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WASHINGTON – Democrats have blocked a Senate bill that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules…

November 3, 2015

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Houston LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance rejected by voters

Campaign for Houston supporters check election results at a watch party Tuesday in Houston. The group opposed the Houston Equal…

November 3, 2015

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Life-saving guide dog reunited with his owner

Golden retriever returns home after several months in hospital

November 3, 2015

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Bush hits campaign reset, retools slogan: ‘Jeb Can Fix It’

Jeb Bush talks about his record as Florida governor and his hopes for his presidency as a part of his…

November 3, 2015

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Senate blocks legislation to undercut EPA clean water rules

Democrats in the Senate blocked a Republican-backed bill that would have stopped new Obama administration rules designed to protect smaller…

November 3, 2015

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Tech tycoon spearheads legal pot push in California

The proposed legalization initiative is one of more than a dozen that has been submitted in California for the November…

November 2, 2015

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SEATTLE – Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations after the chain’s third foodborne illness this year sickened about…

November 2, 2015

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Confusion surrounds crash

Terrorism can’t be ruled out, officials say

November 2, 2015

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Company behind Keystone XL pipeline wants to suspend application

The company behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the U.S Gulf Coast says it wants to suspend…

November 2, 2015

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In Newark, Obama to call for breaking cycle of incarceration

President Barack Obama Monday is expected to discuss his plans to make it easier for former prison convicts to find…

November 2, 2015

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U.S. factories grow at slowest pace in 2½ years; hiring falls

Oil field companies have cut bank on new orders for steel pipe and other equipment used to build new oil…

November 2, 2015

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Fred Thompson, a Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee for eight years who also acted in feature films…

November 1, 2015

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Haitians are serious about Halloween

Country flows into cemeteries to mark Voodoo day of the dead

November 1, 2015

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Cruz hopes to build momentum following successful GOP debate

“How about this time we nominate as Republicans a candidate as committed to conservative principles as Barack Obama is to…

November 1, 2015

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Russian plane broke up high in the air over Egypt, officials say

Russia held a national mourning for the plane crash victims on Sunday. Mourners gathered at Dvortsovaya Palace Square in St.…

November 1, 2015

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Region Briefs

DENVER – An art project to drape fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River has passed another…

October 31, 2015

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Study: Major hospital has drug mishaps in half of all surgeries

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital found that 124 of the 277 operations they watched in 2013-2014 included at least one…

October 31, 2015

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Molinaro WESTON, Conn. – The month before his parents disappeared, police say Kyle Navin wrote that he had the “perfect…

October 31, 2015

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Death toll rises in Texas storms

Heavy flooding in Houston, Austin areas

October 31, 2015

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Goodbye, TP: My experiment in generating minimum trash

This is the trash Darshan Karwat has produced in 2015.The Washington Post The average American produces more than 4 pounds…

October 31, 2015

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World Briefs

MANAMA, Bahrain – The United States ramped up its support for Syria’s opposition with a pledge of nearly $100 million…

October 31, 2015

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No survivors in Russian airliner crash Saturday

IS claims it brought down plane with 217 passengers on board

October 31, 2015

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U.S. sending special ops troops to Syria

Move marks big escalation of U.S. role

October 30, 2015

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California fines water suppliers for failure to cut back

A worker washes a car at Bob’s Car Wash in Roseville, Calif. To reduce water use, owner Nancy van Overbeek…

October 30, 2015