‘Idle Iron’ is idling
Gulf oil wells linger with temporary seals
DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
U.S. oil immune to OPEC’s fight
Projections for output of other nations slashed
DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
California fire that jumped Interstate 15 calms overnight
LOS ANGELES (AP) – A wildfire that swept across a busy California freeway, sending people running for their lives, was calmed by rain Saturday, allowing some crews to be shifted to another b...
DATE: Jul 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Shooting stirs questions about arming military recruiters
WASHINGTON– As Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith fights for his life after being shot at a military support center in Tennessee, his grandmother wonders why troops at recruiting and...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
World Briefs
U.S. admiral offers allies assurances
MANILA, Philippines – The new U.S. commander of the Pacific Fleet assured allies Friday that American forces are well equipped and ready to r...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nations remember MH17 victims
West convinced Ukrainian rebels downed Malaysian Airlines jet
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Nation Briefs
U.S. asked Mexico to extradite drug lord
WASHINGTON – Just weeks before Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman sneaked out of a maximum security prison in Mexico, the U.S. government had requ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
NASA team marvels at Pluto’s complex landscape
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Vast frozen plains exist next door to Pluto’s big, rugged mountains sculpted of ice, scientists said Friday, three days after humanity’s first-ever flyby of the dwarf ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Germany OKs bailout deal
Rescue plan for Greece moves ahead
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
New president may be stuck with deal
GOP candidates vowing to undo nuclear agreement with Iran
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
Agency’s threat to close VA hospitals draws ire
WASHINGTON – Senior lawmakers traveled from Capitol Hill on Thursday to the Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters to hear firsthand why the agency is threatening to shut down some hosp...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
It’s San Francisco or bust: Hitchhiking robot hits the road
BOSTON – With its thumb raised skyward and a grin on its digital face, the robotic creation of two researchers in Canada is hitchhiking across the U.S.
The humanoid robot named hi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World
