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Authorities ID man who fell from plane MIAMI – Authorities released the identity Friday of a Florida man who they say fell out of a private plane, and searchers continued looking ...

U.S. envoy: NSA spying causing distress in Germany

BERLIN – The United States faces a difficult task in repairing its image among Germans after allegations of massive National Security Agency surveillance, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’...

U.S. officials: Nuke deal offers Iran minor relief

WASHINGTON – Iran would get only minor relief from economic sanctions under an international proposal to prevent it from producing nuclear weapons, two Obama administration officials said Fr...

In Philippine relief efforts, China beat by Ikea

BEIJING – The outpouring of international aid to the Philippines makes China’s contribution for typhoon relief look like a trickle: Several countries and even Swedish furniture chain Ikea ha...

Doggone debate continues

NEW YORK – For years, scientists have been dogged by this evolution question: Just where did man’s best friend first appear? The earliest known doglike fossils come from Europe. B...

Typhoon-stricken Philippine town starts rebuilding

GUIUAN, Philippines – People swept dirt from the pews and wiped clean the mud-covered, ornate tile floors of a church. The sound of hammers hitting nails and the buzzing of chain saws reverb...

Health exchanges slow to attract young, healthy

LOS ANGELES – Fears that health insurance exchanges wouldn’t attract the young, healthy people needed to make them financially viable are being heightened by the early results of signups in ...

FAA: Florida pilot says passenger fell into ocean

MIAMI – Rescue crews searched an area southeast of Miami after a pilot reported to the Federal Aviation Administration that a passenger fell out of his small plane into the ocean Thursday. ...

Many see typhoon looters as desperate, not thieves

TACLOBAN, Philippines – Armed police flown in from Manila kept their machine guns trained on six looters who lay face-down on the sidewalk. The men had been caught with stolen lap...

Government speeds research on car safety systems

WASHINGTON – The government is speeding up research on safety systems that automatically prevent drivers from operating their cars if they are drunk or aren’t buckled properly. Of...

Fed plan to bury nuke waste in Nevada drawing fire

LAS VEGAS – Federal plans to truck radioactive material from a World War II-era plant in Tennessee to Nevada for burial in the desert are rekindling a long-running battle to prevent the Silv...

More young people caring about privacy

Results of a Harris Poll released this week show 4 out of 5 people have changed the privacy settings of their social media accounts, and most have made changes in the last six months. ...
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