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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

Frozen, but unshaken

The frozen soil deep below the Siberian tundra has yielded an astonishing discovery: giant viruses that are still infectious though they’ve spent the last 30,000 years or so on ice. ...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Israeli leader blames Palestinians for talks WASHINGTON – Seeking to salvage an elusive Middle East peace plan, President Barack Obama pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...

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

West struggling to find response

KIEV, Ukraine – Russian troops said to be 16,000 strong tightened their stranglehold on Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula Monday, openly defying the U.S. and the European Union and rattling world ...

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

New storm freezes much of nation

WASHINGTON – Winter kept its icy hold on much of the country Monday, with snow falling and temperatures dropping as schools and offices closed and people from the South and Mid-Atlantic to N...

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

From Russia with love?

World scrambles as Russian troops move in Crimea

DATE: Mar 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

What you need to know about March health deadline

Three-quarters of uninsured don’t know about it

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Do state websites pose an unhealthy risk?

WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration raced to meet its self-imposed deadline for online health-insurance markets, security experts working for the government worried that state computer ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Oscar winners

Here is a list of winners of the major awards at Sunday’s 86th annual Academy Awards. Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave.” Actor: Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World