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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

Philip Seymour Hoffman found dead in NYC apartment

NEW YORK – Philip Seymour Hoffman, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2006 for his portrayal of writer Truman Capote and created a gallery of other vivid characters, many of them slovenly a...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Ryan: Immigration reform unlikely in ’14 WASHINGTON – Days after House Republicans unveiled a roadmap for an overhaul of the nation’s broken immigration system, one of its backers...

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

Abortion rate lowest since 1973

NEW YORK – The U.S. abortion rate declined to its lowest level since 1973, and the number of abortions fell by 13 percent between 2008 and 2011, according the latest national survey of abort...

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

World Briefs

Russia slams support for Ukraine opposition MUNICH – Russia’s foreign minister slammed Western support of Ukraine’s opposition, suggesting Saturday that it is helping fuel the esc...

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

Who deserves in-state tuition?

Immigrants without legal permission in U.S. want degrees

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

Clashes grip Bangkok on vote’s eve

Protests began late last year; courts, military may soon have to intervene

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

Knox trial painful for Italian judge

But he had to put his own feelings aside

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

Nation Briefs

California Navy names ship in honor of astronaut John Glenn SAN DIEGO – The military on Saturday christened a Navy logistics ship in honor of John Glenn, the first Amer...

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

Gov. Christie goes on the offensive about accusations

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is going on the offensive after a former loyalist said he has evidence the Republican governor knew more than he has admitted about an apparent...

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

U.S. State Department report doesn’t daunt Keystone foes

Study finds no major objections to the oil pipeline

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

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