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Dems target tax fix

WASHINGTON – Democrats’ new mantra in budget talks is to close tax loopholes for certain businesses, investors and professionals as a way to raise more revenue to help ease autopilot spendin...

Typhoon-hit city begins burying its dead

TACLOBAN, Philippines – Workers in this typhoon-shattered city buried scores of unidentified bodies in a hillside mass burial Thursday as desperately needed aid began to reach some of the ha...

World Briefs

Toronto mayor denies latest allegations TORONTO – Toronto’s mayor denied Thursday that he pressured a female employee for oral sex, in an obscenity-laced statement on live televis...

N.Y. court says gold tablet still belongs to museum

ALBANY, N.Y. – In a ruling rejecting any claims to the “spoils of war,” New York’s highest court concluded Thursday that an ancient gold tablet must be returned to the German museum that lo...

Obamacare fix on table

Effect on consumers, industry unclear

Warhol painting fetches record $105 million at New York auction

NEW YORK – A prized 1963 Andy Warhol painting that captures the immediate aftermath of a car crash sold for $105 million Wednesday at a New York City auction, setting a record for the famed ...

Top priority for DHS pick: Vacancies not terrorism

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s pick to be the Homeland Security secretary said Wednesday that filling key leadership vacancies and improving morale is more critical currently than the...

Kerry warns against new sanctions

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry warned Congress Wednesday against scuttling a historic opportunity for a nuclear pact with Iran by pressing ahead with new sanctions while internat...

Gridlock slowing relief operations

TACLOBAN, Philippines - Typhoon relief gridlock threatened to paralyze rescue operations in the most devastated part of the Philippines on Wednesday, with aid piling up but few ways to distr...

Nation/World Briefs

Hawaii governor signs gay marriage law HONOLULU – Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed a bill legalizing gay marriage in a state that kicked off a national discussion on the is...

CIA declassifies Camp David Accords intelligence

ATLANTA – The Central Intelligence Agency has declassified 1,400 pages of intelligence surrounding the Camp David Accords, the historic peace treaty negotiated in 1978 by then-President Jimm...

Prince Charles turning 65

LONDON – Prince Charles is readying the paperwork to claim his pension when he turns 65 today, but he still hasn’t started the job he was born to do. The eldest son of Queen Eliza...