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White House reviewing intelligence ideas

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says a task force looking at intelligence oversight proposals doesn’t need to observe federal…

December 13, 2013

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Defense bill up for vote

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. walks to a closed-door briefing on the recent agreement reached between Iran and western powers on…

December 13, 2013

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Nation/World Briefs

WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man who prosecutors say sympathized with violent terrorists was arrested Friday as part of an…

December 13, 2013

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Iran’s fears of being a target cloud nuke talks

Iran is concerned about letting international inspectors into its nuclear facilities because it fears it could increase the risk of…

December 13, 2013

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Kerry meets Israel’s Netanyahu to push peace talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, is trying to get a framework peace agreement in place between Israel and…

December 13, 2013

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Pressure builds to find man

A photo shows retired-FBI agent Robert Levinson in a photo the family received in April 2011.Associated Press Levinson’s family urged…

December 13, 2013

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NASA may OK spacewalk for fix

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station may have to make a spacewalk to try to repair the space station’s cooling…

December 13, 2013

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100,000 gather to view Mandela’s body

Some people are complaining that the South African government failed to make adequate arrangements for residents to view the body…

December 13, 2013

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Sentence in Texas teen’s fatal DWI wreck stirs ire

Evan Jennings talkls about his father, Brian Jennings, one of the victims of a drunken driving accident that killed four…

December 12, 2013

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World Briefs

UNITED NATIONS – U.N inspectors said Thursday that chemical weapons have been used in the Syrian conflict, definitely in a…

December 12, 2013

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Data tracks insurance disparities

New data shows that states with Democratic leaders are registering more people on their health-care insurance websites than those with…

December 12, 2013

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House OK’s budget proposal

House Speaker John Boehner is attacking tea party-backed groups for not supporting the budget agreement the House passed Thursday.J. Scott…

December 12, 2013

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Nation Briefs

LOS ANGELES – Federal bus safety regulators have shut down 52 companies in what they describe as a major nationwide…

December 12, 2013

Nation & World

Interpreter is schizophrenic

Thamsanqa Jantjie says he was seeing angels while translating for public officials during Nelson Mandela’s memorial services Tuesday in Soweto.…

December 12, 2013

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Astronomers declare comet dead

The comet, which excited astronomers and the media as it zipped within 730,000 miles of the sun on Thanksgiving Day,…

December 12, 2013

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Federal agency shuts 52 unsafe bus companies

The companies aren’t just low-cost, fly-by-night carriers – some have transported school bands, Boy Scouts or senior citizens, according to…

December 12, 2013

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FCC: Lift ban on in-flight calls. DOT: Not so fast

Although Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler believes his agency should allow airlines to decide whether or not to allow…

December 12, 2013

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Senate poised for talkathon over Obama nominees

Federal Housing Finance Authority Director nominee Rep. Mel Watt, D-N.C., listens as President Barack Obama announces his nomination to head…

December 11, 2013

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Cooling pump on space station shuts down

In this frame grab from video provided by NASA, two Russian flight engineers perform maintenance on the International Space Station…

December 11, 2013

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Russia may answer conventional attack with nuclear weapons

A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from the northern Plesetsk cosmodrome in Russia. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin…

December 11, 2013

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Nation Briefs

NEW YORK – Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year on Wednesday, saying the Catholic Church’s…

December 11, 2013

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World Briefs

BEIRUT – The U.S. and Britain said Wednesday they were suspending deliveries to rebels in northern Syria of nonlethal aid…

December 11, 2013

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Health-care signups still lagging

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is asking her department’s inspector general to investigate her department’s management and contracting…

December 11, 2013

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Handshake GOP for Castro comments

“There used to be a pretty important principle that originated in the Republican Party, I believe, that partisan politics should…

December 11, 2013