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Self-driving cars face hurdles despite benefits

Matt Gentry/Associated Press<br><br>Google Inc. is developing a self-driving car, logging more than 400,000 miles in California road tests. A new…

U.S., Europe pushing for Syria peace talks

The Syrian National Coalition appears to be getting support from its patrons in the Gulf for its demands of key…

Colleges try to verify online attendance

The impetus is a federal law, passed in 2008, requiring colleges that are eligible for federal student aid for online…

Wars wind down, veterans flock to college

1M enroll in four years

Boy describes terror of Nevada schoolyard shooting

The parents of the 12-year-old Sparks, Nev., middle schooler who killed himself and a teacher Tuesday are cooperating with local…

Problems growing at U.S. missile force

Further discipline problems within the United States’ nuclear missile force are coming to light. The latest revelation says four members…

Ballantine director to lead international newspaper group

Inter American promotes freedom of expression throughout the Western Hemisphere, and Ballantine takes the helm at a time that Latin…

City crash victim ID’d

Irvine was driving a blue Honda Accord southbound and turning left onto a frontage road when his vehicle was broadsided…

Local man critical after ATV crash

were hunting in Mitchell Lakes area

Lysteria farmers plead guilty

Maximum penalty is 6 years, $1.5M

Gun buyer in prison chief slaying pleads guilty

Stevie Marie Vigil appeared in U.S. District Court on Tuesday to plead guilty to transferring a firearm to Evan Ebel,…

The art of stacking wood

Residents take pride in their timber piles, debate best techniques

Ballantines receive recognition from Crow Canyon

Distinguished Service Award given for decades of support

On a happy note

Parking-ticket hike could fuel buses

trolley would survive under council proposal

Obama: ‘No excuse’ for health care signup problems

One source of the troubles appears to be the testing procedures employed before the rollout three weeks ago. Several developers…

High court to look at death row inmate with low IQ

The outcome could answer a question left unresolved by the court’s 6-3 decision in Atkins v. Virginia, the 2002 case…

Nearly half ready to replace Congress

In a nationwide USA TODAY/Princeton Survey Research Poll, just 4 percent of those surveyed – equal to the margin of…

One killed in highway broadside crash

del Rio accident is under investigation

NSA leaks reporter: Stay tuned for more

U.S. wants to collect all forms of personal data

France decries reports of NSA surveillance

France is the latest foreign government to express anger about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs of foreign nationals’ telephone…

Nevada student used handgun to kill teacher, himself

A Sparks Middle School student killed math teacher Michael Landsberry and wounded two students before killing himself early Monday morning.…

Defense says killer should be spared death

Attorney Teri Dugan told jurors the defense will present testimony during the sentencing phase of John McCluskey’s capital murder trial…

Pro-pot laws loosen south of border

Uruguay set for legalization nationwide