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Palestinian prisoners free as part of deal RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Wednesday, the second of four batches to be released as part of a de...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia breaking ‘zero waste’ pledge

AKHSHTYR, Russia – Trucks rumble to the edge of a gigantic pit filled with spray cans, tires and foam sheets and dump a stream of concrete slabs that send up a cloud of limestone dust. Other...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-care change facing new problem

WASHINGTON – Move over, website woes. Lawmakers confronted the Obama administration Tuesday with a difficult new health-care problem – a wave of cancellation notices hitting individuals and ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Official defends spy program

WASHINGTON – Facing lawmakers who suggested U.S. surveillance has gone too far, the national intelligence director Tuesday defended spying on foreign allies as necessary and said such scruti...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Texas seeks approval for new abortion rules AUSTIN, Texas – A federal appeals court weighed whether to grant an emergency motion Tuesday that would allow some new Texas abortion r...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shuttle survives mishap

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – A new, smaller version of NASA’s space shuttle is recuperating from a rough first landing. The Dream Chaser space plane is being designed by Sierra Nevada C...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UN officials confirm polio outbreak in north Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – The U.N. confirmed an outbreak of polio in Syria for the first time in over a decade on Tuesday, warning the disease threatens to spread among an estimated half-million chi...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survivors honor memories of those lost amid Sandy

NEW YORK – The anniversary of Superstorm Sandy was a day of reflection for many – a time to ponder still-missed loved ones who died when coastal communities were hit by an unprecedented surg...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmakers: US spy programs may have gone too far

WASHINGTON – Faced with anger over revelations about U.S. spying at home and abroad, members of Congress suggested Tuesday that programs the Obama administration says are needed to combat te...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senators bicker over state stand-your-ground laws

WASHINGTON – Trayvon Martin’s mother told a panel of senators Tuesday that state stand-your-ground self-defense laws do not work and must be amended, reviving the politically charged gun con...

DATE: Oct 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

AP source: US weighs end to spying on leaders

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering ending spying on allied heads of state, a senior administration official said, as the White House grappled with the fallout from revelati...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Food stamps, milk prices on table in farm talks

WASHINGTON – The fight over renewing the nation’s farm bill has centered on cuts to the $80 billion-a-year food stamp program. But there could be unintended consequences if no agreement is r...

DATE: Oct 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World