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Same-sex marriage on winning streak

WASHINGTON – Same-sex marriage is on a roll in the nation’s courts, signaling a mad dash back to the Supreme Court just months after its victories there last June. A federal judge...

Muslims fleeing Africa violence

BANGUI, Central African Republic – Thousands of Muslims who tried to flee the violence in Central African Republic’s capital were turned back by peacekeepers Friday, as crowds of angry Chris...

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U.S. plans to create post for Arctic envoy JUNEAU, Alaska – The U.S. State Department plans to create an Arctic representative position to highlight the growing importance of that...

Released Afghan prisoners could be targeted

WASHINGTON – If any of the 65 Afghan militants who were released from a former U.S. prison in Afghanistan return to the battlefield, they risk being hunted down by U.S. forces, a Pentagon of...

Great Lakes become nearly covered with ice

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. – From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders – a battleground for...

Obama may be burden for Senate Democrats in 2014

President Barack Obama must confront one of the biggest issues in this year’s congressional elections: President Obama himself. The president wants his fellow Democrats to keep th...

In China, Kerry talks North Korea, regional tensions

BEIJING – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he had won a commitment from China to help bring a belligerent North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks, even as he butted heads...

Government issues advisories on how banks can work with pot businesses

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for doing business with legal marijuana sellers without getting into trouble, a major step by the federal government tow...

Panel cites crimes by North Korea

WASHINGTON – A U.N. Commission of Inquiry has found crimes against humanity have been committed in North Korea and recommends its findings be referred to the International Criminal Court, tw...

Thousands in dark in Georgia, South Carolina days after ice storm

WILLISTON, S.C. – Ben Ziegler frowned grimly as he used borrowed equipment to cut firewood for his home on the third day without power to keep his wife and 14-month-old daughter along with ...

Excited about Valentine’s Day? Join the crowd

WASHINGTON – What did you get your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day? If you said nothing, that’s the wrong answer. An Associated Press-WE tv survey found only 17 percent of adults ...

A future terror threat to U.S.?

Syria peace talks are on the verge of collapse as the war heads into its fourth year, raising the prospect of a vicious conflict lasting years and plunging border states into chaos that only...
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