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Oregon hemp farmer says startup going slow

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – One of Oregon’s first hemp farmers says a lack of seed is making it tough to get going. Josephine County Commissioner Cheryl Walker says that fertile seed is e...

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Boko Haram trying to hit Lagos ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s Islamic extremist rebels Boko Haram are trying to extend their violent campaign across the country including Lagos, the c...

Migrants seek EU’s field of dreams

Hungary’s hostility to immigrants fails to dissuade the desperate

As Common Core results trickle in, initial goals unfulfilled

LOS ANGELES – Results for some of the states that participated in Common Core-aligned testing for the first time this spring are out, with overall scores higher than expected, though still b...

Pending home-sales index rebounds in July

WASHINGTON – Contracts to purchase previously owned U.S. homes climbed in July for the sixth time in the last seven months, signaling further momentum in residential real estate. ...

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Man, 30, charged with capital murder HOUSTON – Prosecutors on Saturday charged a 30-year-old man with capital murder in the killing of a sheriff’s deputy who was gunned down from ...

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Police arrest foreigner in Bangkok bombing BANGKOK – Thai authorities arrested a foreign man Saturday they said had been holed up in a suburban apartment with bomb-making equipmen...

Fed Reserve keeps open possibility of Sept. hike

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer left the door open Saturday for a Fed rate increase in September, saying the factors that have kept inflation below the central ban...

China, India pacing U.S. immigration data

Census Bureau says Mexicans still dominate overall numbers

Tropical Storm Erika destroys Caribbean island of Dominica

ROSEAU, Dominica – Tropical Storm Erika dissipated early Saturday, even as its remnants began drenching parts of eastern Cuba. But it left devastation in its path, killing at least 20 people...

All across the Gulf, remembering Katrina

Residents mark 10th anniversary of hurricane

U.S. appeals court lets NSA program continue

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court in Washington has lifted an injunction against the National Security Agency’s call records program on the grounds that the plaintiff has not proved his o...
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