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Obama stresses need for new job training

President Barack Obama says Americans need to decide whether they are willing to do what’s necessary to train its workforce…

April 16, 2014

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NATO ups military presence amid Russian threat

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is urging Russia to pull back its troops along the Ukraine border. The military alliance…

April 16, 2014

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U.S. judge overturns 6-week abortion ban

Protesters stand outside the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic in Fargo, N.D., the target of a state law that banned…

April 16, 2014

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Pot may cause changes in brain, study suggests

The young adults who volunteered for the study were not dependent on pot, nor did they show any marijuana-related problems.…

April 15, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s first emission standards for mercury and other hazardous…

April 15, 2014

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End of road for highway projects?

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is pushing a White House proposal to shore up the government’s Highway Trust Fund, which funds…

April 15, 2014

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Dems take lead in fundraising

An imprecise snapshot of political giving is coming into focus as outside organizations detail their fundraising and spending through March…

April 15, 2014

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Latinos: Obama out of time

A group of women demonstrate outside the House of Representatives to protest Congress’ failure to reform America’s immigration policies. Immigration…

April 15, 2014

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New World discoverers suffered old disease

Historical documents and analysis of skeletons buried at Columbus’ short-lived settlement in what is now the Dominican Republic hint that…

April 15, 2014

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Security Council sees torture photos

France’s ambassador to the United Nations, Gerard Araud, left, says U.N. Security Council members raised some questions about the credibility…

April 15, 2014

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Deep-diving sub resumes search for missing jet

Crews prepare to launch an autonomous underwater vehicle into the Indian Ocean as the search for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines…

April 15, 2014

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Firm starts Ukraine gas shipments

German power provider RWE says it has started supplying gas to Ukraine, which faces delivery cut-off from its main source…

April 15, 2014

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World Briefs

VIENNA – The United Nations will release a report this week certifying that Iran’s ability to make a nuclear bomb…

April 15, 2014

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Ukraine military battles protesters

Ukraine’s ex-prime minister and presidential candidate Yulia Tymoshenko says Russia has declared war against Ukraine by supporting pro-Russian militias in…

April 15, 2014

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Boston remembers victims of bombings

“This day will always be hard, but this place will always be strong,” former Mayor Thomas Menino told an invitation-only…

April 15, 2014

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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…

April 14, 2014

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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…

April 14, 2014

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East Ukraine is asserting itself

Pro-Russian area letting itself be heard, seeking independence

April 13, 2014

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Jet search area is too deep for submarine

Deeper submersibles not readily available

April 13, 2014

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

April 13, 2014

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Abdullah, Ghani lead after partial Afghan vote tally

Both support keeping U.S. troops in the country

April 13, 2014

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Clash of states’ and federal rights

Nev. rancher contests BLM authority over his land, cows

April 13, 2014

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Just got easier to not get audited for filing your taxes

IRS budget cuts, responsibilities have hampered effort – or has it?

April 13, 2014

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LOS ANGELES – A pair of rhinestone earrings Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1955 Hollywood film premiere have sold at…

April 13, 2014