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Study links swarm of quakes in Texas to natural gas drilling

In 84 days from November 2013 to January 2014, the area around Azle, Texas, shook with 27 magnitude 2 or…

April 21, 2015

Same-sex marriage opponents urge Supreme Court to go slow

The Rev. Russell Moore, director of the Southern Baptist’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, fears that if the Supreme Court…

April 21, 2015

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Boat captain, crew member are arrested

Italian Coast Guard officers disembark the body of a dead migrant off the ship Bruno Gregoretti, in Valletta’s Grand Harbour…

April 20, 2015

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Nation & World Briefs

HONOLULU – The federal government on Monday proposed removing most of the world’s humpback whales from the endangered species list,…

April 20, 2015

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Parks may allow plant removal

Current rules prevent tribes from taking resources

April 20, 2015

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EU foreign ministers to meet after latest migrant tragedy

A man rescues a migrant from the Aegean Sea near the eastern island of Rhodes. European Union officials are planning…

April 20, 2015

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Talks to begin on Capitol Hill budget measure

Senate Banking Committee member Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. discusses Republican plans to possibly cut funding for Medicare and President Barack…

April 20, 2015

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Nation Briefs

RUSKIN, Fla. – The letter carrier who caused a full-scale security review in Washington when he violated national airspace by…

April 19, 2015

Nation & World

Okla. City bombing remembered

marks 20th anniversary of U.S. tragedy

April 19, 2015

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FBI provided faulty testimony for decades

Prosecutors were favored; hundreds could be innocent

April 19, 2015

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World Briefs

TEHRAN, Iran– International nuclear inspectors will be barred from all Iranian military sites under any deal with world powers, a…

April 19, 2015

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Yemen Shiite rebel leader vows not to surrender

Iran’s foreign minister urged UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday to try to end “the senseless aerial attacks” in Yemen…

April 19, 2015

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Hundreds locked inside hold of capsized boat

Survivor provides harrowing tale of life on boat

April 19, 2015

Nation & World

Health-care changes in ’17?

president will have power to overhaul

April 19, 2015

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Americans see green light for legalizing marijuana

Bloomberg poll, respondents expect in 20 years, pot will be legal nationwide

April 19, 2015

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VA waiting times drag on

Patient appointment delays still a problem for agency

April 18, 2015

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Why one-way streets are the absolute worst

Crime, drop in property values were found

April 18, 2015

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Shooter finds rejection, indifference in future home

who shot Reagan paints, eats fast food

April 18, 2015

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World Briefs

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan – A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a line of people waiting outside a bank Saturday in eastern Afghanistan,…

April 18, 2015

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Gulf 5 years after BP spill: Resilient yet scarred

corporation’s, others’ reports conflicting

April 18, 2015

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Rising risks seen on economic recovery

viewed as volatile again

April 18, 2015

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Nation Briefs

BOSTON – It’s been decades since you could run in the Boston Marathon without qualifying, before limits on the field…

April 18, 2015

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Ex-Saddam deputy may be dead

has been working with Islamic State forces

April 17, 2015

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RPG event makes magic come alive for Potter fans

Norwegian Elge Larsson is promising to fight “nail and tooth” any interference from the Polish Ministry of Magic during a…

April 17, 2015