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U.S., Taliban to start talks about ending Afghan war

KABUL, Afghanistan – In a major breakthrough, the Taliban and the U.S. announced Tuesday that they will hold formal talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in ...

Ariz. citizenship-proof law illegal, court rules

WASHINGTON – States can’t demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday ...

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Obama defends secret gathering of U.S. data WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is defending top secret U.S. spying programs and called them transparent – even though they are au...

Report: Slowdown in costs for health care to continue

WASHINGTON – There’s good news for most companies that provide health benefits for their employees: America’s slowdown in medical costs may be turning into a trend, rather than a mere pause....

4 women among NASA’s 8 new astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA has eight new astronauts – its first new batch in four years. Among the lucky candidates: the first female fighter pilot to become an astronaut in near...

Obama’s immigration enforcement director to resign

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s immigration enforcement director announced his resignation Monday, ending a four-year tenure that saw a dramatic shift in how the federal government pursues an...

More possible Zimmerman jurors asked to return

SANFORD, Fla. – Potential jurors’ views on race were the focus of questioning Monday in the second week of their selection for the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman in the fatal...

Marriage rate may be low, but more weddings predicted

The marriage rate is at its lowest point in more than a century, and the number of marriages across the USA fell more than 5% during the recession. But a new analysis projects that pent-up d...

Newspaper: Snowden won’t return voluntarily to U.S.

WASHINGTON – NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and is attacking U.S. officials for calling h...

Supreme Court: Arizona citizenship proof law illegal

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to mak...

Women in combat jobs coming soon

Pentagon to start training them for new role by 2015

Feds recover missing Nazi diary

WILMINGTON, Del. – Federal authorities have recovered about 400 handwritten pages from the wartime diary of a key Nazi adviser to Adolf Hitler after a 17-year search for the documents, offic...
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