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Bill to restore pensions for veterans advances WASHINGTON – The Senate has taken the first step toward approving legislation that restores full cost of living increases to pension...

North Korea withdraws invite to discuss detainee

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has canceled for a second time its invitation for a senior U.S. envoy to visit the country to discuss a long-detained American’s possible release, the State ...

Vote spurs EU review of ties to Switzerland

BASEL, Switzerland – European leaders assailed the Swiss people Monday for voting in favor of a referendum measure that would limit the numbers of immigrants who could move to Switzerland. ...

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EU calls for reforms, elections in Ukraine BRUSSELS – In a sharp rebuke to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, the European Union on Monday called for the formation of a new, i...

First lady praises construction industry hiring

WASHINGTON – Michelle Obama said Monday that a pledge by the construction industry to hire more than 100,000 veterans by early 2019 is “a huge deal” that, besides doing right by former servi...

GOP weighs undoing vets pension cuts as debt price

WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders were considering a plan Monday to reverse a recently passed cut to military pensions as the price for increasing the government’s borrowing cap. ...

Economy shows signs of slowing

Glowing predictions for ’14 fade

Experts increasingly hope for end of smoking

ATLANTA – Health officials have begun to predict the end of cigarette smoking in America. They have long wished for a cigarette-free America but shied away from calling for smokin...

Iran to address nuke concerns

Detonator drew questions from some experts

Egypt accuses group of staging attacks

CAIRO – Egyptian authorities on Sunday accused the ousted president’s Muslim Brotherhood of forming a “military wing” to stage attacks on security forces in a southern province, as months-lo...

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California freeway crash leaves 6 people dead POMONA, Calif. – A wrong-way driver on a Southern California freeway was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after causing a pr...

Fresh start for Hillary Clinton?

WASHINGTON – As Hillary Rodham Clinton mulls a second presidential bid, liberals are closely watching whether the onetime supporter of the Iraq war moves to the left or straddles the center....
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