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Investors laud Dow record

The bull market’s most dramatic sign of strength yet is showing up in a big-round number: 16,000. The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 16,000 Thursday and closed the...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Giant blast lights up heavens

WASHINGTON – Astronomers call it the monster. It was the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. Had it been closer, Earth would have been toast. Because the blast ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Most believe in JFK conspiracies

Some things will never die – and John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories appear to be among them. Fifty years later, no less than 61 percent of Americans believe other...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Homelessness continues to fall

WASHINGTON – The number of homeless people in the U.S. has declined for a third straight year. That’s according to a new government survey. The Obama administration says the drop ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

FCC to consider lifting cellphone restrictions WASHINGTON – Rules against making cellphone calls during airline flights are “outdated,” and it’s time to change them, federal regul...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Militia groups begin leaving Libyan capital TRIPOLI, Libya – Militias from a string of Libyan cities left the capital, Tripoli, on Thursday, nearly a week after militiamen killed ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Karzai wants to wait to sign deal in 2014

KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai signaled Thursday that a security deal with the United States might not be finalized until next year, even if a grand council of Afghan leaders ra...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Skakel freed on bail as he awaits new Connecticut trial

STAMFORD, Conn. – Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel got his first taste of freedom in more than 11 years Thursday when he was freed on bail while prosecutors appeal a ruling granting him a new ...

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate Democrats limit filibuster

GOP: One day they will miss minority protections

DATE: Nov 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congressman pleads guilty to cocaine charge, takes leave

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Florida Republican Rep. Henry “Trey” Radel said Wednesday he was taking a leave of absence from Congress and donating his salary to charity after pleading guilty to a misd...

DATE: Nov 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran talks off to rough start

GENEVA – A new round of Iran nuclear talks began in fits and starts Wednesday, with the two sides ending a first session just minutes after it began amid warnings from Iran’s supreme leader ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

New plans will limit choice of doctors

WASHINGTON – After they get the website fixed, then what? Keeping your doctors and hospitals may be the next vexing challenge for Americans in the new health plans created by President Barac...

DATE: Nov 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World