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A year after Newtown mass shooting, rift over guns deepens

In the moment, Newtown’s children became our own. Staring at photographs of their freckled faces, hair tucked into barrettes and baseball caps, a country divided by politics, geog...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Freezing temperatures grip Americans

Four deaths in San Francisco Bay area; 100K customers without power in Dallas

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. veteran Newman, 85, home from North Korea

SAN FRANCISCO – A tired but smiling 85-year-old U.S. veteran detained in North Korea for several weeks returned home Saturday to applause from supporters, yellow ribbons tied to trees outsid...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Ohio Auction features items from Nancy Drew author TOLEDO, Ohio – Typewriters and a desk from the home of an author who brought a young sleuth named Nancy Drew to life ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doctors find rival for blood cancers

Gene therapy proves successful

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmakers question U.S.-Russia copter deal

Boeing-made crafts more cost-effective for Afghans, study says

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

More troops planned for African nation BANGUI, Central African Republic – France and the African Union on Saturday announced plans to deploy several thousand more troops into emba...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nelson Mandela: Icon, hero, flawed human

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Force of nature. Father of all nations. A messiah of our times. Yet Nelson Mandela, described so often as a gift, an icon, a legend and even a saint, wa...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cubans reap rewards of individual enterprise

Values, ideals are changing within society

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pearl Harbor ceremony marks date of attack

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – About 50 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor paused Saturday at the site to honor those killed and remember the moment that plunged the U.S. into World Wa...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Feds balk at health application

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Federal health officials, after encouraging alternate sign-up methods amid the fumbled rollout of their online insurance website, began quietly urging counselors arou...

DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World