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Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell, wife plead not guilty

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are free on their own recognizance after pleading not guilty Friday…

January 24, 2014

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Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the…

January 23, 2014

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Poll: Uninsured rate among adults drops

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January, to…

January 23, 2014

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Hagel ordering full review of nuclear force

It amounted to the most significant expression of high-level Pentagon concern about the nuclear force since 2008, when then-Defense Secretary…

January 23, 2014

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FDA to update rules for food nutrition facts labels

A new Agriculture Department study suggests that more people read nutrition labels “always or most of the time.” The Food…

January 23, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Warning that a “major loss of life” could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains…

January 23, 2014

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World Briefs

KOLKATA, India – A 20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the orders of a village council because she…

January 23, 2014

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Opposition meets with Ukraine president

Protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are spreading throughout the country, with protesters breaking into regional governors’ offices to put…

January 23, 2014

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Syria group set for talks

Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group, says his group has set no timetable for reaching a…

January 23, 2014

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Panel calls for agency to end spying

force urges phone records to be destroyed

January 23, 2014

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Background check company hit by government complaint

The U.S. government is accusing the company that performed background checks on government and contract workers, including National Security Agency…

January 23, 2014

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Pop star Justin Bieber leaves jail after DUI arrest

These police booking mugs made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department show pop star Justin Bieber, Thursday, Jan.…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Texas executes man despite opposition from Mexico

America Tamayo Sotelo of Miacatlan, Mexico, is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas…

January 22, 2014

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Obama praises ‘Roe vs. Wade’

“We reaffirm our steadfast commitment to protecting a woman’s access to safe, affordable health care and her constitutional right to…

January 22, 2014

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Panel seeks changes to make voting easier

Lines at some polling places were so long on Election Day 2012 that people were still waiting to vote when…

January 22, 2014

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U.S. seeks new child car-seat rules

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration acting Administrator David Friedman plans to accept public comments on new rules to require child…

January 22, 2014

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Nation Briefs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second chemical was released during a spill that contaminated the water supply for 300,000 West Virginians,…

January 22, 2014

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Obama names task force to combat campus sex assaults

President Barack Obama is giving a new task force 90 days to come up with recommendations on what colleges can…

January 22, 2014

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Vermont, lover of snow, jealous of storms elsewhere

Barre Sno-Bees Snowmobile Club Trailmaster Tim Stone stands in front of the tractor the club uses to pull trail grooming…

January 22, 2014

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Lawyers: Case against ex-Va. governor no slam dunk

Legal experts say it will be difficult for the government to prove former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife,…

January 22, 2014

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World Briefs

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections…

January 22, 2014

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Officials downplay threat against Winter Games

European Olympics officials are dismissing a new threat of terrorism at next month’s Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, Russia. Officials…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Obama speaks to Putin about Olympics

The presidents “discussed how best to advance shared U.S.-Russian interests, including a safe and secure Sochi Olympics, for which the…

January 22, 2014

Nation & World

Thousands brave cold for abortion protest in D.C.

Anti-abortion demonstrators march up Constitution Avenue toward the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday during the annual March for Life. Thousands…

January 22, 2014

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Syria: Assad must remain in power

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says Bashar Assad’s role as Syrian president will not be up for debate during peace…

January 22, 2014

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State victories create dilemma for abortion foes

Julie Mayberry, right, wife of Rep. Andy Mayberry, R-Hensley, center, and Rose Mimms, executive director of Arkansas Right to Life,…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Expectations drop as peace talks near

For many Syrian refugees such as Ibraheem Qaddah, a former Free Syian Army fighter from Daraa, peace talks that begin…

January 21, 2014

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Supporters urge Egypt general to run for president

Egyptians chant slogans Tuesday as they attend a rally in support of Egypt’s defense minister, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, in Cairo.…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

1 dead in Purdue shooting; student in custody

Police evacuate students from the Electrical Engineering building after shots were fired on Tuesday on the campus of Purdue University…

January 21, 2014

Nation & World

Another snowstorm strikes East Coast

The storm stretched 1,000 miles between Kentucky and Massachusetts but hit especially hard along the heavily populated Interstate 95 corridor…

January 21, 2014