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Got plans this weekend? Maybe not

The ragnar will be röking on Saturday when, according to some, the Viking calendar predicts the end of the world. Nordic folklore has it that after three freezing winters, when th...

Obama seeks support for minimum wage hikes

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama promoted his effort to raise the minimum wage on Friday, declaring in a meeting with Democratic governors that higher pay is not only “good policy, it als...

Ky. man going barefoot for charity in icy winter

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Walking a mile in Richard Hudgins shoes can be a painful experience in one of the harshest Southern winters in years. That’s because he’s not wearing any. ...

After chemical spill comes water-tasting contest

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Just hours away from a West Virginia city plagued for weeks by chemical-tainted, undrinkable tap water, water enthusiasts will sip municipal waters like fine wine in sea...

Railroads OK agreement to boost oil transport safety

BILLINGS, Mont. – Railroads that haul volatile crude shipments have reached an agreement with U.S. transportation officials to adopt wide-ranging, voluntary safety measures after a string of...

Ukraine deal not embraced by everyone

KIEV, Ukrain – In a fast-moving day that aimed to reshape Ukraine’s political destiny, protest leaders and the beleaguered president agreed Friday to form a new government and hold an early ...

Study casts doubt on West’s Afghan plan

WASHINGTON – A new assessment of Afghanistan’s future says the country could revert to a terrorist haven unless U.S. and international partners underwrite a larger – and more expensive – Afg...

Railroad to upgrade tankers

BILLINGS, Mont. – BNSF Railway Co. said Thursday it intends to buy a fleet of 5,000 strengthened tank cars to haul oil and ethanol in a move that would set a higher safety standard for a fle...

How many Californias are enough?

LOS ANGELES – California has reached the breaking point, says Tim Draper. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is pushing a proposal to crack the nation’s most populous state into smaller p...

Nation Briefs

Latest terror warning described as routine LOS ANGELES – The Secretary of the Homeland Security Department said Thursday that a warning to airlines that terrorists could try to...

Latest clashes in Kiev leave scores dead

KIEV, Ukraine – Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country’s d...

Israeli demand sparks new debate

JERUSALEM – Is Israel “the Jewish state”? The answer may seem as obvious as the Star of David on the Israeli flag. Yet the question is starting to complicate the ambitious U.S. ...
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