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Momentum building for Medicaid expansion

Billions may be lost for states not involved

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Three dead after Maryland mall shooting

COLUMBIA, Md. – A man carrying a shotgun opened fire at a busy shopping mall in suburban Baltimore on Saturday, killing two employees of a skate shop and then himself as panicked shoppers ra...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Puerto Rico 281 passengers ill aboard Royal Caribbean ship SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say 281 passengers have fallen il...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt’s uprising anniversary marred

29 protesters killed in skirmishes with security forces

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ukraine extends an offer

KIEV, Ukraine – A top Ukrainian protest leader says the opposition is ready to accept leadership of the country but isn’t immediately accepting embattled President Viktor Yanukovych’s offer ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian antagonists take ‘half-steps’ at peace talks

GENEVA – The U.N. mediator trying to broker peace after three years of civil war in Syria said the agreement by the antagonists to face each other at peace talks for the first time Saturday ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

French president splits with first lady PARIS – French President François Hollande has split with the country’s first lady two weeks after a tabloid reported the leader was having...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House: 3 million signed up on health exchanges

WASHINGTON – More than three million people have now signed up for private insurance plans through the federal and state health exchanges, the Obama administration announced today. ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police say 3 dead after shooting at Maryland mall

COLUMBIA, Md. – Police in Maryland say three people died Saturday in a shooting at a mall in suburban Baltimore, including the presumed gunman. Howard County police said via Twit...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jury sides with Courtney Love, ruling tweet was not defamatory

LOS ANGELES – A Twitter posting by Courtney Love suggesting that one of her attorneys had been “bought off” wasn’t defamatory, a jury decided Friday. The verdict came after roughl...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll finds Obama regaining public support

WASHINGTON – As President Barack Obama begins his sixth year in office, people are largely pessimistic about the country’s direction, down on the condition of the economy and doubtful it wil...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

GOP activists defend Christie’s leadership WASHINGTON – Chris Christie may have been nearly 200 miles away, but his struggles in New Jersey buzzed through the hallways of a Washin...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World