top…
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NEW YORK – A diminished RadioShack will live on, but its future may lie with Sprint. Struggling consumer electronics chain RadioShack, founded nearly a century ago, filed for Chapter 11…
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Jordan launches new airstrikes after vowing harsh war on IS
Jordanian Air Force fighter jets fly over the funeral of slain Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh at his home village of Ai, near Karak, Jordan on Wednesday. Jordan increased its…
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France takes aim at drone threat
Companies asked to develop systems to intercept aircraft
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Pilot’s slaying sparks rage in Mideast
Clerics call burning of prisoner ‘foreign’ to Islam
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CAIRO – An Egyptian court sentenced 230 people, including one of the leading activists behind the country’s 2011 uprising, to life in prison after convicting them Wednesday of taking part…
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WASHINGTON – Republicans and Democrats pressed senior Obama administration officials Wednesday to move swiftly to provide aircraft parts, night-vision equipment and other weapons to Jordan after a video purporting to…
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Obama claim of $1.8 trillion deficit cuts open to question
Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, look on as President Barack Obama delivers remarks on his budget proposal during a cabinet meeting in…
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California lawmakers aim to limit vaccine exemptions
Leah Russin, of Palo Alto, holds her son, Leo, 16 months, as she speaks Wednesday in support of proposed legislation that would require parents to vaccinate all school children. If…
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Europe at center of new energy conflict
U.S. trying to wean allies from Russian oil, gas
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U.K. moves toward genetic frontier
Critics fear House of Commons vote could lead to ‘designer babies’
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – December’s rains enabled Californians to finally meet Gov. Jerry Brown’s call for a 20 percent reduction in monthly water consumption, but more restrictions loom as the state…
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ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s new anti-bailout government confirmed it will hold meetings with lead lender – and critic – Germany this week after markets and European governments reacted with relief…
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Republicans challenge Obama on all fronts
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, joined by House Rules Committee member Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., center, and newly elected Rep. Barbara Comstock R-Va., says the House will vote…
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Obama sends record $4 trillion spending plan to Congress
President Barack Obama’s new $4 trillion budget plan seeks to raise taxes on wealthier Americans and corporations and use the extra income to lift the fortunes of families who have…
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DEBALTSEVE, Ukraine – As Ukrainian troops fought Monday to defend a strategic railway hub, Russian-backed separatists pledged to boost the size of their force, and Washington pondered whether to expand…
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Smart meters haven’t fixed our habits
Revolution of energy savings have appeared to have fallen flat
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The California Department of Public Health has issued a warning about the dangers of e-cigarettes, as states across the country consider new regulations for the booming industry. In a report…
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SVYATOHIRSK, Ukraine – As fighting escalates around the town Debaltseve in eastern Ukraine, a growing wave of civilians are fleeing their homes, taking the risk of being struck by stray…