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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

Official: NJ mall shooter only wanted to harm self

PARAMUS, N.J. – A 20-year-old gunman intent on dying fired multiple shots inside New Jersey’s largest shopping mall, trapping hundreds of customers and employees for hours as police scoured...

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

Demolition likely for Astrodome as voters nix plan

HOUSTON – Memories will likely soon be all that’s left of the Houston Astrodome – the world’s first multipurpose domed stadium. Voters on Tuesday did not approve a referendum tha...

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

McAuliffe wins Virginia; Christie wins new term

His pitch bipartisan and inclusive, Republican Gov. Chris Christie cruised to re-election Tuesday in Democratic-leaning New Jersey amid talk of a possible 2016 presidential run. Democrat Ter...

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

Holder looks for answers on overcrowded prisons

PHILADELPHIA – The nation’s top law enforcement officer got a glimpse of the challenges facing ex-offenders attempting to rebuild their lives on Tuesday as he attended an unusual court sessi...

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

White House sidesteps on 'Obamacare' change

WASHINGTON – Under growing pressure, the administration refused repeatedly to state a position Tuesday on legislation formalizing President Barack Obama’s oft-stated promise that everyone wh...

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

India launches first mission to Mars

NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday launched its first spacecraft bound for Mars, a complex mission that it hopes will demonstrate and advance technologies for space travel. Hundreds of ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Detroit voters elect Duggan mayor of broke city

DETROIT – A former medical center chief defeated a county sheriff to become the next mayor of financially troubled Detroit, though the job holds little power while the city is being run by a...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Seattle on its way to electing new mayor

SEATTLE – Seattle is on its way to electing a new mayor. State Sen. Ed Murray, the architect of Washington state's gay marriage law, carried 56 percent of the vote in the first ro...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

LAX suspect’s family expresses sympathy to victims

PENNSVILLE, N.J. – Relatives of the suspect charged in last week’s Los Angeles airport shooting offered sympathy Monday to the family of the TSA officer who was killed, saying they were “sh...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.N.: Private security to earn $244 billion by 2016

UNITED NATIONS – The private military and security business is growing by 7.4 percent a year and on track to become a $244 billion global industry by 2016, the U.N.’s expert on mercenaries r...

DATE: Nov 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World