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GPS tracking case leaves unsettled questions

The January 2012 opinion in United States v. Jones set constitutional boundaries for law enforcement’s use of GPS devices to…

June 15, 2014

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CHICAGO – At least six locations in three different states have entered official bids to house Barack Obama’s presidential library.…

June 15, 2014

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Losing streak lengthens for foes of gay marriage

National Organization for Marriage president Brian Brown, left, tells Paula Hare, who is a transgender Vietnam War veteran, not to…

June 15, 2014

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Casey Kasem, king of the Top 40 countdown, dead

Casey Kasem and his wife, Jean, smile as he receives his own “Star” on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in…

June 15, 2014

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For Obama, fresh questions about how wars end

But less than three weeks after his May 27 announcement, there is a sudden burst of uncertainty surrounding the way…

June 14, 2014

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Cross the latest attempt to hide cell tower

Wireless companies get creative when trying to close gap

June 14, 2014

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Nation/World Briefs

Kasemdu1-i-syn NEWARK, N.J. (AP) – A teenager on a Father’s Day visit to Newark to honor his deceased dad died,…

June 14, 2014

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Security tightened at U.S. embassy in Baghdad

Al-Qaida threats prompt action

June 14, 2014

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Militants post photos online of mass killing in Iraq

The pictures on a militant website appear to show masked fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,…

June 14, 2014

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Dinosaur find tests theories on extinctions

Paleontologist Pablo Gallina his team of Argentine paleontologists say the fossils they recovered in Argentina’s Patagonia region belongs to a…

June 14, 2014

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Drilling safety in question

riskier wells aren’t being inspected by feds

June 14, 2014

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Pet burials range from bottom of the sea to the sky above

From companies that will send your pet’s remains to the heavens to those who will help scatter them at sea…

June 14, 2014

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Chicago man filling potholes – artfully

Chicago mosaic artist Jim Bachor works in his basement placing tiles on his next mosaic art piece that reads “POTHOLES.”…

June 14, 2014

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Capturing everyday life – by hiring a photographer

Each month, a team of professional photographers shoots them as they go about their daily lives at home and around…

June 14, 2014

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NASA still hoping to test flying saucer

This saucer-shaped vehicle will be used to test new parachutes and drag devices that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration…

June 14, 2014

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Big-city medicine reaching small towns

Although the nearest clinic was just a 10-minute drive from Soukup’s South Dakota ranch, the doctor on duty did not…

June 14, 2014

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People denying climate change ignoring science, Obama says

Graduates shouldn’t let the ‘stubborn status quo’ stymie their best efforts

June 14, 2014

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Borders are blurring in tumultuous Mideast

1916 lines drawn to British, French regional interests

June 14, 2014

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World Briefs

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghans braved threats of violence and searing heat Saturday to vote in a presidential runoff that likely…

June 14, 2014

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A call to arms goes out to Shiites against militants

cleric urges help fighting encroachers

June 14, 2014

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Veterans’ health care will be costly

bill would double spending, add $35B during the next 3 years

June 14, 2014

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Nation Briefs

Obama on Father’s Day: Being a dad takes courage WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is urging fathers to get more…

June 14, 2014

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Ukraine military plane downed

49 killed; country’s new president vows to punish attackers

June 14, 2014

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Gun-control demonstrators march over Brooklyn Bridge

states have tightened gun rules, others have loosened

June 14, 2014