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SAN FRANCISCO – The 85-year-old U.S. veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped…

December 9, 2013

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Report: NSA spying on online gamers

U.S. and British intelligence agencies say terrorists could be hiding in place sight in online games such as World of…

December 9, 2013

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Central African Republic mobs launch sectarian attacks

Central African Republic President Michel Djotodia admits that he has no control over Seleka fighters who helped him overthrow the…

December 9, 2013

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Obama heads to South Africa for Mandela memorial

President Barack Obama will speak Tuesday during a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela. Obama and his…

December 9, 2013

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Minus 135.8 in Antartica sets record

Try 135.8 degrees Fahrenheit below zero; that’s 93.2 degrees below zero Celsius, which sounds only slightly toastier. Better yet, don’t…

December 8, 2013

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The federal health-care exchange is incorrectly determining that some people are eligible for Medicaid when they clearly are not, leaving…

December 8, 2013

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South Africans pray for Nelson Mandela

leaders to attend massive event at stadium

December 8, 2013

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Ukrainians hold largest demonstration since ’04

Citizens demanding president’s ouster

December 8, 2013

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NSA isn’t the only one spying

Investigation reveals other agencies that do it

December 7, 2013

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Revolutionary War prison parcel transferred to Pennsylvania town

Property to be preserved, researched

December 7, 2013

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Green-building rater has rival from Oregon

Portland-based system takes on LEED

December 7, 2013

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A year after Newtown mass shooting, rift over guns deepens

Staring at photographs of their freckled faces, hair tucked into barrettes and baseball caps, a country divided by politics, geography,…

December 7, 2013

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Freezing temperatures grip Americans

deaths in San Francisco Bay area; 100K customers without power in Dallas

December 7, 2013

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U.S. veteran Newman, 85, home from North Korea

Newmandu1-i-syn Merrill Newman arrived at the San Francisco airport after turning down a ride aboard Vice President Joe Biden’s Air…

December 7, 2013

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Nation Briefs

Auction features items from Nancy Drew author TOLEDO, Ohio – Typewriters and a desk from the home of an author…

December 7, 2013

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Doctors find rival for blood cancers

therapy proves successful

December 7, 2013

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Lawmakers question U.S.-Russia copter deal

Boeing-made crafts more cost-effective for Afghans, study says

December 7, 2013

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World Briefs

BANGUI, Central African Republic – France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops…

December 7, 2013

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Nelson Mandela: Icon, hero, flawed human

Women walk past artists’ renderings of Nelson Mandela for sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday. South Africa is readying…

December 7, 2013

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Cubans reap rewards of individual enterprise

Values, ideals are changing within society

December 7, 2013

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Pearl Harbor ceremony marks date of attack

Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over where the attack occured at a 72nd anniversary ceremony Saturday…

December 7, 2013

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Feds balk at health application

Interviews with enrollment counselors, insurance brokers and a government official who works with navigators in Illinois reveal the latest change…

December 7, 2013

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Just how happy are you?

Experts urge Uncle Sam to measure, pursue our well-being

December 6, 2013

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After derailment, feds order changes at New York railway

The emergency order by the Federal Railroad Administration was a reaction to Sunday’s wreck in the Bronx, where a train…

December 6, 2013

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Jordan wins Security Council seat, replaces Saudis

Arab countries chose Jordan as a replacement, and Asian nations endorsed it to take the traditional Arab seat on the…

December 6, 2013

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Water at Marine base linked to birth defects

The authors of the study on Camp Lejeune released late Thursday by the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease…

December 6, 2013

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South Africans celebrate Mandela’s life

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela will be buried in his home town of Qunu Dec. 15, government officials say.…

December 6, 2013

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Ice storm snarls holiday deliveries

Businesses of all types are struggling to get deliveries through as a major storm slows raod and air traffic throughout…

December 6, 2013

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World/Nation Briefs

MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in…

December 6, 2013

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Many flee in fear to Central African Republic airport

Jerome Delay/Associated Press<br><br>Shrouded bodies lay in a Bangui mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday after a day-long gun battle…

December 6, 2013