Nation & World

Some pioneers of digital spying have misgivings

sent to Obama called for drastic limits to NSA

January 25, 2014

Obama to push ‘year of action’

President Barack Obama on Tuesday will call for more economic opportunity in America and urge Congress to help shrink the…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Momentum building for Medicaid expansion

Billions may be lost for states not involved

January 25, 2014

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Three dead after Maryland mall shooting

Police were still trying to determine the identity and motive of the gunman who killed a man and a woman,…

January 25, 2014

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Nation Briefs

281 passengers ill aboard Royal Caribbean ship SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Egypt’s uprising anniversary marred

29 protesters killed in skirmishes with security forces

January 25, 2014

Nation & World

Ukraine extends an offer

Protesters have seized government buildings in scores of other cities in the European-leaning western part of the country.Osman Karimov/Associated Press…

January 25, 2014

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Syrian antagonists take ‘half-steps’ at peace talks

Lakhdar Brahimi also said the painstakingly choreographed conference would continue today, focusing on humanitarian aid – the one topic the…

January 25, 2014

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White House: 3 million signed up on health exchanges

The numbers include new January enrollees announced by California and New York this week. Those two states by themselves have…

January 25, 2014

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Police say 3 dead after shooting at Maryland mall

Howard County police said via Twitter that a shooting took place at the Mall in Columbia, a suburb of both…

January 25, 2014

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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

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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