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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

Economy appears on mend

WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy appears to be gathering momentum ahead of the critical holiday shopping season. It’s growing faster, corporate profits are rising and companies are ...

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

South Africans mourn Nelson Mandela

JOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela was a master of forgiveness. South Africa’s first black president spent nearly a third of his life as a prisoner of apartheid, yet he sought to win ...

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

Violence erupts in Africa nation

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. Security Council authorized increased military action by France and African troops in the Central African Republic to try to end near-anarchy amid an upsurge in Mus...

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

Obama pushes renewable energy

WASHINGTON – Saying the government should lead by example, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered the federal government to nearly triple its use of renewable sources for electricity by ...

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

Kerry to present security plan in Mideast visit

JERUSALEM – Secretary of State John Kerry will present the outlines of a West Bank security plan in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders this week, stepping up American involvement ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ancient DNA raising hopes

NEW YORK – Scientists have reached farther back than ever into the ancestry of humans to recover and analyze DNA, using a bone found in Spain that’s estimated to be 400,000 years old. So far...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FAA has road map for drones, but is behind schedule

The Federal Aviation Administration has released a road map for allowing drones to fly everywhere in the country, but research and regulations are months behind the schedule Congress set to ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Harvard poll: 57% of millennials disapprove of Obamacare

WASHINGTON – President Obama is bleeding support among millennials just as he begins a renewed push to boost enrollment under his health care law, according to a Harvard Institute of Politic...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyer: Engineer in ‘daze’ before NYC train crash

YONKERS, N.Y. – An engineer whose speeding commuter train ran off the rails along a curve, killing four people, experienced a hypnotic-like “daze” and nodded at the controls before he sudde...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Tapes show 911 efforts during school shooting HARTFORD, Conn. – As gunfire boomed over and over in the background, a janitor begged a 911 dispatcher to send help, saying, “There’s...

DATE: Dec 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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