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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

Remains closer to reburial

Anthropologist to return soldiers to New York fort

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

Obama backs limits on NSA phone collections

WASHINGTON – Seeking to calm a furor over U.S. surveillance, President Barack Obama on Friday called for ending the government’s control of phone data from hundreds of millions of Americans ...

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

Surgeon general renews anti-smoking push

WASHINGTON – One in 13 children could see their lives shortened by smoking unless the nation takes more aggressive action to end the tobacco epidemic, the U.S. Surgeon General said Friday – ...

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

Oklahoma Sen. Coburn to retire after current session

OKLAHOMA CITY – U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn will finish out the current congressional session and then resign from his seat nearly two years before his term is scheduled to end, he said in a statem...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Website security gets OK

WASHINGTON – Cybersecurity concerns over President Barack Obama’s health-care website have been cleared up through testing, a government security professional who initially had qualms about ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court may look at cellphone privacy

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court could say as early as today whether it will resolve a new clash over privacy and technology in the digital age. The justices are considering two cas...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Panel questions Vatican about sex-abuse policies

GENEVA - In an unusual appearance before a U.N. committee, Vatican officials faced questions Thursday about the Holy See’s handling of sexual abuse of children by the clergy. The ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

U.N. pushes for action on global warming UNITED NATIONS – U.N. experts are warning that the level of global warming gases is rising rapidly, and delaying action will reduce option...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Congress sends Obama budget bill WASHINGTON – Congress has easily passed a $1.1 trillion bill easing the harshest effects of last year’s automatic spending cuts after tea party cr...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama urges action on expanding college access

WASHINGTON – His education agenda mired in Congress, President Barack Obama is urging university presidents to copy each other’s best examples to expand access to higher education, highlight...

DATE: Jan 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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