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Medicaid expansion boosts ER visits SALEM, Ore. – A new study has found that previously uninsured people enrolled recently in Medicaid went to the emergency room 40 percent more f...

Female Marines get pass on new fitness standards

WASHINGTON – More than half of female Marines in boot camp can’t do three pull-ups, the minimum standard that was supposed to take effect with the new year, prompting the Marine Corps to del...

Faith in government drops

WASHINGTON – Americans enter 2014 with a profoundly negative view of their government, expressing little hope that elected officials can or will solve the nation’s biggest problems, a new po...

Strong winter storm pushes into the Northeast

BOSTON – A storm expected to bring more than a foot of snow, stiff winds and punishing cold pushed into the Northeast on Thursday, extending Christmas break for some students while posing th...

Papers praise Snowden leaks

LONDON – The New York Times and Guardian newspapers have called for clemency for Edward Snowden, saying that the espionage worker-turned-privacy advocate should be praised rather than punish...

Relief, confusion as new health benefits begin

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – After a troubled rollout, President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul now faces its most personal test: How will it work as people seek care under its new mandate...

Hospital: Ariel Sharon’s health worsens

JERUSALEM – The medical condition of the comatose former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sharply deteriorated Wednesday, the hospital treating him said. Sharon, 85, has been i...

Nation/World Briefs

New England readies for first storm of year HARTFORD, Conn. – Residents and emergency management officials in New England and parts of New York prepared on Wednesday for a winter...

Nations race to stake their claims in Arctic

WASHINGTON – The U.S. is racing to keep pace with stepped-up activity in the once sleepy Arctic frontier, but it is far from being in the lead. Nations across the world are hurryi...

Broken axle found at scene of North Dakota derailment

BISMARCK, N.D. – Federal investigators said Wednesday they have recovered a broken axle at the scene of an oil train derailment and fire in southeastern North Dakota but don’t know yet whet...

These bobbleheads are really supreme

They are some of the rarest bobblehead dolls ever produced. They’re released erratically. They’re given away free, not sold. And if you get a certificate to claim one, you have to redeem it ...

South Sudan negotiators set to begin peace talks

JUBA, South Sudan – Negotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides arrived Wednesday in Ethiopia for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both forces to bring the world’s newest country ...