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Marking 50 years of anti-smoking

1964 report was catalyst to change

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

World Briefs

Pope to nuns: Pick up the phone when I call VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has made another one of his cold calls to wish a group of nuns in a Spanish convent happy New Year. Only he...

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

Al-Qaida group says it bombed Beirut

Same set of rebel fighters is alligned against Assad regime

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

Bangladesh vote unlikely to stem wave of violence

Opposition demands current prime minister to step down

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

Gun limits sought for mentally ill

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is seeking broader measures that would prohibit people with mental illness from buying and possessing firearms. In a plan unveiled Friday, th...

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

Obama pushes to extend benefits

Pressure mounts on GOP to help unemployed

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

Feds want to expand birth control

Administration asks Sotomayor to lift stay

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA working to build computer to crack encryption

The National Security Agency is working to build a supercomputer that could break almost all encryption worldwide, according to the latest revelation from documents provided by Edward Snowde...

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jahi McMath’s mom clear to take her from hospital

OAKLAND, Calif. – A judge said Friday that the mother of a 13-year-old girl who was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery can remove her daughter from a California hospital if she assumes...

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bernanke: 2014 could be better year for U.S. economy

WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday predicted a stronger year for the U.S. economy in 2014, saying several factors that have held back growth appear to be abating. ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Czech, Palestinian ties sour after envoy’s death

PRAGUE – Relations between Palestinians and the Czech Republic took a nosedive Friday after residents voiced concerns over the discovery of illegal weapons at the Palestinian embassy complex...

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists document cases of rare ‘earthquake lights’

They’ve been mistaken for UFOs or dismissed as hallucinations. Now geologists have collected a near-definitive list of a rare but fascinating phenomenon – earthquake lights. Certa...

DATE: Jan 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World