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China destroys 6 tons of ivory

DONGGUAN, China – China destroyed about 6 tons of illegal ivory from its stockpile Monday in an unprecedented move wildlife groups say shows growing concern about the black market trade by a...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. health costs continue to grow slowly

WASHINGTON – Even as his health-care law divided the nation, President Barack Obama’s first term produced historically low growth in health costs, government experts said in a new report Mon...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sudan president backs peace talks

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The president of Sudan said during a visit to former enemy territory Monday that 20 years of war with South Sudan taught the people of his country that negotiations a...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Unemployment bill first up in Senate for 2014

WASHINGTON – The Senate plunged into an election-year session Monday that promises to be long on political maneuvering and less so on accomplishment, beginning with a struggle over legislati...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate confirms Yellen to chair Federal Reserve

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Janet Yellen on Monday as the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve, elevating an advocate of fighting unemployment and a backer of the central bank’s eff...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian rebel in-fighting spreads in country

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels surrounded a compound held by al-Qaida-linked fighters and freed at least 50 people from a nearby prison Monday as clashes between rival factions in the country’s nort...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Girl declared brain dead moved from hospital

SAN FRANCISCO – A lawyer for the family of a 13-year-old California girl declared brain dead after a surgery said Monday that she has arrived safely at a new location but that she was in “ba...

DATE: Jan 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Polar vortex’ Ion has arrived

Storm brings temperatures not seen in decades

DATE: Jan 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Seeing AP photo reunites family with missing son

Photographer was ‘happy’ and ‘touched’

DATE: Jan 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

1 dead, 1 injured in NYC high-rise fire NEW YORK – Authorities say one person has died and another has been injured in a three-alarm high-rise apartment fire in midtown Manhattan....

DATE: Jan 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World