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Conference committee approves $17 billion VA health bill
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Conference committee approves $17 billion VA health bill

July 29, 2014

House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., joined by Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in…

White House: EU, US to impose new Russia sanctions
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White House: EU, US to impose new Russia sanctions

July 28, 2014

Self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic policemen guard a convoy of international forensic experts, Dutch and Australian policemen and members of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe mission in Ukraine,…

Trial opening over video of Oklahoma City bombing
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Trial opening over video of Oklahoma City bombing

July 28, 2014

Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue holds a photograph of his dead brother showing his bruises and injuries during an interview Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Trentadue’s quest to explain…

Nation & World Briefs
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Nation & World Briefs

July 27, 2014

WASHINGTON – Even as they grapple with an immigration crisis at the border, White House officials are making plans to act before November’s mid-term elections to grant work permits to…

Nation & World Briefs
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Nation & World Briefs

July 26, 2014

CAMARILLO, Calif. – A national survey finds the average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline has plummeted 9 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $3.58. That’s the largest…

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Nation & World Briefs

July 26, 2014

Fast-food workers vow civil disobedience VILLA PARK, Ill. – Fast-food workers from across the country voted in suburban Chicago to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation by…

‘Avery hive’ yields artifacts from early America
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‘Avery hive’ yields artifacts from early America

July 25, 2014

Volunteer Theodore Davi prepares a display with items excavated over the last eight years from the Avery hive site in Groton, Conn. Several hundred artifacts have been unearthed and some…

Black box found at Mali crash site
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Black box found at Mali crash site

July 25, 2014

More than 200 French army soldiers are guarding the site of an Air Algerie plane crash in northern Mali. The soldiers have recovered a black boxt that will be examined…

Nation Briefs
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Nation Briefs

July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON – The House has passed a bill that would gradually increase the child tax credit and make it available to more families with higher incomes. But millions of low-income…

Russian execs worry about economic pain
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Russian execs worry about economic pain

July 25, 2014

Putin Throughout the Ukrainian crisis, U.S. and European sanctions had mainly targeted a handful of individuals, sparing economic ties. Then last week, the U.S. imposed penalties on some of Russia’s…

World Briefs
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World Briefs

July 25, 2014

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Gunmen shot and killed two senior Egyptian officers in the country’s volatile Sinai Peninsula, where the military has been trying to quell a spreading insurgency by Islamic…

Millennials prefer cash for investing
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Millennials prefer cash for investing

July 25, 2014

A survey out this week from Bankrate.com found that for long-term investments, Millennials prefer cash three times as much as the stock market. Instead of going for higher returns, they’re…