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UN warns world could have 40 percent water shortfall by 2030

NEW DELHI – The world could suffer a 40 percent shortfall in water in just 15 years unless countries dramatically change their use of the resource, a U.N. report warned Friday. Ma...

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North Korea says it has nuclear missiles LONDON – A North Korean envoy says his country has developed nuclear missiles and is prepared to use them at any time. North Ko...

Budget spat leaves House GOP leaders facing new discord

WASHINGTON – Whether the issue is immigration or federal budgets, Republicans keep learning a bitter lesson: Their sizable and near-historic congressional majority doesn’t necessarily mean t...

Obama administration tightens rules on chemical disclosure

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Friday it is requiring companies that drill for oil and natural gas on federal lands to disclose chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations....

Public support for health-care law grows

But 40 percent want program to be repealed or scaled back

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Secret Service head disputes reports WASHINGTON – The new director of the Secret Service went on the offensive Thursday on Capitol Hill, disputing characterizations in news report...

Obama takes action to curb emissions

President hopes to spur other nations to act

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Opposing forces in Yemeni city clash ADEN, Yemen – Forces loyal to Yemen’s former president stormed the international airport in the southern port city of Aden on Thursday, trigg...

U.S. hopes to limit Iranian centrifuges

Details of possible nuclear agreement emerge

California eyes drought funds

$1B may be released for water projects

Netanyahu retreats on Palestine

Israeli says burden is on Palestinians

Secret Service chief forcefully denies reports of crash

WASHINGTON – The recently installed director of the scandal-plagued Secret Service is going on the offensive on Capitol Hill, pushing back hard against news reports that two senior agents cr...
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