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Attorneys seek to change Pollard’s parole conditions

Convicted spy Jonathan Pollard, left, will be working for a New York investment firm while on parole. He was freed…

November 20, 2015

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Obama seeks justices’ OK on immigration plan

26 states suing to stop policy blocking deportations

November 20, 2015

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Democrats seek to expand gun controls

Senator pushes bill to ban sales to people on terror watchlist

November 20, 2015

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Facebook tries to ease your heartache

Facebook is testing a new feature that will let people who divorce or split up with a lover avoid having…

November 20, 2015

Nation & World

Seattle voters get to call the shots

Alan Durning, author of an initiative passed by Seattle voters that created the nation’s first voucher system for campaign contributions,…

November 20, 2015

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Men may overeat like cavemen to woo women

Men’s eating habits could be a hardwired urge dating back to prehistoric times when men with better hunting prowess were…

November 20, 2015

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Bulldogs in love: New movie tells dog wedding story

Proceeds from a new movie, “The Dog Wedding,” will go to help two charities, Canine Companions for Independence and Long…

November 20, 2015

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‘Not the first time I’ve been framed,’ felon ex-mayor quips

Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci attended a ceremony to unveil his official portrait in City Hall in Providence, R.I. Cianci…

November 20, 2015

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Ordinary teenager not your everyday genius

has two degrees, and is working with NASA

November 20, 2015

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Sight, sound used to trigger dementia patients’ memories

Researchers say providing sensory and other cues to dementia patients can help stimulate memories in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Decima…

November 20, 2015

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Obama administration: New drugs must remain affordable

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell told attendees at a forum on drug prices in White Sulphur Springs,…

November 20, 2015

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Hotel siege ends with several dead

Extremist group claims hostage-taking in Mali

November 20, 2015

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FBI head: No credible threat to U.S. after Paris attacks

FBI Director James Comey, left, with Attorney General Loretta Lynch, said there are no credible threats against the United State…

November 19, 2015

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Islamic State reportedly wants chemical arms

Valls Their quest raises an alarming scenario for the West, given the determination to strike major cities that the group…

November 19, 2015

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Era of mass migration from Mexico is ‘at an end’

Mexicans leaving U.S. now top number arriving

November 19, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Responding swiftly to the terror in Paris, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to erect high hurdles for…

November 19, 2015

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House votes to curb Syrian refugees, snubs Obama veto threat

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., center, talked to reporters before a vote Wednesday where many Democrats joined Republicans in approving tighter…

November 19, 2015

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Ex-Subway pitchman Fogle gets more than 15 years in prison

John Bradford, a professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Ottawa in Canada, testified during a Wednesday sentencing hearing…

November 19, 2015

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Nation Brief

WASHINGTON – Congress is pressing ahead with efforts to update the much-criticized No Child Left Behind education law. A bipartisan…

November 18, 2015

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Airstrikes having little impact on Islamic State

Campaign could take years, officials say

November 18, 2015

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Carter pushing retirement, other changes for future force

Many of the moves that Carter planned to outline in a speech Wednesday focus on how the Army, Navy, Air…

November 18, 2015

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Man behind attack in Paris may be dead

police unsure who died in raid

November 18, 2015

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Putin vows to hunt down, punish those who bombed Russian jet

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, attends a meeting on Russian airspace forces’ activities in…

November 17, 2015

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World Briefs

ATHENS, Greece – A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.1 hit the western Greek island of…

November 17, 2015