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Student skills still lagging

WASHINGTON – Sometimes the best isn’t good enough: Most American fourth- and eighth-graders still lack basic skills in math and science despite record high scores on a national exam. ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate OKs bill protecting rights of gays in workplace

WASHINGTON – Reflecting Americans’ increasing acceptance of gays, the Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would bar workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender i...

DATE: Nov 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police stun stepdad trying to save his son from fire

ST. LOUIS – The family of a 3-year-old killed in a northern Missouri house fire is outraged after police used a stun gun on the boy’s stepfather as he tried to run back in and save the child...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Billions in tax refunds scammed

IRS claims crackdown to thwart identity theft

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

AP source: OSHA wants safety reports made public

WASHINGTON – The Labor Department wants companies to begin filing all workplace injury and illness reports electronically so they are available for anyone in the public to see. Th...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Services fight each other for pieces of shrinking budget

Pentagon budget battles heat up

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Voters opt for consensus in state elections

WASHINGTON – As partisanship renders Washington largely dysfunctional, voters in two states signaled this week that they want consensus-building even when there’s divided government. ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

New formula raises number of poor in U.S. WASHINGTON – The number of poor people in America is 3 million higher than the official count, encompassing 1 in 6 residents stemming fro...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sebelius takes GOP criticism over “Obamacare”

WASHINGTON – Republicans blistered Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday over the nation’s controversial health-care law, bluntly challenging her honesty, pushin...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hijacker returns to U.S. after 30 years in Cuba

FBI agents took William Potts, 56, into custody shortly after his charter flight from Havana landed at Miami International Airport, said FBI spokesman Mike Leverock. Potts faces a 1985 feder...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Scientists find evidence that Arafat was poisoned

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Swiss scientists have found evidence suggesting Yasser Arafat may have been poisoned with a radioactive substance, a TV station reported Wednesday, prompting new allega...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. trashing unwanted Afghanistan gear

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The withdrawing U.S. military is destroying most of the equipment it is leaving behind in Afghanistan after 13 years of war, selling the scrap for millions of dollars...

DATE: Nov 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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