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Typhoon-hit victims in Philippines plead for aid

TACLOBAN, Philippines – Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge relief effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the stree...

Obama pays tribute to 107-year-old WWII veteran

ARLINGTON, Va. – President Barack Obama on Monday paid tribute to those who have served in the nation’s military, including one of the nation’s oldest veterans, 107-year-old Richard Overton....

Germany starts ID’ing Munich art found online

BERLIN – Bowing to pressure from Jewish groups and art experts, the German government made public details of paintings in a recovered trove of some 1,400 pieces of art, many of which may hav...

Cuts could get painful in ’14

Second round of sequester seen as more disruptive

Blame for typhoon toll assessed

WASHINGTON – Nature and man together cooked up the disaster in the Philippines. Geography, meteorology, poverty, shoddy construction, a booming population, and, to a much lesser d...

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Iran, U.S. trade blame over failed nuke deal DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Iran and the United States on Monday blamed each other for the failure to reach agreement on a deal to l...

Google to put sails on its Calif. barge

SAN FRANCISCO – Google plans to include a dozen or so massive sails on its four-story barge under construction in the heart of the San Francisco Bay, creating a floating artistic structure t...

Health-care law’s troubles give GOP a boost

WASHINGTON – The health-care law’s seemingly endless problems are giving congressional Republicans a much-needed boost of energy, helping them to move past the government-shutdown debacle an...

Height of 1 World Trade Center debated in Chicago

CHICAGO – Rising from the ashes of Sept. 11, the new World Trade Center tower has punched above the New York skyline to reach its powerfully symbolic height of 1,776 feet and become the tall...

Obama’s green energy push has dirty side

Promised ethanol benefits never come, but costs are plenty

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NYC moves reverse stop-frisk decision NEW YORK – Attorneys for New York City asked a federal appeals court to vacate a judge’s orders that require the police department to change ...

Typhoon survivors struggle for aid

Thousands dead in the Philippines