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US budget deficit totals $10.4 billion in January

WASHINGTON – The U.S. government’s deficit through the first four months of this budget year is down 36.6 percent from a year ago, signaling further improvement in the nation’s finances. ...

Ice storm encases parts of the South

ATLANTA – Drivers got caught in monumental traffic jams and abandoned their cars Wednesday in North Carolina in a replay of what happened in Atlanta just two weeks ago, as another wintry sto...

Comcast to buy Time Warner Cable for $45 billion

The deal was approved by the boards of both companies and, pending regulatory approval, is expected to close by the end of the year, the people said. The people spoke on conditio...

Congress clears bill ending military pension cuts

WASHINGTON – Congress voted Wednesday to restore full cost-of-living pension increases for younger military retirees, completing a bipartisan capitulation to veterans groups that rose up aga...

Results confirm tribes’ lineage

Native Americans have DNA links to earliest people

Afghanistan frees detainees U.S. calls ‘dangerous’

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan released 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison on Thursday despite protests from the American military, which says the men are Taliban fighters who ...

Health insurance sign-ups gaining steam

WASHINGTON – Most states are still lagging when it comes to sign-ups under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, but an Associated Press analysis of numbers reported Wednesday finds a do...

Euthanasia for kids?

BRUSSELS – Belgian lawmakers clashed sharply on Wednesday over whether to grant terminally ill children the right to ask to die, a legal option already possessed by the country’s adults. ...

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Obama gets debt bill after Senate approval WASHINGTON – Legislation to raise the federal debt limit and prevent a crippling government default cleared Congress on Wednesday with a...

Nuke reform drive features ideas tried 5 years ago

WASHINGTON – Five years ago the Air Force considered a series of proposals to boost morale and fix performance and security lapses in its nuclear missile corps, according to internal emails ...

Rival Koreas hold senior-level meeting

SEOUL, South Korea – Senior officials from the rival Koreas met Wednesday at a border village, their highest-level talks in years and a potential signal that Pyongyang wants better ties and ...

College really does pay off

WASHINGTON – The earnings gap between young adults with and without bachelor’s degrees has stretched to its widest level in nearly half a century. It’s a sign of the growing value of a colle...
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