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Free Scotland can keep pound, official says LONDON – Scotland’s pro-independence leader says a separate Scotland would not be a foreign country to England and claims U.K. Treasury...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

El-Sissi hints at presidential run

CAIRO – Egypt’s military chief, Field Marshal Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, gave his strongest indication yet that he intends to run for president, saying Tuesday he “can’t turn his back” to publi...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House approves bill to ease flood insurance hikes

WASHINGTON – The House approved legislation Tuesday night to roll back a recently enacted overhaul of the federal flood insurance program, after homeowners in flood-prone areas complained ab...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Latino group leader: Obama is ‘deporter in chief’

WASHINGTON – The president of a prominent Latino advocacy group called President Barack Obama the “deporter in chief,” denouncing the administration’s deportation of nearly 2 million immigra...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mardi Gras festivities heat up city

NEW ORLEANS – Revelers endured winter temperatures and a chilling rain along parade routes Tuesday as New Orleans’ 2014 Carnival season neared a close. Die-hards, some in Mardi Gr...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Texas picks candidates to run for governor AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is the first new Republican nominee for the state’s governor in more than a decade. ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fears about power grid security growing

WASHINGTON – Power industry executives are meeting here this week as federal lawmakers are raising questions about physical security at power plants across the country. Referring ...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama offers budget plan

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s election-year budget seeks to rally fellow Democrats with new help for the working poor and fresh money for road-building, education and research. It al...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Putin agrees to meet with NATO officials

MOSCOW – Stepping back from the brink of war, Vladimir Putin talked tough but cooled tensions in the Ukraine crisis in his first comments since its president fled, saying Tuesday that Russia...

DATE: Mar 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Carry-on crackdown: United enforces limit

NEW YORK – United Airlines is getting tough on passengers with oversized carry-on bags. The Chicago-based airline has installed new bag-sizers at most airports. It also emailed it...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama’s 2015 budget appeals to Democrats

WASHINGTON – Striving for unity among Democrats rather than compromise with Republicans, President Barack Obama will unveil an election-year budget today that drops earlier proposals to cut ...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cleaner gasoline may be on the way soon

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is driving ahead with a dramatic reduction in sulfur in gasoline and tailpipe emissions, declaring that cleaner air will save thousands of lives per yea...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World