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Selling Obamacare shapes up as challenge

Martin Upshaw discusses his need for health insurance during an interview in Chicago. As President Barack Obama’s health-care law moves…

15-year-old boy grows hair to donate to children

As a small child, James heard his mother talk about Locks of Love, a non-profit organization that specializes in creating…

FEMA denies aid to religious groups

Hurricane Sandy victims can’t use taxpayer dollars

Why you don’t need to worry about getting the plague

There are about seven cases of the plague each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease…

Burning Man grows

Federal land managers have issued Burning Man organizers a four-year special recreation permit that allows a peak population of 68,000…

Kansas at crossroads of marijuana trafficking

cracking down on pot coming from other states

Starting high school later might help sleepy teenagers

Severna Park High School students arrive for class in Anne Arundel County, Md. Some schools are opting to start the…

Should feds start regulating amusement parks?

experts wondering after Six Flags death

Air show leads fight against federal fees

Government now charging events for air traffic control

Washington’s newest odd couple

Obama, McCain forge bipartisan partnership

Some gay-rights activists regret focus on marriage

Demonstrators march last month in Seattle to increase lesbian visibility and activism without focusing on labels, such as bisexual, intersex…

Ups, some downs for NYC bike sharing

The program is sponsored by Citi, the banking institution, to the tune of $41 million. It has 6,000 bicycles available.…

Police: Gunman in Fla. standoff lived in building

Miami-Dade morgue workers carry out a body Saturday at the scene of a fatal shooting in Hialeah, Fla. A gunman…

Dozens killed in Egypt violence

Security forces fire on Morsi supporters

Syrian refugees face suspicion in Lebanon

Roberta Russo, a communication officer for the United Nations refugee agency, shows a new a prefabricated house designed by the…

FDA proposes food-safety rules

New rules proposed Friday by the Food and Drug Administration would make U.S. food importers responsible for ensuring that their…

Health insurance shopping won’t resemble Amazon

deadlines mean online tools will be delayed

Holmes’ notebook may be in judge’s hands

Contents have not been disclosed; reporter faces hearing

Navajo coal plant pitches pollution-control plan

wants emissions cut by 84 percent

Rio’s Copacabana stages show for pope

Pope Francis presided over a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach Friday. About 200…

Amid scandal, Weiner tours storm-damaged NYC home

New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner tours Staten Island meeting with Hurricane Sandy victims Friday. He met with one…

Spanish police arrest driver in train crash

As blame increasingly fell on the still-hospitalized driver over Spain’s deadliest railway crash in decades, authorities located the train’s so-called…

Millions rally to back Egyptian military

Protesters both for and against the the military-backed government in Egypt are taking to the streets to demonstrate their support…

Southern states gird for new fight on voting laws

Texas is being targeted first by the U.S. Justice Department in its push to get the Supreme Court to reinstate…

U.S. says Snowden won’t face death penalty

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is trying to convince Russia to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden by promising…

U.S .promises Russia no death penalty for Snowden

The Obama administration is promising Russia that it will not try National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on any charges…

Police detain Spain train crash driver as suspect

Train service to Santiago de Compostela is back on schedule following Wednesday’s derailment of an “Alvira” train near the Spanish…

Nations helping Snowden targeted

Congress seeks sanctions on asylum nations

July 25, 2013