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Unemployment benefits bill clears hurdle in U.S. Senate

Senate Republican leaders are saying they will support a bill to extend unemployment benefits to long-term jobless Americans if Democrats…

January 7, 2014

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Rodman: Exhibition game can ‘open door’ to N. Korea

Dennis Rodman huddles with North Korean basketball players and fellow former NBA stars at a practice session Tuesday in Pyongyang,…

January 7, 2014

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Polar weather spreads across U.S.

Record low temperatures are being set across the Midwest and East Coast as a winter storm brings subzero weather to…

January 6, 2014

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Nation Briefs

NEW ORLEANS – A federal appeals court heard arguments Monday on whether the state of Texas can enforce a law…

January 6, 2014

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World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – U.N. officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic is on the brink of a…

January 6, 2014

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China destroys 6 tons of ivory

Conservation groups are hailing China’s decision to destroy about 6 tons of illegal ivory as a sign of growing concern…

January 6, 2014

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U.S. health costs continue to grow slowly

While the White House sees hard-won vindication, it’s too early to say if the four-year trend that continued through 2012…

January 6, 2014

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Sudan president backs peace talks

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says warfare “will do no good” for the people of South Sudan. Sudan allowed South Sudan…

January 6, 2014

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Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., left, says he nearly has the votes to approve legislation for extended unemployment…

January 6, 2014

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Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve

Janet Yellen will take over as the first female head of the Federal Reserve Bank on Feb. 1. Yellin was…

January 6, 2014

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Syrian rebel in-fighting spreads in country

An al-Qaida linked militant fighter exercises at an unknown training camp in Syria in this photo posted on a militant…

January 6, 2014

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Girl declared brain dead moved from hospital

Jahi McMath is in an unnamed critical care center after being transferred from Children’s Hospital in Oakland. The hospital was…

January 6, 2014

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‘Polar vortex’ Ion has arrived

brings temperatures not seen in decades

January 5, 2014

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Water pollution by drilling confirmed

States’ data note problems with wells

January 4, 2014

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Library offers glimpse of bookless future

facility is first in country to go all digital

January 4, 2014

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Election politics dominates Congress

Republicans intend to focus on every facet of President Barack Obama’s health-care law. They see a political boost in its…

January 4, 2014

Nation & World

Big money in social-media clicks

Indonesian students share a tablet computer to check their Facebook accounts in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Celebrities, businesses and even the…

January 4, 2014

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Nation/World Briefs

NEW YORK – Authorities say one person has died and another has been injured in a three-alarm high-rise apartment fire…

January 4, 2014

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Seeing AP photo reunites family with missing son

Photographer was ‘happy’ and ‘touched’

January 4, 2014

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Midwest freeze may break records

Meteorologist: Blame dramatic winter weather on a ‘polar vortex’

January 4, 2014

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Groomers are dazzling up dogs with bling, bows

“It’s like having a little unicorn creature,” said Sasha Sinnott, an attorney from Pasadena who was nearly giddy about her…

January 4, 2014

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Plane makes emergency landing on NYC highway NEW YORK – A small plane made an emergency landing Saturday on an…

January 4, 2014

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Gloomy Americans foresee downhill slide to 2050

Kelly Miller, 22, a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, said she looks forward to some great things in…

January 4, 2014

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A compliment or a curse?

‘Putin Games’ draws assorted criticism, praise

January 4, 2014

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Cruz ‘soon’ to renounce citizenship

Cruzdu1-i-syn Catherine Frazier, a spokeswoman for the junior senator from Texas, said lawyers are preparing the necessary paperwork. The 43-year-old…

January 4, 2014

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Marking 50 years of anti-smoking

1964 report was catalyst to change

January 4, 2014

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World Briefs

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in…

January 4, 2014

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Al-Qaida group says it bombed Beirut

set of rebel fighters is alligned against Assad regime

January 4, 2014

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Bangladesh vote unlikely to stem wave of violence

Opposition demands current prime minister to step down

January 4, 2014

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Gun limits sought for mentally ill

In a plan unveiled Friday, the Justice Department is requesting current prohibitions related to mental illness be extended to those…

January 4, 2014