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UN reviewing report about N. Korea rights UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council is meeting to discuss an unprecedented U.N. report that accuses North Korea of crimes against ...

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Chelsea Clinton says she is pregnant WASHINGTON – Chelsea Clinton says she and her husband are expecting their first child later this year. The daughter of former Presi...

IRS audits few big partnerships, GAO says

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service audits fewer than 1 percent of large business partnerships, according to a government report released Tuesday. That means some of Wall St...

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Astronomers spot most Earth-like planet yet

Questions rise about evacuation

MOKPO, South Korea – An immediate evacuation order was not issued for the ferry that sank off South Korea’s southern coast, likely with scores of people trapped inside, because officers on t...

Deal reached on calming Ukraine tensions

GENEVA – In a surprise accord, Ukraine and Russia agreed Thursday on tentative steps to halt violence and calm tensions along their shared border after more than a month of Cold War-style mi...

Arrests in Target breach may not happen soon

WASHINGTON – Secret Service investigators say they are close to gaining a full understanding of the methods hackers used to breach Target’s computer systems last December. But the...

That’ll cost you an arm and a leg

U.S. medical prices at top

Ferry sinking toll may rise

SEOUL, South Korea - Nearly 300 people, most of them students, remained unaccounted for Wednesday as coast guard and navy divers continued to search a ferry that sank hours earlier off the s...

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Insurgents seize Ukrainian vehicles SLOVYANSK, Ukraine – Pro-Russian insurgents commandeered six Ukrainian armored vehicles along with their crews and hoisted Russian flags over ...

Obama stresses need for new job training

OAKDALE, Pa. – Urging the U.S. to keep up in the global skills race, President Barack Obama on Wednesday highlighted $600 million in new job-training grants that he said could help people la...

NATO ups military presence amid Russian threat

BRUSSELS – NATO is strengthening its military footprint along its eastern border immediately in response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, the alliance’s chief said Wednesday. Se...
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