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TSA finding more guns each year at checkpoints

The Transportation Security Administration found 1,828 guns among travelers preparing to board planes in 2013, a 20 percent increase from the year before, according to an academic study. ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt to vote on constitution

CAIRO – Egyptians are being asked to vote this week on a vision of their nation’s future sponsored by the powerful military, a two-day election widely seen as a referendum on a likely presid...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Few young adults signing up

WASHINGTON – It’s an older, costlier crowd that’s signing up so far for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s law, according to government figures released Monday. Enrollments are ...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Syrian rebel group to let aid into areas PARIS – In a first yet fragile step toward peace, Syria’s government and the main but disputed moderate opposition group seeking to oust i...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Retired police officer held in theater slaying WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. – Authorities say a retired Tampa police officer has been charged with fatally shooting a man during an argumen...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Water ban lifted in part of W. Va.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Safe tap water gushed from faucets and shower heads in West Virginia on Monday, a welcome sight and sound for a small fraction of the 300,000 people who have not been ab...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iranians divided on nuclear pact

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s reformers and moderate conservatives welcomed an agreement Monday between Iran and six world powers on how to implement a nuclear deal struck in November, saying it wil...

DATE: Jan 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Iran, world powers reach nuke deal TEHRAN, Iran – Iran has agreed to limit uranium enrichment and to open its nuclear program to daily inspection by international experts starting...

DATE: Jan 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spanish speakers frustrated with site

Not knowing English has kept many from signing up for health care

DATE: Jan 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court weighs president’s power in filling positions

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court is refereeing a politically charged dispute between President Barack Obama and Senate Republicans over the president’s power to temporarily fill high-level pos...

DATE: Jan 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Millionaire seeks wage hike

LOS ANGELES – Democrats across the nation are eager to make increasing the minimum wage a defining campaign issue in 2014, but in California a proposal to boost the pay rate to $12 an hour i...

DATE: Jan 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

New York Neiman Marcus is latest victim of security breach NEW YORK – Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus confirmed Saturday that thieves may have stolen customers’ credit an...

DATE: Jan 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World