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Bipartisan farm bill gets approval in House WASHINGTON – After more than two years of partisan squabbles over food and farm policy, the House passed and sent to the Senate Wednesd...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some allies upset by Obama’s omissions

WASHINGTON – For some White House allies, the long list of executive actions President Barack Obama announced in his State of the Union address was marred by a few glaring omissions. ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ukraine lawmakers offer amnesty

KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday passed a measure offering amnesty to those arrested in two months of protests, but only if demonstrators vacate most of the buildings they o...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House passes farm bill, crop subsidies preserved

WASHINGTON – After more than two years of partisan squabbles over food and farm policy, the House passed and sent to the Senate Wednesday an almost $100 billion-a-year, compromise farm bill ...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Atlanta reels from snow, ice storm

ATLANTA – Thousands of Atlanta students stranded all night long in their schools were reunited with their parents Wednesday, while rescuers rushed to deliver blankets, food, gas and a ride h...

DATE: Jan 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Americans react to Obama’s address to nation

President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address Tuesday night to make his pitch that the nation must come together to address persistent problems, from the wealth gap between rich...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Text of Obama’s State of the Union address

Here is a text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address as provided by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, my fellow Americans: ...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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NYC moves to curb jaywalking deaths NEW YORK – For many New Yorkers, crossing the street in the middle of the block or against the light is a way of life, part of an attitude that...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ukraine government acts to stem protests

KIEV, Ukraine – In back-to-back moves aimed at defusing Ukraine’s political crisis, the prime minister resigned Tuesday and parliament repealed anti-protest laws that had set off violent cla...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Agitated, but caged Morsi back in court

CAIRO – The second court appearance for ousted President Mohammed Morsi was very different from his first: He wore a white prison uniform Tuesday instead of a trim dark suit. And when the Is...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria talks to continue

GENEVA – Syrian government anger over a U.S. decision to resume aid to the opposition prompted the U.N. mediator to cut short Tuesday’s peace talks, but he said no one was to blame for the i...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Castro urges region to cooperate more HAVANA – Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at...

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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