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Ukraine deal not embraced by everyone

KIEV, Ukrain – In a fast-moving day that aimed to reshape Ukraine’s political destiny, protest leaders and the beleaguered president agreed Friday to form a new government and hold an early ...

DATE: Feb 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study casts doubt on West’s Afghan plan

WASHINGTON – A new assessment of Afghanistan’s future says the country could revert to a terrorist haven unless U.S. and international partners underwrite a larger – and more expensive – Afg...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Railroad to upgrade tankers

BILLINGS, Mont. – BNSF Railway Co. said Thursday it intends to buy a fleet of 5,000 strengthened tank cars to haul oil and ethanol in a move that would set a higher safety standard for a fle...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

How many Californias are enough?

LOS ANGELES – California has reached the breaking point, says Tim Draper. The Silicon Valley venture capitalist is pushing a proposal to crack the nation’s most populous state into smaller p...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Latest terror warning described as routine LOS ANGELES – The Secretary of the Homeland Security Department said Thursday that a warning to airlines that terrorists could try to...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Latest clashes in Kiev leave scores dead

KIEV, Ukraine – Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country’s d...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli demand sparks new debate

JERUSALEM – Is Israel “the Jewish state”? The answer may seem as obvious as the Star of David on the Israeli flag. Yet the question is starting to complicate the ambitious U.S. ...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Brief

Nations set date for next Iran talks VIENNA – Iran and six world powers on Thursday ended nuclear talks with agreement on a framework for future negotiations but little progress o...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Store hits its own jackpot

MILPITAS, Calif. – A Northern California convenience store that sold the sole winning ticket to the $425 million Powerball jackpot received a $1 million check Thursday, as state lottery off...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

European Union imposes sanctions against Ukraine

BRUSSELS – The European Union voted Thursday to impose sanctions against those held responsible for the violence in Ukraine. The sanctions, unanimously approved by EU foreign min...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama to drop budget cut offer

WASHINGTON – The White House says President Barack Obama’s upcoming budget proposal will not include his past offer to accept lowered cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other be...

DATE: Feb 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Farms dwindle in the U.S.

WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased during the past five years, a new government census of America’s agriculture s...

DATE: Feb 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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