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FDA proposing first rules for e-cigarettes

As electronic cigarettes soar in popularity, the U.S. government Thursday is proposing historic rules to ban their sale to minors and require warning labels as well as federal approval. ...

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Judge orders release of Attica riot report ALBANY, N.Y. – A New York judge Thursday approved a request to allow a fuller history of the nation’s bloodiest prison riot to be revea...

Centenarians are feeling younger than ever

Age truly is just a number, according a survey of centenarians and baby boomers, both of whom say they feel younger than their actual ages. Centenarians, on average, say they feel...

NRA seeks universal gun law at national meeting

INDIANAPOLIS – With concealed weapons now legal in all 50 states, the National Rifle Association’s focus at this week’s annual meeting is less about enacting additional state protections tha...

Israel halts peace talks with Palestinians

JERUSALEM – Israel broke off Mideast peace talks and brought the U.S.-brokered process to the brink of collapse Thursday, protesting a reconciliation agreement between the Western-backed Pal...

Oklahoma court rejects death-row inmates’ claims

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled late Wednesday that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, putting them back ...

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Justices toss award to child porn victim WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a plea to make it easier for victims of child pornography to collect money from peop...

Palestinian unity deal complicates peace efforts

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed Wednesday to form a unity government and hold new elections – a potentially historic step toward mending the rift th...

Spy plane’s days may be numbered

WASHINGTON – The U-2 spy plane outlasted the Cold War, outlived its successor and proved crucial a half-century ago when two superpowers were on the brink of nuclear war. But defe...

U.S. eases criteria for seeking clemency

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal history and have already served more than 10 years behi...

Material on Australian shore not from Malaysia jet

CANBERRA, Australia – Australian officials said Thursday that after examining detailed photographs of unidentified material that washed ashore in the southwestern part of the country they ar...

Rail safety effort marred by squabbling

WASHINGTON – Spurred by a series of fiery train crashes, a push by government and industry to make safer tank cars used for shipping crude oil and ethanol has bogged down in squabbling and f...
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