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Calif. couple strike it rich

LOS ANGELES – A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their Gold Country property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in...

Civil War flag uncovered in auditorium basement

Inscription helps trace history of Union soldier, battle

GAO report: Airline pilot shortage? Not clear

WASHINGTON – Regional airlines report difficulty over the past year in finding enough pilots to hire, but it isn’t clear whether there is a shortage of pilots, a government watchdog said in ...

Winter’s icy chill slows U.S. economy

In spring, spending expected to heat up

A new way to look at what you eat

WASHINGTON – Ice cream lovers beware: The government knows you’re unlikely to stop after half a cup. New nutrition labels proposed Thursday for many popular foods, including ice ...

U.S. blasts Syria for rights abuses

WASHINGTON – The United States Thursday singled out Syria, Russia, China and Egypt for using restrictive laws to suppress political opposition, minorities and journalists seeking to expose a...

Nation Briefs

Administration to help fix state websites WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is coming to the aid of states that had technical problems running their own health-care websites. ...

U.K. agency may have its eyes on you, too

LONDON – Britain’s signals intelligence division is stealing screenshots from hundreds of thousands of innocent Yahoo users’ webcam videos, according to the Guardian newspaper, which also re...

World Briefs

North Korea tests missiles, South says SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea fired four suspected short-range missiles into its eastern waters Thursday, South Korean defense officials ...

Senate blocks Dems’ bill boosting vets’ benefits

WASHINGTON – A divided Senate on Thursday derailed Democratic legislation providing $21 billion for medical, education and job-training benefits for the nation’s veterans, as the bill fell v...

Conflict in Ukraine grows hotter

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine – Masked gunmen stormed the parliament of Ukraine’s strategic Crimea region as Russian fighter jets scrambled to patrol borders, while Ukraine’s newly formed government p...

Known-planet count just keeps growing

NASA: Number nearly doubles