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New subpoenas issued in bridge scandal

Christie’s chief of staff, chief counsel and top communications strategist are among those being compelled to produce emails and text…

Russians keep adoption ban

only includes Americans

States’ proposals to tighten voter registration denied

The decision came just hours before a court-imposed deadline in a lawsuit filed in federal court by Kansas and Arizona…

Nuclear security in jeopardy?

Problems may be linked to Cold War era

21 killed in suicide attack on Afghan restaurant

Taliban claims responsibility for ‘revenge attack’

Work starts on Mexican side of border bridge

Construction of the Tornillo bridge and port of entry, aimed at relieving congested cargo traffic lanes between El Paso, Texas,…

Obama Calls for Overhaul of NSA’s Phone Data Collection Program

But Obama left in place significant elements of the broad surveillance net assembled by the National Security Agency, and left…

Obama aims for curbs on NSA power

Endorses oversight, but rejects end to phone surveillance

This rockslide won’t quit

to Ouray still closed as rocks stream off mountainside

Regional News

Cyber harassment the target of Colo. bills

One bill would define cyberbullying and make it a misdemeanor. Another bill tackles the trend of so-called revenge porn, when…

Fire destroys new resident’s home

Farmhand was in the process of moving in when blaze began

Push for sales tax increase dropped

decided ‘this isn’t the time’ to aid transportation

Taliban attack Kabul eatery

Taliban suicide bombers targeted a restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday. The bombers killed at least 14 at the restaurant, which…

2 students shot in Philly school gym; 2 boys held

A police officer Friday stands outside the Delaware Valley Charter School in Philadelphia. Police say two students were shot at…

Nation/World Briefs

WASHINGTON – The commander of the nuclear missile force in Montana where 34 launch control officers are implicated in an…

Pope took action in abuse cases

New documents gathered by the Vatican show that Catholic Church never had any policies precluding sex-abuse victims from reporting abuse…

Fed budget comes to $3M per word

J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press<br><br>A group of senators arrive on Capitol Hill for a Senate vote to approve a $1.1 trillion…

West Virginia spill shows vulnerability of water supply

The chemical spill into the Elk River that disrupted water service to residents in West Virginia has renewed debate about…

Obama issues new policy for selling arms abroad

Obama’s “presidential directive” is an update of a 1995 policy directive aimed at setting written guidelines for sales of U.S.…

Deadline looms for Panama Canal expansion dispute

The Panama Canal Authority is planning a meeting Tuesday to discuss what to do if a Spanish consortium that has…

For Sale: ‘Slightly haunted’ home

Gregory and Sandi Leeson are getting a lot of attention – although not the kind they want – since putting…

U.S. employers advertise most jobs since March 2008

David Goldman/Associated Press<br><br>IRetired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duane Stubbs, right, of Morrow, Ga., shakes hands with retired U.S. Army…

Town mulls 1% sales tax hike

would need to OK