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Gettysburg Address: A short speech long remembered

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – In solemnity, thousands of people gathered at a central Pennsylvania battlefield park Tuesday to honor a speech given 150 years ago that President Abraham Lincoln predicte...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Zimmerman’s girlfriend makes new charge SANFORD, Fla. – George Zimmerman’s girlfriend said he tried to choke her about a week ago during an altercation that was not initially rep...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tornado outbreak cost could exceed $1 billion

The cost of the deadly and devastating tornado and severe weather outbreak Sunday in the Midwest could top $1 billion, according to RMS, a risk management firm. Although damage es...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Puerto Rico’s glowing lagoon goes nearly dark

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A glowing lagoon off Puerto Rico’s northeast coast has gone nearly dark and biologists on Tuesday were trying to find out why. Theories range from an incre...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Internet gambling in New Jersey tested and defended

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – Political efforts to defend New Jersey’s fledgling Internet gambling industry intensified Tuesday, two days before a test of online betting is to begin in the state. ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt revolutionaries make return to Tahrir Square

CAIRO – Egypt’s revolutionary activists, overshadowed since leading the 2011 uprising against Hosni Mubarak, showed a new vigor Tuesday, scuffling with supporters of the military-backed gove...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators push Obama on Iran deal

WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of senators formally urged the Obama administration on Tuesday to reject any deal with Iran that did not include a tangible rollback of Tehran’s nuclear progr...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Attorney defends NSA violations

WASHINGTON – The intelligence community’s top lawyer on Tuesday defended the surveillance violations by staff of the National Security Agency by comparing programs that collect mass amounts ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama popularity falling

Another poll reflects the political damage done to President Obama by the botched health care rollout. A Washington Post/ABC News poll says 55 percent of respondents now disapprov...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Dinosaur fossils fail to sell

NEW YORK – Two fossilized dinosaur skeletons, dubbed the “Montana Dueling Dinosaurs” because they appear forever locked in mortal combat, failed to sell Tuesday at a New York City auction. ...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Karzai to support deal on U.S. troops

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials said Tuesday that President Hamid Karzai would clear the way for a long-term security pact with the United States after receiving assurances that Presid...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Vatican shows off new catacombs frescoes ROME – The Vatican on Tuesday unveiled newly restored frescoes in the Catacombs of Priscilla, known for housing the earliest known image o...

DATE: Nov 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World