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Panel: Vatican not doing enough to protect kids

GENEVA - A U.N. panel sharply criticized the Vatican on Wednesday for putting the reputation and interests of the Holy See above the interests of children who had been sexually abused by pri...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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U.S. warning airlines about possible threat WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department is warning airlines flying to Russia that terrorists may try to smuggle explosives on boa...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge orders no jail for teen in fatal car wreck

FORT WORTH, Texas – A judge on Wednesday ordered a Texas teenager who was sentenced to 10 years’ probation in a drunken-driving crash that killed four people to go to a rehabilitation facili...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hagel orders renewed focus on military ethics

WASHINGTON – Concerned that ethical problems inside the military might run deeper than he realized, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ordered service leaders Wednesday to add urgency to their dr...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Finding uninsured Americans by the numbers

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Millions of uninsured Americans willing to give President Barack Obama’s health-care law a chance. With time running out, it may not be so hard for the admini...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CVS Caremark kicking tobacco-sales habit

CVS Caremark’s decision to pull cigarettes and other tobacco products from its stores could ripple beyond the nation’s second-largest drugstore chain. The move, which drew praise...

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. official: Snowden leaks lead to Pentagon change

WASHINGTON – A top U.S. military intelligence official said Tuesday that the Pentagon will have to make costly changes to programs and personnel because of leaks by former National Security ...

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

Health law will cut U.S. workforce size

WASHINGTON – A new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office says that the Affordable Care Act will result in more than 2 million fewer full-time workers in the next several years, provi...

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

Nation Briefs

Navy investigating own cheating scandal WASHINGTON – The Navy said Tuesday it is investigating about 30 senior sailors linked to alleged cheating on tests meant to qualify them to...

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

Bill Nye defends evolution in Kentucky debate

PETERSBURG, Ky. – TV’s “Science Guy” Bill Nye says there are infinite discoveries yet to be made about the universe and how we got here. Ken Ham, the man Nye traveled to Kentucky ...

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

Britain says advice on raid was ignored

LONDON – Britain sent a military officer to advise India before Indian forces stormed the Golden Temple in Amritsar in 1984, leaving hundreds dead, but the advice was largely ignored and had...

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

World Briefs

Libya: Chemical arms have been destroyed TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the country’s caches of chemical weapons, including bombs and artillery shells fill...

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

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