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Aides: U.S.-Afghan deal offers concessions for each

WASHINGTON – The United States will maintain exclusive legal jurisdiction over American soldiers and contractors in Afghanistan after 2014 as part of a draft U.S.-Afghan security pact, congr...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Source: JPMorgan near deal with U.S.

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have reached agreement on all issues in a $13 billion settlement of a civil inquiry into the company’s sales of low-quality mortg...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Libyan army deploys in capital against militias

TRIPOLI, Libya – Libya’s military swept into the capital Monday with dozens of pickup trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns in an operation to drive out militiamen, met by a warm welcome fr...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Better forecasts, church services saved lives

WASHINGTON, Ill. – When a cluster of violent thunderstorms began marching across the Midwest, forecasters were able to draw a bright line across a map showing where the worst of the weather ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian refugees flee to Lebanon

BEIRUT – Thousands of Syrians poured into Lebanon, taking shelter in wedding halls and makeshift shacks after fleeing heavy fighting in a mountainous region across the border in Syria, while...

DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Aid missions boost U.S. troops’ image, readiness

Americans not always welcome presence in Asia

DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama health-care woes become credibility fight

Times hard for president, maybe worse for Congress

DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Tornadoes, damaging storms hit Midwest CHICAGO – Intense thunderstorms and tornadoes swept across the Midwest on Sunday, causing extensive damage in several central Illinois commu...

DATE: Nov 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Online daters often willing to cross racial lines

What people say they’ll do and what they actually do doesn’t always match, suggests new research that finds online daters are often more willing than they thought they’d be to respond to int...

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Somehow, part of me is gone’

Search for missing a hellish routine after typhoon

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama struggles to save health law

Cancellations, website, support hinder president

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

GOP infighting fierce even in western strongholds

MONTPELIER, Idaho – Republicans have made the Mountain West a stronghold, which is why brewing party brawls in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah are bedeviling loyalists who yearn for GOP unity. ...

DATE: Nov 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World