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Florida Dem calls for trade with Cuba

Florida Dem calls for trade with Cuba

Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist, campaigning in Miami’s Little Havana, called for an end the trade embargo against Cuba.John…

Presidential patriotism shines on Fourth of July

Presidential patriotism shines on Fourth of July

Grills are filled with smoking hamburgers at the White House in preparation for President Barack Obama’s Independence Day barbecue with…

Nation & World Briefs

Nation & World Briefs

MURRIETA, Calif. – Demonstrators have gathered again outside a U.S. Border Patrol station in Murrieta, California, where the agency intends…

Germany summons U.S. envoy in spy case

Germany summons U.S. envoy in spy case

Former National Security Agency employee Thomas Drake, center, arrives in Berlin to testify at German Parliament hearing about the NSA’s…

Ark. woman named oldest American

Ark. woman named oldest American

Gertrude Weaver of Camden, Ark., holds a flower given to her a day before her 116th birthday at Silver Oaks…

Obama: Immigration has made U.S. great

Obama: Immigration has made U.S. great

President Barack Obama watches as Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, right, administers the oath of allegiance during a naturalization…

North Carolina gets back to celebrating

North Carolina gets back to celebrating

The weather along the narrow barrier islands – whose beaches draw hundreds of thousands of tourists every summer – had…

Arthur forces Fourth of July changes

Arthur forces Fourth of July changes

Nicole Specht and and Ryan Witman pack their Honda CRV to head back home to Lancaster, Pa., before dawn on…

June jobs report shows U.S. recovery is accelerating

June jobs report shows U.S. recovery is accelerating

People wait in line for the Cleveland Career Fair in Independence, Ohio. U.S. employers accelerated their hiring in June, adding…

Cochran hangs on for win

Cochran hangs on for win

Sen. Thad Cochran was holding on to a narrow lead in Tuesday night’s primary runoff election against tea party challenger…

Illinois legislators hope to lock in bid for Obama library

Illinois legislators hope to lock in bid for Obama library

Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, left, and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel argue that Chicago can’t take for granted that it…

Obama touts success of health overhaul

Obama touts success of health overhaul

President Barack Obama says the latest figures showing 8 million people have signed up for health insurance through the Affordable…

IRS audits few big partnerships, GAO says

IRS audits few big partnerships, GAO says

That means some of Wall Street’s largest hedge funds and private equity firms are largely escaping close scrutiny by the…

A place just like home?

A place just like home?

Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet

Questions rise about evacuation

Questions rise about evacuation

A crewmember who escaped the ferry that sank off the southern coast of South Korea Wednesday says he is not…

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions

Associated PressU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov before a meet Russia’s pledge to…

Arrests in Target breach may not happen soon

Arrests in Target breach may not happen soon

Federal investigators with the U.S. Secret Service infiltrate online forums used by hackers to try to capture cybercriminals and shut…

Ukraine asks for UN peacekeepers in restive east

Ukraine asks for UN peacekeepers in restive east

Pro-Russian activists are continuing to occupy government buildings in several east Ukraine cities despite a Monday morning deadline for them…

Obama remembers Kansas shooting victims

Obama remembers Kansas shooting victims

President Barack Obama is promising federal help in an investigation of a shooting at a Jewish community center and a…

East Ukraine is asserting itself

East Ukraine is asserting itself

Pro-Russian area letting itself be heard, seeking independence

Jet search area is too deep for submarine

Jet search area is too deep for submarine

submersibles not readily available

Nation & World Briefs

Nation & World Briefs

VALPARAISO, Chile – Helicopters and airplanes dumped water on wildfires and the smoldering wreckage of hilltop neighborhoods around Valparaiso for…

Abdullah, Ghani lead after partial Afghan vote tally

Abdullah, Ghani lead after partial Afghan vote tally

support keeping U.S. troops in the country

Clash of states’ and federal rights

Clash of states’ and federal rights

Nev. rancher contests BLM authority over his land, cows