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Study sees possible dip in world carbon dioxide emissions

Air pollution caused by burning coal has become a major problem in Beijing, and the Chinese government is moving to…

December 7, 2015

Investigators: Wife may have led California rampage

That possibility emerged last week when it was disclosed that the Pakistani-born Malik had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State…

December 6, 2015

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ATLANTA – Jimmy Carter said Sunday that his most recent brain scan showed no signs of cancer, more than three…

December 6, 2015

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Navy works to ID USS Oklahoma’s lost crew on anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Science may aid identification of bones from Pearl Harbor tomb ship

December 6, 2015

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Obama: Terror threat in ‘new phase’

“I know that after so much war, many Americans are asking whether we are confronted by a cancer that has…

December 6, 2015

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Nielsen: Internet, smartphones eating our traditional TV time

Viewing peaked in 2009-10 season

December 5, 2015

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WASHINGTON – The president of Liberty University urged students during the school’s convocation on Friday to get their permits to…

December 5, 2015

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Woman shooter is a mystery

Tashfeen Malik, along with her husband, slaughtered 14 in Calif.

December 5, 2015

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BAKU, Azerbaijan – One worker was killed, 30 were missing and 33 were rescued Saturday after a fire swept through…

December 5, 2015

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Draft climate agreement ready in Paris

More work to be done at midway point of international meeting

December 5, 2015

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European countries push for tighter border controls

Greece agrees to stricter measures

December 5, 2015

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New images reveal seaplane that sank at Pearl Harbor

There were an estimated six of these sea planes in the bay at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack.University…

December 4, 2015

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Research shows we may be consuming water faster than we thought

Study suggests we may be consuming it at unsustainable rate

December 4, 2015

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Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project

The Great Thanksgiving Listen was conceived by leaders of the nonprofit oral history project StoryCorps. They encouraged kids to send…

December 4, 2015

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Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’

Thomas Saenz, president and general counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, says a legal challenge to the way…

December 4, 2015

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WASHINGTON – A five-year, $305 billion bill to address the nation’s aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law…

December 4, 2015

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Two suspects sought in Paris attacks

EU countries to share air passenger travel data

December 4, 2015

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KABUL, Afghanistan – A joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation has freed at least 40 Afghan prisoners from a Taliban prison…

December 4, 2015

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OPEC nations opt to reject cutting their oil production

An attempt to nudge the cost of oil higher would have involved lowering output, thereby reducing supply and driving demand…

December 4, 2015

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Trump hired felon as business adviser

Candidate says he’s ‘not that familiar with him’

December 4, 2015

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Clinton: Killings show need for intelligence sharing

The former Secretary of State said in Iowa that the massacre that left 14 dead and many more injured in…

December 4, 2015

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16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club

Egyptian police are searching for six suspects believed to have firebombed the El Sayad restaurant in Cairo on Friday. Sixteen…

December 4, 2015

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U.S. adds healthy 211K jobs; unemployment steady at low 5 percent

Retailers added nearly 31,000 jobs in November, helping to keep the national unemployment rate at 5 percent for the month.…

December 4, 2015

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Shooting now terror case

Wife praised Islamic State leader before deadly attack

December 4, 2015