Nation & World

Evolution debate again engulfs Texas board of education

Eric Gay/Associated Press<br><br>The Texas Board of Education is selecting textbooks for the next school year. The board voted to end…

November 22, 2013

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Nation pauses to remember JFK

But 50 years later, the thousands of people who filled Dealey Plaza weren’t there to cheer but to remember in…

November 22, 2013

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Attacks around U.S. probed for link to knockout game

In each case, police are investigating whether the attacks are part of a violent game called “knockout,” where the object…

November 21, 2013

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Experts: HealthCare.gov fix needs more time, money

Technology experts say the federal government’s health-care insurance website will eventually work, but they expect it will be very expensive…

November 21, 2013

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Iran: Difficult differences at nuclear talks

Talks to restrain Iran’s nuclear power program are apparently hanging up over sanctions relief and on language about whether Iran…

November 21, 2013

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Investors laud Dow record

The stock market is continuing its strong recent showing, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing above 16,000 for the…

November 21, 2013

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Giant blast lights up heavens

Because the blast was 3.7 billion light-years away, mankind was spared. But orbiting telescopes got the fireworks show of a…

November 21, 2013

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Poll: Most believe in JFK conspiracies

Fifty years later, no less than 61 percent of Americans believe others besides Lee Harvey Oswald were involved in Kennedy’s…

November 21, 2013

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Homelessness continues to fall

That’s according to a new government survey. The Obama administration says the drop is due in part to more people…

November 21, 2013

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Nation Briefs

WASHINGTON – Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regulators…

November 21, 2013

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World Briefs

TRIPOLI, Libya – Militias from a string of Libyan cities left the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, nearly a week after…

November 21, 2013

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Karzai wants to wait to sign deal in 2014

Speaking before the council, a loya jirga, that he had convened Thursday to ratify the bilateral security agreement, Karzai told…

November 21, 2013

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Skakel freed on bail as he awaits new Connecticut trial

Prosecutors are appealing a decision to give Michael Skakel, who was convicted in the 1975 slaying of neighbor Martha Moxley,…

November 21, 2013

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Senate Democrats limit filibuster

GOP: One day they will miss minority protections

November 21, 2013

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Congressman pleads guilty to cocaine charge, takes leave

Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel, R-Fla., says he wants “to be a better man,” after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge…

November 20, 2013

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Iran talks off to rough start

Foreign officials say Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s remarks Wedneday that there are “red lines” Iran won’t cross to…

November 20, 2013

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New plans will limit choice of doctors

Many consumers like Jocelyn Caple, president of the medical staff at Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., is upset that…

November 20, 2013

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Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday that the U.S. and Afghanistan have agreed on the language of…

November 20, 2013

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Report: Rise in health care spending lowest on record

An economy hobbled by the recession and 2008 economic crisis played a role in some of the reduced spending growth,…

November 20, 2013

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Foxx says airport congestion deserves attention

Foxx told the U.S. Travel Association conference that airports, highways and rail are all becoming more crowded – and the…

November 20, 2013

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Israel, Gulf states in ‘strange alliance’ against Iran

The United States’ moves to try to reach an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program is forging some unusual alliances in…

November 20, 2013

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Obama, Clinton families pay tribute to JFK

President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton pay tribute to President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday.…

November 20, 2013

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Nuke troubles run deep

An unpublished study for the Air Force, obtained by The Associated Press, cites “burnout” among launch officers with their fingers…

November 20, 2013

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Military maps to focus on natural disasters, analysis

Pentagon's mapping agency looking to predict disaster areas

November 19, 2013