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Warm weather puts chill on Belgian ice festival

BRUGES, Belgium – Ice sculptures really aren’t cut out for this kind of balmy November weather. Just a few weeks ahead of global climate change talks in Paris, ice sculpture festi...

Spy for Israel due for release

WASHINGTON – Jonathan Pollard, the Navy intelligence analyst whose 1985 arrest for selling secrets to Israel set off a sensational spy saga, is scheduled to be released from federal prison n...

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Indian leader lunches with Queen Elizabeth LONDON – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lunched with Queen Elizabeth II and rallied thousands of cheering supporters on the second ...

Islamic State forces suffer twin setbacks

Kurds, rebels retake towns in Syria, Iraq

Nation Briefs

Clinton locking up superdelegate votes WASHINGTON – There’s little doubt which candidate the Democratic Party establishment supports for president. It’s not even close. ...

Gum unstuck from famed wall

SEATTLE – A piece of Seattle history is coming down – or rather, 1 million little pieces. Crews are cleaning up the city’s famed “gum wall” near Pike Place Market, where tourists ...

Help wanted: Book looks at 50 felines on the job

LOS ANGELES – Dogs work. Cats sleep, purr and preen. At least that is what dog people would have you believe. Author Lisa Rogak set out to discover what cats really spend their time doing. T...

Struggle over ‘Life’ sparks lawsuit

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Game of Life is known for turning events such as marriage, going to college and paying for auto insurance into moves on a board. Now, it’s at the center of a different...

Series of attacks in Paris leaves more than 100 dead

PARIS – A French police official says at least 100 people have been killed inside a Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages. The hostage-taking was one in a series of at least six...

Sexting arrest latest embarrassment for Secret Service

DOVER, Del. – The arrest of a uniformed Secret Service officer on charges of trying to solicit a teenage girl for sex and sending obscene images and texts online is the latest embarrassment ...

U.S. confident about terrorist’s death

Families of victims say it ‘doesn’t change anything’

Nation Briefs

Mobster acquitted in ‘Goodfellas’ heist NEW YORK – An aging mobster has been acquitted of charges he helped plan the 1978 Lufthansa heist that was retold in the hit Mafia movie “G...
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