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Efforts to stop lead poisoning could be at risk

Pediatricians and public health advocates are working to revive programs to protect children from lead poisoning, after what they describe as a series of devastating blows to their efforts. ...

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House looks at cutting food stamp funding WASHINGTON – The House is expected to consider a bill this week that would cut food stamps by an estimated $4 billion annually and allow ...

U.N. confirms sarin gas used in Syria attack

UNITED NATIONS – Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, U.N. inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an a...

Flooded Colorado towns clean up as rescues continue

ESTES PARK, Colo. – Colorado mountain towns cut off for days by massive flooding slowly reopened to reveal cabins toppled, homes ripped from their foundations and everything covered in a th...

12 killed in Washington Navy Yard shooting

WASHINGTON – As many as two gunmen opened fire Monday morning inside the Washington Navy Yard, killing at least 12 people in an attack on office workers at the heavily secured military insta...

Lawrence Summers withdraws name from Fed consideration

Exit may open door for chief rival Janet Yellen

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Obama: Budget squeeze may widen income gap WASHINGTON – On the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse, President Barack Obama says the Republican focus on budget tighte...

Syrian official: Chemical weapons deal a ‘victory’

BEIRUT – A high-ranking Syrian official called the U.S.-Russian agreement on securing Syria’s chemical weapons a “victory” for President Bashar Assad’s regime, but the U.S. warned Sunday “th...

Floods transform ‘Gore-Tex Vortex’

Boulder, Front Range now deal with mud ‘everywhere’

Great Lakes projects inspire bipartisanship

Program to benefit inland seas

24 are dead as tropical weather batters Mexico

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Tropical Storm Manuel swept onto Mexico’s Pacific coast Sunday while Hurricane Ingrid swirled offshore on the other side of the country, as heavy rains and landslides caus...

Conn. slave who died in 1798 called ‘child of God’

WATERBURY, Conn. – A slave who died more than 200 years ago in Connecticut but was never buried was given an extraordinary funeral Thursday that included lying in state at the Capitol and c...
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