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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

World Briefs

Egyptian court upholds ban on Islamist party CAIRO – A court in Egypt upheld Wednesday an earlier ruling that banned the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered its assets confiscated, the...

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

Studies rethink threat from space

WASHINGTON – Scientists studying the terrifying meteor that exploded without warning over a Russian city last winter say the threat of space rocks smashing into Earth is bigger than they tho...

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

High court wrestles with prayer in government

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the appropriate role for religion in government in a case involving mainly Christian prayers at the start of a New York town’s council ...

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

Washington state measure on labeling GMO foods failing

SEATTLE – A Washington state ballot measure requiring mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods is failing in early returns. The campaign over Initiative 522 has been one...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Police doubt shooter wanted to hurt anyone TEANECK, N.J. – Relatives and friends of a young man who fired shots in New Jersey’s largest mall, trapping terrified shoppers for hours...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Terry McAuliffe ekes out victory in Virginia

Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday, squeaking by Republican Ken Cuccinelli with the help of voters in the predominantly blue Washington suburbs. McA...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Walsh defeats fellow Democrat in Boston mayor race

BOSTON – State Rep. Martin Walsh has defeated city councilor and fellow Democrat John Connolly in a hard-fought race to succeed longtime Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. With 95 percen...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

De Blasio is elected mayor of New York

NEW YORK – Bill de Blasio was elected New York City’s first Democratic mayor in two decades Tuesday, running on an unabashedly liberal, tax-the-rich platform that contrasted sharply with bil...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FAA overhauls airline pilot training requirements

WASHINGTON – Prodded by the families of people killed in a regional airline crash, federal officials issued significantly tougher training requirements for pilots Tuesday. One of ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Christie re-elected governor of New Jersey

ASBURY PARK, N.J. – Gov. Chris Christie was re-elected with ease Tuesday, demonstrating the kind of broad, bipartisan appeal that will serve as his opening argument should he seek the Repub...

DATE: Nov 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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