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Colorado releases insurance exchange rates

DENVER – Coloradans without health insurance found out Friday what it will cost them to comply with the insurance mandate taking effect next year. The Division of Insurance releas...

Soldier shot 12 times during Fort Hood rampage

FORT HOOD, Texas – One of the soldiers killed during the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood suffered a dozen gunshot wounds that indicate he was trying to charge the gunman, while another vi...

Cost of raising child hits $500,000

If you think the cost of rearing a child is expensive, you’re right. A new government report says child-rearing has increased 23 percent since 1960 even adjusted for inflation. A ...

New school year awaits kids who survived twister

MOORE, Okla. – One young girl is so afraid of the wind that she carries headphones to block out the sound. Other kids are traumatized by the memory of their narrow escape from the storm and...

Pentagon announces plan to address sexual assaults

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon announced a plan Thursday to deal with sexual assault in the ranks, including tighter control of recruiters and trainers, shored-up protections for victims and impr...

NASA heads back to future

NORFOLK, Va. – During the glory days of the U.S. space program in the 1960s and ‘70s, astronauts returning to Earth splashed down at sea in their capsules and were picked up by the Navy in ...

Nation Briefs

GOP launches effort to attract younger group BOSTON – The Republican Party launched its latest effort Thursday to sell itself to a more diverse segment of the population, acknow...

Japan shrine still flashpoint 68 years after war

TOKYO – In the steamy heat of mid-August, the tranquil, cherry-tree shaded grounds of Yasukuni Shrine in the heart of Tokyo seem an unlikely hotbed of provocation. But visits by s...

U.N. chief rips settlements

RAMALLAH, West Bank – U.N. Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon said Thursday that he is “deeply troubled” by Israeli settlement building and that it could ultimately prevent the establishment of a...

World Briefs

Iran’s parliament rejects Cabinet picks TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s conservative-dominated parliament rejected three of the new president’s 18 nominees for his Cabinet on Thursda...

NASA gives up trying to fix planet-hunting telescope

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA called off all attempts to fix its crippled Kepler space telescope Thursday. But it’s not quite ready to call it quits on the remarkable, robotic planet hunter. ...

Death toll continues to soar across Egypt

CAIRO – Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed...
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