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Sexual assault reports up sharply in military WASHINGTON – The number of reported sexual assaults across the military shot up by more than 50 percent this year, an increase that ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Immigration fears spark political firestorm in United Kingdom

LONDON – They’re portrayed as pickpockets who will steal British jobs. There are predictions they will beg, the unruly young ones will stir up riots, and some will even try to sell babies. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Army and National Guard cross swords over troop cuts

WASHINGTON – The National Guard hopes to gain from pending cuts to the regular Army’s ranks, arguing that part-time soldiers are more cost-effective than their active-duty peers and could sa...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Push to recruit Arab Christians into Israeli army

NAZARETH, Israel – Dozens of Israeli soldiers respectfully rose from their seats as the Israeli national anthem began playing. The tinny recording of “Hatikva,” an ode to the Jewish yearning...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Miami museum boasts cars, bicycles, Vespas

NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – The classic cars lined up against an empty, vintage gasoline station along a busy street in North Miami attract visitors to a much larger space right behind it. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Times Square’s crystal ball gets face-lift

This year’s panels include child’s artwork

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California family celebrates three heart transplants

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Deanna Kremis remembers the exhilarating day her young sons first had the energy to race each other up a flight of stairs. The brothers, then ages 7 and 10, ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Utility linemen brave cold to restore power

DETROIT – When an ice storm glazed over Michigan last weekend, Tony Carone feared he wouldn’t be spending Christmas at home with his family. “Nobody had to call. I heard it on the...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Files offer details on Newtown shooter

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, pro...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 more peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic

DAKAR, Senegal – Two more African Union peacekeepers were killed overnight in the Central African Republic, officials said Friday, bringing to 11 the number of international peacekeepers kil...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

N.Y. judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal

NEW YORK – The heated debate about the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records fell squarely into the courts Friday, when a federal judge in Ma...

DATE: Dec 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt begins roundup of Brotherhood members

CAIRO – Egypt’s security authorities launched a sweep of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood members on Thursday and warned that holding a leadership post in the group could now be grounds for the...

DATE: Dec 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World