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WASHINGTON – Unwilling to spook the markets and divided among themselves, House Republicans backed away from a battle over the…

February 11, 2014

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Let ex-felons vote, Holder asks states

Attorney General Eric Holder plans to work with tea party conservative Sen. Rand Paul to reform federal policies on mandatory…

February 11, 2014

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World Briefs

TEHRAN, Iran – President Hassan Rouhani called Tuesday for “fair and constructive” nuclear talks with world powers as Iran marked…

February 11, 2014

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Americans back Cuba ties

The poll by the nonpartisan Atlantic Council found 56 percent of Americans and 63 percent of Floridians support engaging more…

February 11, 2014

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Be happy you aren’t in Atlanta

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal extended a state of emergency Tuesday to more than half of the state’s counties as National…

February 11, 2014

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Syrian peace talks hit another impasse

U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi says Syrian peace talks appear to be bogged down with opposition leaders and Syrian government…

February 11, 2014

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To err is all too human in the air

Southwest Airlines Flight 4013 sits at the M. Graham Clark Downtown Airport in Hollister, Mo. It was one of nearly…

February 10, 2014

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Midsize employers get another reprieve

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the Obama administration is not doing enough by delaying for one year a mandate…

February 10, 2014

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North Korea withdraws invite to discuss detainee

The cancellation comes only days after detained American missionary Kenneth Bae told a pro-Pyongyang newspaper that he expected to meet…

February 10, 2014

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Vote spurs EU review of ties to Switzerland

Most Swiss business groups are warning that restricting immigration will hurt Switzerland’s export-based economy. Swiss voters Sunday approved a referendum…

February 10, 2014

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First lady praises construction industry hiring

First lady Michelle Obama says the construction industry is pledging to hire 100,000 servicemembers by 2019 not because it’s the…

February 10, 2014

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GOP weighs undoing vets pension cuts as debt price

White House press secretary Jay Carney says the White House won’t “pay ransom” to the GOP to get Republicans to…

February 10, 2014

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Economy shows signs of slowing

Glowing predictions for ’14 fade

February 8, 2014

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Experts increasingly hope for end of smoking

They have long wished for a cigarette-free America but shied away from calling for smoking rates to fall to zero…

February 8, 2014

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Iran to address nuke concerns

Detonator drew questions from some experts

February 8, 2014

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Egypt accuses group of staging attacks

An Egyptian policeman is overcome by grief at the funeral of several comrades killed after masked gunmen opened fire at…

February 8, 2014

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Fresh start for Hillary Clinton?

Some Democratic Party liberals say there may be room for a challenger to Hillary Rodham Clinton, the presumptive 2014 favorite…

February 8, 2014

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Disabled groups press Obama on minimum wage

At his State of the Union Address last month, Obama promised to soon issue an executive order that would hike…

February 8, 2014

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For 2014, Democrats look to 2012, 2008

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is preparing its largest and most data-driven ground game yet, relying on an aggressive combination…

February 8, 2014

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Some media reveal NSA secrets

Organizations inadvertently publish names

February 8, 2014

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Nation & World Briefs

Dems say they passed, fixed health-care law WASHINGTON – Hit with a multimillion-dollar barrage of televised attacks, Democrats in tough…

February 8, 2014

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Snowden used low-cost tool to best NSA

Using “Web crawler” software designed to search, index and back up a website, Snowden “scraped data out of our systems”…

February 8, 2014

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Budget model uncertain for states

insurance marketplaces started with federal dollars

February 8, 2014

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Documents reveal chaotic military sex-abuse record

difference found in bases in Japan and others

February 8, 2014