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U.S. travelers brace for foul, wet weather

CHICAGO – A storm with a 2,000-mile footprint threatened to frustrate Christmas travelers from Texas to Nova Scotia with a little of everything Mother Nature has to offer, from freezing rain...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Why cross America on foot? Each trek uniquely personal

For a week after Jadin’s death, Joe Bell lay in bed, beating himself up, wondering what he could – should – have done differently to help his son. In the face of relentless bull...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

French revolutionary gets 3-D makeover, diagnosis

PARIS – A pair of researchers who gave the French revolutionary Robespierre a disputed 3-D makeover raised the possibility Friday that the man best known for unleashing the Reign of Terror m...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Things you may not know about reindeer

HELSINKI – Reindeer are featured on Christmas cards and in movies worldwide this time of year, galloping across the sky with Santa’s sleigh in tow. But on Europe’s northern fring...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian rebels seize strategic hospital in Aleppo

BEIRUT – Syrian rebels seized control a strategic hospital near Aleppo, giving a boost to beleaguered anti-government forces in the northern city after days of relentless airstrikes on oppos...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt sends ousted leader to his third criminal trial

CAIRO – Egyptian prosecutors Saturday referred the country’s toppled president to a third criminal trial on charges of organizing prison breaks during the 2011 uprising, spreading chaos and ...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Russian oil baron reunited with family BERLIN – The former oil baron Mikhail Khodorkovsky was reunited with his family in Berlin on Saturday, a day after being released from a dec...

DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Government drops objection to publishing secret opinion

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has dropped its objection to the publication of a secret court opinion on the law that authorizes the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of mill...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

France finds itself alone again in Central Africa

PARIS – France is alone again on an unwieldy mission in Africa and is pushing reluctant European allies to cough up troops and resources. Not for the first time, EU countries are expressing ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Canadian court strikes down anti-prostitution laws

TORONTO – Canada’s highest court struck down the country’s anti-prostitution laws Friday, a victory for sex workers who stepped up their fight for safer working conditions following the seri...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

HHS loosens rules for those who lost health-care plans

WASHINGTON – Americans whose insurance policies were canceled this year will be excused from paying fees due to the individual mandate, the Department of Health and Human Services said in a ...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Peace talk list still not clear

GENEVA – The U.S. is blocking Iran’s participation at the Syria peace conference planned for next month, but the other delegations have been agreed on and will include other regional players...

DATE: Dec 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World