News

Putin tries to divide Europe with gas card

MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Thursday that it may face a shutdown of Russian natural-gas supplies if it fails to help Ukraine settle its enormous Russian gas bill – a debt that f...

Obama praises LBJ’s ability to grasp power

AUSTIN, Texas – A half-century after the passage of sweeping civil rights legislation, President Barack Obama declared that he had “lived out the promise” envisioned by Lyndon B. Johnson, th...

Medicare database reveals top-paid doctors

WASHINGTON – Medicare paid a tiny group of doctors $3 million or more each in 2012. One got nearly $21 million. Those are among the findings of an Associated Press analysis of phy...

Nation & World Briefs

Teen charged as adult in stabbings at school EXPORT, Pa. –Police have identified and charged a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing and slashing 21 fellow students and a security g...

IG blasts release of report on power grid

WASHINGTON – Federal energy regulators improperly allowed widespread access to a sensitive document that outlined specific locations where the nation’s electric grid is vulnerable to physica...

Obama mourns slain soldiers

FORT HOOD, Texas – President Barack Obama returned to the grieving Army post Wednesday where he first took on the job as the nation’s comforter five years ago, mourning with families and uni...

How high will pot sales go?

Bolstered by decriminalization laws in Washington and Colorado, marijuana could become an $8.2 billion retail business by 2018, an industry trade journal says. That’s a 33 percent...

More ‘pings’ raise hopes Flight 370 will be found

PERTH, Australia – After a navy ship heard more signals from deep in the Indian Ocean, the head of the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner said Wednesday he believes the hunt is closin...

Stabbing spree at high school leaves 20 injured

MURRYSVILLE, Pa. – A 16-year-old armed with two knives went on a stabbing and slashing spree at a high school near Pittsburgh on Wednesday, leaving 20 people injured, including a school poli...

Filing taxes a breeze, most say in poll

WASHINGTON – Struggling to figure out your federal tax return? You’re not alone, but you’re in the minority. With the tax-filing deadline looming next week, a majority of American...

NATO preparing response to Russia

PARIS – NATO’s top military commander in Europe, drafting countermoves to the Russian military threat against Ukraine, said Wednesday they could include deployment of American troops to alli...

Pakistani infant accused of attempted murder

A 9-month-old Pakistani boy accused of attempted murder for allegedly throwing stones at police has been sent into hiding because of “vindictive” officials, his grandfather said Tuesday. ...
Directory Plus

Search Directory Plus

Find:
Where: