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U.S. seeks stay of ruling on Obama immigration action

HOUSTON – The U.S. government asked a federal judge Monday to lift his temporary hold on President Barack Obama’s action to shield millions of immigrants from deportation. The Jus...

Impasse in Senate on Homeland budget bill as shutdown looms

WASHINGTON – A partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department loomed at week’s end, but no solution was in sight as senators returned to the Capitol from a week-long recess Monday to c...

World Briefs

Extremists urge attacks on U.S. malls JOHANNESBURG – A video purported to be by Somalia’s al-Qaida-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S.,...

Protection of curse may end

India’s river confronts modern society

Saudi morality police crack down on party

Cake, candles to celebrate birthday seen as un-Islamic

Nation Briefs

Tsarnaev’s lawyer has saved clients BOSTON – Judy Clarke has defended those accused of horrific and infamous crimes, including Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Atlanta Olympics bomber Eri...

Anti-vaccine mothers discuss their thinking

No deaths out of 1,000-plus measles cases in last decade

Fuel-hauling trains could derail at 10 a year

BILLINGS, Mont. – The federal government predicts that trains hauling crude oil or ethanol will derail an average of 10 times a year over the next two decades, causing more than $4 billion i...

‘Birdman’ swoops in, wins best film of year

LOS ANGELES – The long take of “Birdman” has stretched all the way to the Academy Awards, where the jazzy, surreal comedy about an actor fleeing his superhero past took Hollywood’s top honor...

Work to resume work at Arizona uranium mine

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – When Arizona’s only active uranium mine shuts down this spring, the company running it plans to restart another mine south of Grand Canyon National Park. The mo...

Nation Briefs

Some GOP governors back showdown WASHINGTON – Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm this week in opposing legislation funding the Departm...

Big Tobacco refuses to admit it lied

Corporations appealing judge’s decision to do so
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