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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

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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

GOP lawmakers target endangered species law

BILLINGS, Mont. – Republicans in Congress on Tuesday called for an overhaul to the Endangered Species Act to curtail environmentalists’ lawsuits and give more power to states, but experts sa...

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

Senate sends farm bill to Obama

WASHINGTON – The sweeping farm bill that Congress sent to President Obama Tuesday has something for almost everyone, from the nation’s 47 million food stamp recipients to Southern peanut gro...

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

Hoffman among thousands of addiction victims

LOS ANGELES – Philip Seymour Hoffman suffered from a chronic medical condition that required ongoing treatment. An admitted drug addict who first sought professional help more than two decad...

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

Study: Patients need training on new health insurance

WASHINGTON – New Medicaid patients in Oregon failed to use their benefits effectively because they did not understand how to use insurance or health care, according to a study released Monda...

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

Internet firms release data on NSA spy requests

WASHINGTON – Freed by a recent legal deal with government lawyers, major technology firms released new data Monday on how often they are ordered to turn over customer information for secret ...

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

U.S. troop morale improving

WASHINGTON – U.S. soldiers had higher morale and suffered fewer mental health problems in Afghanistan last year as they handed off more duties to Afghans and saw less combat themselves, acco...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Hotel operator reports possible data breach INDIANAPOLIS – A nationwide hotel operator is investigating a suspected data security breach that may have compromised credit-card and ...

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

Native American groups ask for child welfare probe

PORTLAND, Ore. – Four national Native American organizations on Monday asked the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation into the treatment of American Indian and Alaska Nativ...

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

Saudis moving against jihadists

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah issued a royal decree on Monday that punishes citizens who fight in conflicts outside the kingdom, with prison sentences ranging from thre...

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

Yellen sworn in as Fed chair in brief ceremony

Yellen, who was confirmed by the Senate last month, was sworn in by Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo, the senior member of the Fed’s seven-member board. She took the oath in a brief ce...

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

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