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Latinos: Obama out of time

A group of women demonstrate outside the House of Representatives to protest Congress’ failure to reform America’s immigration policies. Immigration…

April 15, 2014

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New World discoverers suffered old disease

Historical documents and analysis of skeletons buried at Columbus’ short-lived settlement in what is now the Dominican Republic hint that…

April 15, 2014

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Security Council sees torture photos

France’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, left, says U.N. Security Council members raised some questions about the credibility…

April 15, 2014

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Deep-diving sub resumes search for missing jet

Crews prepare to launch an autonomous underwater vehicle into the Indian Ocean as the search for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines…

April 15, 2014

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Firm starts Ukraine gas shipments

German power provider RWE says it has started supplying gas to Ukraine, which faces delivery cut-off from its main source…

April 15, 2014

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World Briefs

VIENNA – The United Nations will release a report this week certifying that Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb…

April 15, 2014

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Ukraine military battles protesters

Ukraine’s ex-prime minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko says Russia has declared war against Ukraine by supporting pro-Russian militias in…

April 15, 2014

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Boston remembers victims of bombings

“This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,” former Mayor Thomas Menino told an invitation-only…

April 15, 2014

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Ukraine asks for UN peacekeepers in restive east

Pro-Russian activists are continuing to occupy government buildings in several east Ukraine cities despite a Monday morning deadline for them…

April 14, 2014

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Obama remembers Kansas shooting victims

President Barack Obama is promising federal help in an investigation of a shooting at a Jewish community center and a…

April 14, 2014

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East Ukraine is asserting itself

Pro-Russian area letting itself be heard, seeking independence

April 13, 2014

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Jet search area is too deep for submarine

submersibles not readily available

April 13, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

VALPARAISO, Chile – Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for…

April 13, 2014

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Abdullah, Ghani lead after partial Afghan vote tally

support keeping U.S. troops in the country

April 13, 2014

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Clash of states’ and federal rights

Nev. rancher contests BLM authority over his land, cows

April 13, 2014

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Just got easier to not get audited for filing your taxes

budget cuts, responsibilities have hampered effort – or has it?

April 13, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

LOS ANGELES – A pair of rhinestone earrings Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1955 Hollywood film premiere have sold at…

April 13, 2014

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3 dead after suburban Kansas City shooting

Authorities respond the Jewish community center after a shooting in Overland Park, Kan., on Sunday.KSHB41 Action News/Associated Press Overland Park…

April 13, 2014

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Trying to combat growing drug trade in oil patch

What they uncovered was a large-scale methamphetamine ring that had found a home in a state long known for its…

April 12, 2014

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Ukrainian tensions rise; UN meets

calls on West to end ‘Kiev’s escalation’ of crisis

April 12, 2014

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Ukraine to deploy troops in anti-terror operation

Pro-Russian activists build barricades in front of the city government headquarters in Makeyevka, about three miles from Donetsk, Ukraine, on…

April 12, 2014

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Military dog retires with honors

But Hutto then saw what Eddie smelled: a homemade bomb, partially buried in the dirt. It was six inches from…

April 12, 2014

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Relics of the past or just aging eyesores?

That imagined tomorrow has come and gone. Now the structures are abandoned relics, with rusted beams, faded paint and cracked…

April 12, 2014

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Case highlights problems with Pakistan justice

The toddler was brought to court this month as part of an investigation relating to an incident where residents in…

April 12, 2014

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Odd-couple nations leading search for jet

It has been a long time since an Australian leader accused Malaysia of being “barbaric,” or since a Malaysian official…

April 12, 2014

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Cities wade into vacation rental debate

Community leaders in Asheville, N.C., recently jumped into the debate that has popped up in tourist destinations nationwide, as the…

April 12, 2014

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Poison gas used in Syrian raid

Government, rebels blame each other

April 12, 2014

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World Briefs

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran rejected naming a new diplomat Saturday to represent it at the United Nations, with one lawmaker…

April 12, 2014

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Should college student-athletes unionize?

Players at private universities can, but contention arises at public higher ed

April 12, 2014

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Making science fiction real

N.Y. World Fair foreshadowed some devices we use now

April 12, 2014