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Jury sides with Courtney Love, ruling tweet was not defamatory

The verdict came after roughly three hours of deliberation in a case that spanned eight days and focused on the…

January 24, 2014

Poll finds Obama regaining public support

A new poll finds that fewer than one-third of Americans rate President Barack Obama as an above-average president, although nearly…

January 24, 2014

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Bombings in Egypt raise fears of Islamist violence

An image taken from CCTV in Egypt shows a bomb exploding in Cairo, one of four bombings that killed at…

January 24, 2014

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Mangled metal, victims’ screams mark Indiana pileup

Emergency crews Thursday work at the scene of a massive pileup involving more than 40 vehicles along Interstate 94 near…

January 24, 2014

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Ukraine clashes resume, fires light up night sky

Protests are spreading across the Ukraine as opposition members continue to put pressure on President Viktor Yanukovych to step down.Darko…

January 24, 2014

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Union membership holds steady at 11.3 percent

In a turnabout, there are now slightly more union members working for private firms than in government, the Bureau of…

January 24, 2014

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Natural gas soars as cold grips homes, drillers

The frigid winter of 2014 is setting the price of natural gas on fire. On Friday, the price in the…

January 24, 2014

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Internet community helps crack grandma’s code

The front of an index card is filled with letters written by Dorothy Holm. A brain tumor took away Holm’s…

January 24, 2014

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Study: New Madrid fault zone alive, active

It’s “not dead yet,” said U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Susan Hough, who was part of the study published online by…

January 24, 2014

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Norway’s curlers get funky

Members of the Norway’s Men’s Olympic Curling Team, from left, Thomas Ulsrud, Torgor Nergard, Christoffer Svae and Havard Vad Petersson…

January 24, 2014

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Bombings rock Egyptian capital, killing 6 people

An Egyptian man stands in rubble after an explosion at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo Friday. Six people…

January 24, 2014

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Former Virginia Gov. McDonnell, wife plead not guilty

Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, are free on their own recognizance after pleading not guilty Friday…

January 24, 2014

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Opportunity still roving on Mars after a decade

This artist rendering released by NASA shows the NASA rover Opportunity on the surface of Mars. Opportunity landed on the…

January 23, 2014

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Poll: Uninsured rate among adults drops

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that the uninsured rate for U.S. adults dropped by 1.2 percentage points in January, to…

January 23, 2014

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Hagel ordering full review of nuclear force

It amounted to the most significant expression of high-level Pentagon concern about the nuclear force since 2008, when then-Defense Secretary…

January 23, 2014

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FDA to update rules for food nutrition facts labels

A new Agriculture Department study suggests that more people read nutrition labels “always or most of the time.” The Food…

January 23, 2014

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Warning that a “major loss of life” could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains…

January 23, 2014

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World Briefs

KOLKATA, India – A 20-year-old Indian woman said she was gang-raped on the orders of a village council because she…

January 23, 2014

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Opposition meets with Ukraine president

Protests against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych are spreading throughout the country, with protesters breaking into regional governors’ offices to put…

January 23, 2014

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Syria group set for talks

Ahmad al-Jarba, leader of the Syrian National Coalition opposition group, says his group has set no timetable for reaching a…

January 23, 2014

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Panel calls for agency to end spying

force urges phone records to be destroyed

January 23, 2014

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Background check company hit by government complaint

The U.S. government is accusing the company that performed background checks on government and contract workers, including National Security Agency…

January 23, 2014

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Pop star Justin Bieber leaves jail after DUI arrest

These police booking mugs made available by the Miami Dade County Corrections Department show pop star Justin Bieber, Thursday, Jan.…

January 23, 2014

Nation & World

Texas executes man despite opposition from Mexico

America Tamayo Sotelo of Miacatlan, Mexico, is surrounded by media as she speaks on the phone to relatives in Texas…

January 22, 2014