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Obama aims for curbs on NSA power

Endorses oversight, but rejects end to phone surveillance

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Taliban attack Kabul eatery

KABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban struck a restaurant popular with Westerners in downtown Kabul on Friday in what appeared to be a well-coordinated assault, with a suicide bomber clearing a p...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 students shot in Philly school gym; 2 boys held

PHILADELPHIA – A boy and a girl hanging out with a group of fellow students in a high school gym were shot and wounded Friday afternoon, and up to three boys may have been involved in the sh...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Nuclear forces unit upset by latest setback WASHINGTON – The commander of the nuclear missile force in Montana where 34 launch control officers are implicated in an exam cheating ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope took action in abuse cases

VATICAN CITY – A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests in over just two years for sexually molesting children. T...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fed budget comes to $3M per word

The giant federal budget bill that the House passed Wednesday, the Senate passed late Thursday and President Barack Obama signed Friday will cost taxpayers nearly $3 million per word, or if ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

West Virginia spill shows vulnerability of water supply

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – It’s a nightmare scenario that became all too real in West Virginia: A chemical seeped into the water supply and threatened to sicken hundreds of thousands of people. ...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama issues new policy for selling arms abroad

President Barack Obama issued a policy Wednesday that for the first time expressly states that the United States should not sell military equipment to countries so unstable that they might u...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deadline looms for Panama Canal expansion dispute

PANAMA CITY, Panama – On a hot September morning, a powerful explosion demolished a rocky slope on the banks of the Panama Canal, announcing to the world a massive expansion that the canal’s...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For Sale: ‘Slightly haunted’ home

DUNMORE, Pa. – Between the mysteriously banging doors, the odd noises coming from the basement, and the persistent feeling that someone is standing behind them, homeowners Gregory and Sandi...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. employers advertise most jobs since March 2008

The Labor Department said Friday that job openings rose 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted 4 million, the most in 5½ years. And the number of people quitting increased 1.9 percent to a sea...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Beverly Hills center pampers poshest of pets

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – It’s just another spa day in the 90210. A valet parks the car, then it’s off for a facial, manicure and shopping for couture fashions. The reward for a long day of p...

DATE: Jan 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World