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Unlikely soda to show up at ballpark

Opening Day will have a surprisingly different pop to it. As in soda pop. The Oakland A’s, a team widely known for thumbing its nose at conventions, will do it again be...

Nation/World Briefs

Community bracing for more victims ARLINGTON, Wash. – A mountainside community waited in anguish Friday to learn the full scope of the Washington state mudslide as authorities wo...

Who’s hooking up with your dating data?

Change may be coming to the rapidly growing dating industry as concern mounts about the privacy and safety of all online and mobile users. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., introduced leg...

Ousted Ukrainian leader seeks autonomy elections

MOSCOW – Ukraine’s fugitive leader pushed Friday for a vote to determine the status of each of the country’s regions – a call serving the Kremlin’s purpose of turning Ukraine into a loosely ...

Europe unveils Mars rover

STEVENAGE, England It looks like a giant sandbox – except the sand has a reddish tint and the “toys” on display are very expensive prototypes designed to withstand the rigors of landing on ...

Court hands setback to Texas abortion law critics

AUSTIN, Texas – Dr. Lester Minto knows he won’t be able to reopen his clinic after a federal appeals court upheld tough new abortion restrictions in Texas. But he insists he won’t be silence...

Support for overhaul falling

WASHINGTON – Public support for President Barack Obama’s health-care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll....

Obama meets with Saudi king to reassure key ally

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – President Barack Obama paid a visit Friday to the desert oasis of wary ally King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, hoping to reassure the aging monarch who is nervously watchi...

Insurance signups reach 6 million goal

WASHINGTON – Back on track after a stumbling start, President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul reached a milestone Thursday, with more than 6 million Americans signed up for coverage thro...

House delays Medicare pay cuts

WASHINGTON – Legislation to give doctors a yearlong reprieve from a looming 24 percent cut in their payments from Medicare overcame turbulence in the House on Thursday and appears on track t...

Nation Briefs

Appeals court upholds Texas abortion law AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld Texas’ tough abortion restrictions that have forced the closure of about 20 cli...

World Briefs

U.N. committee faults U.S. civil-rights record GENEVA – A U.N. panel has found serious shortcomings in the United States’ civil-rights record, with experts citing Thursday a lack...
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