Nation & World

Freezing temperatures grip Americans

deaths in San Francisco Bay area; 100K customers without power in Dallas

December 7, 2013

U.S. veteran Newman, 85, home from North Korea

Newmandu1-i-syn Merrill Newman arrived at the San Francisco airport after turning down a ride aboard Vice President Joe Biden’s Air…

December 7, 2013

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Nation Briefs

Auction features items from Nancy Drew author TOLEDO, Ohio – Typewriters and a desk from the home of an author…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Doctors find rival for blood cancers

therapy proves successful

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Lawmakers question U.S.-Russia copter deal

Boeing-made crafts more cost-effective for Afghans, study says

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

World Briefs

BANGUI, Central African Republic – France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Nelson Mandela: Icon, hero, flawed human

Women walk past artists’ renderings of Nelson Mandela for sale in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday. South Africa is readying…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Cubans reap rewards of individual enterprise

Values, ideals are changing within society

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Pearl Harbor ceremony marks date of attack

Pearl Harbor survivors watch a vintage WWII airplane fly over where the attack occured at a 72nd anniversary ceremony Saturday…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Feds balk at health application

Interviews with enrollment counselors, insurance brokers and a government official who works with navigators in Illinois reveal the latest change…

December 7, 2013

Nation & World

Just how happy are you?

Experts urge Uncle Sam to measure, pursue our well-being

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

After derailment, feds order changes at New York railway

The emergency order by the Federal Railroad Administration was a reaction to Sunday’s wreck in the Bronx, where a train…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Jordan wins Security Council seat, replaces Saudis

Arab countries chose Jordan as a replacement, and Asian nations endorsed it to take the traditional Arab seat on the…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Water at Marine base linked to birth defects

The authors of the study on Camp Lejeune released late Thursday by the CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

South Africans celebrate Mandela’s life

Former South Africa President Nelson Mandela will be buried in his home town of Qunu Dec. 15, government officials say.…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Ice storm snarls holiday deliveries

Businesses of all types are struggling to get deliveries through as a major storm slows raod and air traffic throughout…

December 6, 2013

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World/Nation Briefs

MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Many flee in fear to Central African Republic airport

Jerome Delay/Associated Press<br><br>Shrouded bodies lay in a Bangui mosque in Bangui, Central African Republic, Thursday after a day-long gun battle…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

AP releases dispatches for Pearl Harbor attack

In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, a small boat rescues a crew member from the water as heavy smoke…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Obama inspired by anti-apartheid campaign

During a visit to Senegal this past June, President Obama said his “first act of political activism” was an event…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Airline safety under review

The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into whether airline pilots are “tuning out” to possible safety hazards during flights.…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material

MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

Biden: Asia’s growth ‘a chance to bend history’

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, right, talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye as he signs the guest book upon…

December 6, 2013

Nation & World

New jobs raise hope for U.S. economy

Unemployment rate falls to 7% as 203,000 find work

December 6, 2013