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Poll offers hope to GOP

Republicans now favored to win Senate in election

October 21, 2014

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North Korea frees American detainee

Fowle Jeffrey Fowle, 56, a father of three from Ohio, was flown from North Korea aboard a U.S. military plane…

October 21, 2014

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Former Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee dies

Ben Bradlee, former executive editor of The Washington Post, listens during an event sponsored by The Washington Post to commemorate…

October 21, 2014

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Denver girls may have tried to join jihadis

An FBI spokeswoman says agents helped bring the girls back to Denver after stopping them in Germany. Spokeswoman Suzie Payne…

October 21, 2014

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U.S. tightens Ebola screening

White House rejects ban on travel from West Africa nations

October 21, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led pro-democracy protests that have occupied…

October 20, 2014

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Obama coalition-building again … this time on Ebola

Cuba’s president contributes nearly 400 medical staff

October 20, 2014

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Turkey says it helps Kurdish fighters enter Syria

Kurds say help hasn’t arrived

October 20, 2014

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U.S. airdrops arms to Kurds in Syrian town of Kobani

Smoke from a fire rises following a strike in Kobani, Syria, during fighting between Syrian Kurds and the militants of…

October 20, 2014

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Ebola fear, monitoring eases for some in Dallas

Dr. David L. Callender, president of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Friday answers questions about the disposal of medical…

October 20, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

CANBERRA, Australia – Australia will soon deploy 200 special forces troops in Iraq to advise and assist Iraqi security forces…

October 19, 2014

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Quarantine ends for family, friends

had contact with infectious Ebola patient

October 19, 2014

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WHO won’t discuss Ebola mistakes document

In the draft document, which wasn’t released publicly, WHO blamed numerous factors for the now explosive Ebola epidemic, including incompetent…

October 18, 2014

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Gay-rights group backs use of HIV-prevention pill

Medication’s cost can reach into the thousands

October 18, 2014

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Ebola: What went wrong?

containment efforts, plenty of blame to share

October 18, 2014

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Fewer initiatives might still drive voter turnout

There are fewer initiatives, referenda, propositions and other measures on the ballot this year – 126 – than in recent…

October 18, 2014

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Nation briefs

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in the November election even…

October 18, 2014

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Cautious optimism over Nigeria’s kidnapped girls

This image taken from video by Nigeria’s Boko Haram network shows the alleged missing girls abducted from the northeastern town…

October 18, 2014

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World Briefs

BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s remaining Cabinet nominees on Saturday, including for the critical defense and…

October 18, 2014

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U.S.-led strike kills 8 in IS-held Syria town

to civilians could undermine efforts

October 18, 2014

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Bishops scrap welcome to gays

Pope Francis talks to prelates as he arrives at the morning session of a two-week synod on family issues at…

October 18, 2014

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Slain journalist ‘tried to see the good’

A memorial service was held Saturday for slain journalist James Foley, who was abducted in Syria in 2012 and then…

October 18, 2014

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U.S., China vow to manage rifts before Obama visit

Secretary of State John Kerry, right, talks with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi during a meeting in Boston, Saturday Oct.…

October 18, 2014

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Ebola victim remembered for compassion

had helped infected pregnant lady

October 18, 2014