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Alaskans concerned with Canadian mining plans

JUNEAU, Alaska – A provincial map showing the planned or potential mining activity in British Columbia is so pocked that Alaska Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott says it looks like it has the measles. ...

The politics of time: Why countries switch

North Korean officials announced recently that the country is creating its own time zone, moving back 30 minutes this weekend. The establishment of “Pyongyang time” is a political move inten...

In aftermath of Ferguson, states react

But activists say still more needs to be done

Going on vacation? Your cats can, too

Purr-fect lodges will pamper your pets

Food banks, pantries find new ways to feed more

Charles Scott is shopping for groceries at a Philadelphia food pantry, busily clicking away at a computer to select his choices of onions, tomatoes and frozen corn. Scott’s budge...

These girls are the coders of the future

And they’re already solving problems

‘Nothing compares’ to the Iowa State Fair

DES MOINES, Iowa – All of the forces that have unexpectedly made this presidential contest epically memorable, and often entertaining, were expected to collide at the Iowa State Fair on Satu...

World Brief

Japan marks 70th year of WWII surrender TOKYO – Emperor Akihito expressed rare “deep remorse” over his country’s wartime actions in an address Saturday marking the 70th anniversar...

Nation Briefs

Obama dealt big blow to Iran nuclear deal PHOENIX – Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake, the lone Republican senator who was considering support for the Iran nuclear deal, announced plans Sat...

Blast zone evacuated over contamination fear

TIANJIN, China – New small explosions rocked a disaster zone in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Saturday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination and found several more bo...

At least 40 dead at sea, 320 migrants rescued

ROME – At least 40 migrants died Saturday in the hold of an overcrowded smuggling boat in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya, apparently killed by fuel fumes, and some 320 others aboard we...

Black bear breaks into car, can’t make clean getaway

HELENA, Mont. – A retired Pittsburgh schoolteacher could do nothing but laugh after a black bear broke into her car in Montana, destroyed the interior while trying to escape and finally bust...
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