Nation & World

Game-like slots look like jackpots

Younger gamblers want more than bells

October 14, 2014

Nurse infected with Ebola says she’s ‘doing well’

A Texas Christian University yearbook photo shows Nina Pham, a nurse at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who became…

October 14, 2014

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Obama waiting for midterm to name attorney general

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, left, looks on as U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder…

October 14, 2014

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Flu season on its way with Ebola-like symptoms

A Protect Environmental in Dallas employee sanitizes his hands outside the apartment of a health-care worker, who treated Ebola patient…

October 13, 2014

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Turkey says no new deal with U.S. on using air base

Syrian Kurd Kiymet Ergun, 56, gestures, in Mursitpinar on the outskirts of Suruc, at the Turkey-Syria border, as thick smoke…

October 13, 2014

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FERGUSON, Mo. – Pounding rain and tornado watches didn’t deter hundreds of protesters Monday outside Ferguson police headquarters, where they…

October 13, 2014

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Texas Gov. Perry ordered to be in court Oct. 31

Texas Gov. Rick Perry makes a point as he speaks during a visit to the Galveston National Lab Tuesday in…

October 13, 2014

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Health-care workers monitored after Ebola case

A hazmat worker looks up while finishing up cleaning outside an apartment building of a hospital worker Sunday in Dallas.…

October 13, 2014

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S&P 500 posts its worst three-day drop since 2011

Halliburton, Dow Chemical and Merck & Co. lost at least 4.3 percent to pace declines in energy, commodity and health-care…

October 12, 2014

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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The president of the country’s largest Native American reservation appears to be a supporter of the NFL…

October 12, 2014

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Kurds describe fierce battles on streets of Kobani

Holed up in an industrial area of squat, concrete buildings on Kobani’s eastern edges, the outgunned Kurds could do little…

October 12, 2014

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Kurds halt jihadi advance in Syria

U.S. to train Syrian rebels

October 12, 2014

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Health worker 2nd in U.S. to get Ebola

Unclear how this occurred

October 12, 2014

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Ebola victim’s euthanized dog stokes massive protest in Spain

3 people with virus at hospital

October 11, 2014

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New Jersey officials have issued a mandatory quarantine order for members of an NBC crew that was exposed to a…

October 11, 2014

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In last weeks of campaign, be wary of what you hear

Two narratives have competed for attention since Campaign 2014 got underway. One says, rightly, that the political environment favors the…

October 11, 2014

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Shale boom threatening U.S. oil drillers

this herald return of cheap gas?

October 11, 2014

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Other gay-rights challenges loom beyond marriage

issues are hoped to be tackled nationally

October 11, 2014

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World Briefs

TRIPOLI, Libya – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon traveled Saturday to Libya to support a reconciliation process between warring factions there,…

October 11, 2014

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Car bombs kill 38 in Iraq’s capital

of journalists beheaded

October 11, 2014

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Airport Ebola screening begins

95% of travelers from affected countries land at 5 airfields

October 11, 2014

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1 in 4 say poor should just work harder

poll suggests many Americans don’t understand full extent of wealth gap

October 10, 2014

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Kmart becomes latest retailer hit by data theft

Pedestrians pass a Kmart store location in New York. Sears Holdings Corp. announced that it detected a data breach at…

October 10, 2014

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WASHINGTON – The State Department is renewing its global terrorism alert for Americans traveling abroad, saying it sees a heightened…

October 10, 2014