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U.S. ready to do business with Cuba

U.S. exports could top $4 billion a year

December 17, 2014

Nation & World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Executions and new death sentences dropped to their lowest numbers in decades in 2014, an anti-death penalty group…

December 17, 2014

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U.S., Cuba patch torn relations in historic accord

Protesters outside of Cafe Versailles on Calle Ocho in Miami decry the exchange of convicted Cuban spies for USAID subcontractor…

December 17, 2014

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Mixed emotions vex ‘Pedro Pan’ generation after Cuba move

A bus filled with excited Cubans passes through the Vedado section of Havana, Cuba. After a half-century of Cold War…

December 16, 2014

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Aussie leader: System failed to track siege gunman

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife, Margie, pay their respects to the victims of the siege in Martin…

December 16, 2014

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Obama signs $1.1 trillion spending bill into law

President Barack Obama leaves Marine One helicopter after returning to the White House from a trip to New Jersey to…

December 16, 2014

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Immigration debate awaits new Congress

Some say GOP must act on issue

December 16, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – The Transportation Security Administration needed an exemption from new Obama administration rules restricting racial profiling by the government…

December 16, 2014

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Bush shakes up race for presidency

Ex-governor says he will ‘explore’ running

December 16, 2014

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Rain could dampen conservation efforts

Officials: California drought far from over

December 16, 2014

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World Briefs

TOKYO — North Korea has asked the U.N. Security Council to investigate the CIA’s “brutal medieval” treatment of terrorism suspects…

December 16, 2014

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‘Fight will continue,’ Pakistan warns

Taliban attack on school kills scores of kids

December 16, 2014

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Families of Newtown victims sue rifle manufacturer

Connecticutt State Police Detective Detective Barbara J. Mattson holds a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun…

December 15, 2014

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Police say Sydney cafe hostage situation over

A injured hostage is wheeled to an ambulance after shots were fired during a cafe siege at Martin Place in…

December 15, 2014

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Crunch time for health-insurance sign-ups

President Barack Obama’s health-insurance expansion faces the biggest test of its second year on Monday, the deadline to sign up…

December 14, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

PENNSBURG, Pa. – A man suspected of going to three houses in the Philadelphia suburbs and fatally shooting six people,…

December 14, 2014

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3 dead in Sydney cafe siege; 15 hostages alive

Bomb-disposal robot sent in; no explosives found

December 14, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

The Department of Defense says two servicemen died from wounds suffered during an attack in Afghanistan. Officials said Sunday that…

December 14, 2014

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Rich-poor divide among nations rankles UN talks

Global pact on climate change appears iffy

December 14, 2014

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Legal advice guided brutal interrogations

ACLU slams decision not to pursue criminal charges

December 14, 2014

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Dinosaurs killed by volcanic eruption?

Scientists say it’s a strong possibility

December 14, 2014

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Spacesuits get a new look

NASA using medical scanners to try to build a better suit

December 13, 2014

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DNA study offers new clues on birds

Analysis gives insights on their evolution

December 13, 2014

Nation & World

From surf to the turf in land-locked America

Fish-farming is the new ag in Midwest

December 13, 2014