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Defense bill up for vote

WASHINGTON – A comprehensive defense policy bill that aims to deal with the epidemic of sexual assault in the military is on track for Senate passage next week. Despite Republican...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

FBI arrests Kansas man in terror-plot sting WICHITA, Kan. – A Kansas man who prosecutors say sympathized with violent terrorists was arrested Friday as part of an FBI sting after...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran’s fears of being a target cloud nuke talks

VIENNA – Assassinations, cyber-attacks and possible military strikes: As nuclear negotiations with Iran enter a crucial stage, Tehran is voicing fears that tougher oversight of its activitie...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry meets Israel’s Netanyahu to push peace talks

On his ninth trip of the year to the region, Kerry continued his furious pace of shuttle diplomacy amid a rare snowstorm that blanketed Jerusalem. “I have heard of making guests w...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pressure builds to find man

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration faced intensified pressure Friday to find former CIA contractor Robert Levinson – both from lawmakers and the Levinson family – nearly seven years after...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NASA may OK spacewalk for fix

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Space station astronaut Rick Mastracchio may get his Christmas wish for a spacewalk or two because of a broken cooling system. Mastracchio, an experienced s...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

100,000 gather to view Mandela’s body

PRETORIA, South Africa – An estimated 100,000 South Africans lined up in Pretoria to view Nelson Mandela in his casket, but about a third of the overwhelming crowd was sent away without bein...

DATE: Dec 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sentence in Texas teen’s fatal DWI wreck stirs ire

HOUSTON – “Affluenza,” the affliction cited by a psychologist to argue that a North Texas teenager from a wealthy family should not be sent to prison for killing four pedestrians while drivi...

DATE: Dec 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

U.N. report confirms chemical arms attacks UNITED NATIONS – U.N inspectors said Thursday that chemical weapons have been used in the Syrian conflict, definitely in a widely public...

DATE: Dec 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Data tracks insurance disparities

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Residents in some parts of the U.S. are signing up for health-care coverage at a significantly greater rate than others through the new online insurance marketplaces no...

DATE: Dec 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House OK’s budget proposal

WASHINGTON – Battle-fatigued and suddenly bipartisan, the House voted Thursday night to ease across-the-board federal spending cuts and prevent future government shutdowns, acting after Spea...

DATE: Dec 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Regulators shut down unsafe bus companies LOS ANGELES – Federal bus safety regulators have shut down 52 companies in what they describe as a major nationwide crackdown on unsafe o...

DATE: Dec 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World