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Palestinians ready to extend talks with Israel

BEIT JALLA, West Bank – The Palestinians are ready to extend current peace talks with Israel beyond an April deadline if a detailed framework agreement is in place by then, the chief Palesti...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Executions in U.S. drop close to 20-year low in 2013

WASHINGTON – Reliance on the death penalty continues to decline with 39 people executed this year, only the second time in 19 years that fewer than 40 people were put to death, a private gro...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Budget deal should help support U.S. economy

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Congress did something Wednesday it hasn’t done during three years of partisan warfare: Pass a budget deal that won’t likely hurt the economy. The two-year s...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Ex-BP worker faces prison after conviction NEW ORLEANS – The first criminal trial produced by the Justice Department’s sweeping probe of BP’s massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Georgia woman claims half of jackpot

ATLANTA – A Georgia woman who bought just one ticket and used family birthdays and lucky No. 7 to choose her numbers was one of two winners of the $636 million Mega Millions jackpot, the sec...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate sends president compromise budget bill

WASHINGTON – The Senate on Wednesday gave final approval to a two-year tax and spending bill that rolls back automatic spending cuts and may end the budget brinkmanship that has dominated Co...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Advisory panel urges new limits on spying

WASHINGTON – A presidential advisory panel has recommended sweeping changes to government surveillance programs, including limiting the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by strippi...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Fed will reduce bond purchases by $10 billion in January

The reduction to $75 billion a month is a small but significant step because it signals that Fed policymakers are ready to ease their massive support for the economy provided since the Great...

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-premium deadline extended

Voluntary move aims to head off problems

DATE: Dec 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Part of New York Greenwich Village gets landmark status

NEW YORK – The city’s newest historic landmark is part of a neighborhood where generations of American cultural greats staged their art, music, literature and politics – from Edgar Allan Poe...

DATE: Dec 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House members retiring in Iowa, Virginia and Utah

DES MOINES, Iowa – Three veteran House members from Iowa, Virginia and Utah have decided not to seek re-election in 2014, offering both parties an opportunity to gain a seat or two. ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama facing new concern

WASHINGTON – Just when the government’s insurance website is starting to run more smoothly, an Associated Press-GfK poll finds a potentially bigger problem for President Barack Obama’s healt...

DATE: Dec 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World