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Review to examine U.S. hostage policy

paying ransom won’t be an option

April 24, 2015

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Chilean village a ghost town after Calbuco’s twin eruptions

The entrance of a house is covered with ash from the eruption of the Calbuco volcano in Puerto Varas, Chile.…

April 24, 2015

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Comcast abandons Time Warner Cable bid after government pushback

Comcast has dropped its bid to purchase Time Warner Cable because of government concerns that the new company would control…

April 24, 2015

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Obama’s trade agenda draws GOP support in House

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California departs a news conference where she wouldn’t say if she supports legislation to…

April 23, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Loretta Lynch won confirmation as the nation’s first black female attorney general Thursday from a Senate that forced…

April 23, 2015

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Drone policy faces doubts

Hostages’ deaths raise questions about airstrikes

April 23, 2015

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The Nasdaq is back but different

The Nasdaq Stock Market that broke new ground Thursday is not the same stock index it was 15 years ago…

April 23, 2015

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Petraeus sentenced to 2 years’ probation for military leak

Former CIA Director David Petraeus was given two years’ probation and a $100,000 fine for giving his biographer classified information.Bob…

April 23, 2015

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Michael Brown’s parents sue over son’s death

Lesley McSpadden, the mother of Michael Brown, wears a sweatshirt remembering her son during a news conference Thursday. The family…

April 23, 2015

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Loretta Lynch wins confirmation as attorney general

Lynch The 56-43 vote installs Lynch, 55, now U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, as the first…

April 23, 2015

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Hello? 8 million phone calls unanswered as IRS cut taxpayer service

Susan Walsh/Associated Press<br><br>IRS Commissioner John Koskinen told the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday that his agency’s overloaded phone system…

April 22, 2015

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Nation Brief

WASHINGTON – A Republican-led committee investigating the 2012 attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya, and former Secretary of State Hillary…

April 22, 2015

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World Briefs

TOKYO – Japanese authorities said they were investigating after a small drone laced with traces of radiation was found Wednesday…

April 22, 2015

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Saudi Arabia continues to strike Yemeni rebels

Shiite Houthis rebels on Wednesday protested after Saudi Arabia launched new air attacks against the rebel forces in southern Yemen.Hani…

April 22, 2015

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Don’t get rattled, but you may be in a quake zone

New research of earthquake zones in the continental United States shows more than half the U.S. population lives in earthquake-prone…

April 22, 2015

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Obama: Climate change is ‘problem now’

Florida’s water, tourism endangered

April 22, 2015

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Italy urges action against smugglers

Official: Europe must stem refugee flow

April 22, 2015

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Privacy groups seek new details on NSA

Privacy advocates are arguing that federal officials have not released enough information about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs for…

April 22, 2015

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