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Oregon, DC voters OK use of pot

NEW YORK – Voters in Oregon and the District of Columbia approved ballot measures Tuesday allowing the use of marijuana by adults, elating legalization activists who hope to extend their win...

New GOP-run Senate faces same gridlock

© 2014, The Washington Post WASHINGTON – Now that power has changed hands in the Senate, there are two scenarios for what is likely to get done in Washington over the next couple ...

Voters grumble all the way to the polls

Americans fed up with both parties’ politicians

Burkina Faso military promises to hand over power

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso’s military said Monday it will hand power to a transitional government under a leader chosen by all sectors of society to fill the power vacuum creat...

2 nuke commanders fired, another disciplined

WASHINGTON – The Air Force on Monday fired two more nuclear commanders and disciplined a third, fresh evidence of leadership lapses in a nuclear missile corps that has suffered a rash of rec...

Egypt, Gulf Arab allies eye anti-militant alliance

CAIRO – U.S. Arab allies Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are discussing the creation of a military pact to take on Islamic militants, with the possibility of a joint...

Virgin spaceship’s descent system deployed early

LOS ANGELES – Federal investigators say they have determined that a space tourism rocket broke apart in flight over California’s Mojave Desert after a device to slow the experimental spacesh...

World Trade Center reopens for business

NEW YORK – Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, the resurrected World Trade Center has again opened for business – marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the ...

Senate campaign nears its end

WASHINGTON – On a final, furious day of campaigning, Republicans pushed to capture control of the Senate, while Democrats struggled to limit their congressional losses in elections midway th...

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Sinking prices chill America’s oil patch WILLISTON, N.D. – Oil has averaged $96 a barrel over the past four years, fueling more drilling, more hiring and bigger appetites in North...

UN climate report offers warnings, hope

Failure to act could set course for ‘irreversible’ global impacts

Nation & World Briefs

Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media WASHINGTON – The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, f...
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