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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

NTSB: Train going too fast at curve before wreck

YONKERS, N.Y. – A commuter train that derailed over the weekend, killing four passengers, was hurtling at 82 mph as it entered a 30 mph curve, a federal investigator said Monday. But whether...

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

NATO chief: U.S. deal with Afghanistan crucial

Associated Press BRUSSELS – NATO won’t be able to deploy its noncombat training and advisory mission in Afghanistan after next year unless President Hamid Karzai agrees to a bilat...

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

Fast-food protests planned for 100 cities

NEW YORK – Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay. The actions...

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

U.N.: Evidence ties Assad to war crimes

GENEVA – A growing body of evidence collected by U.N. investigators points to the involvement of senior Syrian officials, including President Bashar Assad, in crimes against humanity and war...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Technician sentenced in hepatitis C case CONCORD, N.H. – A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of...

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

Health website gets mixed reviews

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Counselors helping people use the federal government’s online health exchange are giving mixed reviews to the updated site, with some zipping through the application...

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

Justices won’t hear Internet taxation case

WASHINGTON – On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused to wade into a dispute over state sales taxes for purchases on websites such as Amazon.com, an ...

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

New Hampshire hospital worker gets 39 years in hepatitis case

CONCORD, N.H. – A traveling medical technician was sentenced Monday to 39 years in prison for stealing painkillers and infecting dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis C through t...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Record retail crowds, but spending declined NEW YORK – Thanksgiving Day openings and reduced prices failed to get Americans to crack open their billfolds during the biggest shoppi...

DATE: Dec 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World