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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday proposed making community college free “for everybody who is willing to work for…

January 8, 2015

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Obama pushes homeownership steps in once hard-hit Arizona

President Barack Obama, joined by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, Thursday speaks outside a home in a housing…

January 8, 2015

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Vermont governor re-elected after failing to win majority

Sen. Mark MacDonald, left, and Rep. Maureen Dakin count ballots during a special election to elect Vermont’s next governor on…

January 8, 2015

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French police detain 9 in massive hunt for 2 suspects

Women light candles to commemorate the victims killed in an attack at the Paris offices of the weekly newspaper Charlie…

January 8, 2015

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Attack highlights clash of cultures

Press freedom not welcome everywhere

January 7, 2015

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House session gets off to rocky start

Boehner votes divides GOP members

January 7, 2015

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World Briefs

ANJAR, Lebanon – Snow fell in parts of the Middle East on Wednesday as a powerful winter storm swept through…

January 7, 2015

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EL PASO, Texas – Federal officials say a man suspected of fatally shooting a doctor and himself at an El…

January 7, 2015

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Much of U.S. shivering from arctic blast

At least the Northeast isn’t getting clobbered with snow the way it was this time last year. A look at…

January 7, 2015

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FBI director confident North Korea was behind cyberattack

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, tells a group attending Wednesday’s International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University…

January 7, 2015

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FBI: NAACP explosion in Colo. could be domestic terror

No one was hurt in the Tuesday morning explosion, and the FBI said agents are investigating whether the NAACP offices…

January 7, 2015

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Police hunt for 2 in French shooting that killed 12; 1 surrenders

President Francois Hollande, visiting the scene of France’s deadliest such attack in more than half a century, called the assault…

January 7, 2015

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Science seeking faraway answers

New research focusing on exoplanets

January 6, 2015

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama pledged to stand with Mexico against “the scourge of violence and the drug cartels” as…

January 6, 2015

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New research suggests drunk birds slur songs

In a study published last week in PLOS ONE, researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University tempted zebra finches…

January 6, 2015

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California breaks ground on high-speed rail project

Gov. Jerry Brown, center, says California can’t afford not to build a high-speed rail project connecting Los Angeles and San…

January 6, 2015

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Border patrol drones called ineffective

Audit reports fleet is grounded most of the time

January 6, 2015

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Female suicide bomber strikes in Istanbul, killing policeman

Turkish security members on Tuesday gather outside a police station in Istanbul, Turkey, after a police officer was killed in…

January 6, 2015

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Locked out of college or not?

Census data show U.S. has more jails than colleges

January 6, 2015

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World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – The Syrian government Tuesday accused U.S. Sen. John McCain, former French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and two…

January 6, 2015

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EU unlikely to lift Russian sanctions

Countries seek to ease tensions

January 6, 2015

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NATO looks at paying for rapid-reaction force

Military unit aimed at countering Russian aggression

January 6, 2015

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Habitat-conscious firefighting plan ordered

Sage-grouse would be protected

January 6, 2015

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GOP takes charge as new Congress convenes

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio kisses House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California after being re-elected to a…

January 6, 2015