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Obama inspired by anti-apartheid campaign

Inspired in part by the imprisonment of Nelson Mandela, a decades-long movement to withdraw U.S. investments in apartheid South Africa attracted millions of supporters – including a young st...

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Airline safety under review

WASHINGTON – Pilots are becoming so reliant on computer systems that do most of the flying in today’s airliners that on the rare occasions when something goes wrong, they’re sometimes unprep...

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

6 detained in Mexico theft of radioactive material

Associated Press MEXICO CITY – Six people being tested for possible radiation exposure in a hospital in central Mexico are suspects in the theft of highly radioactive cobalt-60, a...

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden: Asia’s growth ‘a chance to bend history’

SEOUL, South Korea – Seeking to reassure wary allies, Vice President Joe Biden Friday pushed back against those who question America’s commitment to Asia, which has at times been obscured by...

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New jobs raise hope for U.S. economy

Unemployment rate falls to 7% as 203,000 find work

DATE: Dec 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Budget deal? Big obstacles, New Year’s deadline

WASHINGTON – With hopes of a “grand bargain” long gone, congressional negotiators now are seeking a more modest deal before year-end to ease the automatic spending cuts that are squeezing bo...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mandela, anti-apartheid icon, mourned world over

In nearly seven decades spent fighting for freedom and equality, Nelson Mandela inspired and challenged the world to stand up for others. As word of Mandela’s death spread Thursday, current ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Negotiators see hope for farm bill renewal

WASHINGTON – A New Year’s deadline that could send the price of milk skyward looms over congressional negotiators as they try to reach agreement on a five-year farm bill. But they’ve been tr...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry seeks to soothe Israeli security concerns

JERUSALEM – Looking to soothe irritated relations with Israel, America’s top diplomat on Thursday pledged to support the Jewish state’s security throughout separate negotiations with Iran an...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

U.S. accuses envoys in Medicaid fraud case NEW YORK – Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses enjoyed luxury vacations and spent tens of thousands of do...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

American teacher shot while jogging in Libya TRIPOLI, Libya – An American chemistry teacher was shot to death as he was jogging in Benghazi on Thursday, highlighting persistently ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

CDC: U.S. measles cases up sharply

The United States is experiencing a spike in measles, with 175 confirmed cases and 20 hospitalizations so far this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...

DATE: Dec 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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