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Nation Briefs

Group suing to give chimps human rights ALBANY, N.Y. – An animal rights group is asking New York courts to recognize scientific evidence of emotional and cognitive abilities in c...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health website worries grow

WASHINGTON – Government subsidies to help Americans buy insurance under the health-care overhaul may be vulnerable to fraud, a Treasury Department watchdog warned on Tuesday in the latest in...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House renews ban on plastic guns

WASHINGTON – With 3-D printers increasingly able to produced plastic weapons, the House voted Tuesday to renew a 25-year-old prohibition against firearms that can evade metal detectors and X...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton questions spying on leaders

Former President Bill Clinton says he has “serious reservations” about spying on other world leaders, an issue that has triggered some global criticism of President Barack Obama. ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Engineer’s focus target of probe

NEW YORK – Hours after crews cleared derailed cars from the scene of Sunday’s fatal Metro-North Railroad crash in the Bronx, investigators Tuesday turned a closer eye toward the engineer’s p...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Biden urges caution in Japan-China feud

TOKYO – Vice President Joe Biden delivered a carefully calibrated show of support for Japan on Tuesday, expressing concerns about China’s move to control airspace over disputed islands in th...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Editor denies NSA leaks endangered any lives LONDON — The editor of the Guardian said Tuesday that his newspaper has published just 1 percent of the material it received from form...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Palestinians say Iran deal sets peace precedent

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Senior Palestinians say the diplomatic pressure that produced the nuclear deal with Iran – world powers negotiating jointly in Geneva and wielding the stick of sanction...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge clears way for Detroit bankruptcy

DETROIT – A judge ruled Tuesday that Detroit is eligible to shed billions of dollars of its long-running debt, including the pensions of thousands of workers and retirees, in a much-anticipa...

DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Envoy says China has right to set another air zone

MANILA, Philippines – China has a sovereign right to establish a maritime air defense zone over another region as it did in the East China Sea, the Chinese envoy to the Philippines said. ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.: American fighters in Syria a security risk

RALEIGH, North Carolina — Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked militant groups and ...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Amazon.com sees delivery drones as future

NEW YORK – Amazon is working on a way to get packages to customers in 30 minutes or less – via self-guided drone. Consider it the modern version of a pizza delivery boy, minus the...

DATE: Dec 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World