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NSA spying could hamper U.S. foreign policy

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State John Kerry went to Europe to talk about Mideast peace, Syria and Iran. What he got was an earful of outrage over U.S. snooping abroad. President Ba...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Saudi women face few issues in driving

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia said they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police i...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Work begins on Calif. bullet train, locals angry

FRESNO, Calif. – Trucks loaded with tomatoes, milk and almonds clog the two main highways that bisect California’s farm heartland, carrying goods to millions along the Pacific Coast and beyo...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Profiling brings boycott threat

NEW YORK – The Rev. Al Sharpton threatened Saturday to boycott luxury retailer Barneys if the department store doesn’t respond adequately to allegations by black shoppers that they were raci...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Kurds capture major Iraq border crossing BEIRUT – Syrian Kurdish gunmen on Saturday seized a major border crossing with Iraq from al-Qaida-linked groups following intense infighti...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Complaints claim Egypt satirist defamed military

CAIRO – Complaints streamed into the office of Egypt’s top prosecutor Saturday against a popular television satirist, less than 24 hours after he returned to air after a military coup that o...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Calif. gunman’s life comes to bloody end

RIDGECREST, Calif. – Sergio Munoz was known around this small desert city to acquaintances as a personable dad, and to police for his long rap sheet. In recent weeks, he began los...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

N.C. energy company asked to cut down on its coal use

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – When the city launched an ambitious plan to slash its carbon footprint, a major obstacle stood in its way: A massive coal-fired plant on the edge of town. After...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

During life, and especially in death, JFK changed TV

NEW YORK – It’s a measure of how long ago President John F. Kennedy died that, at the time, television was described as a young medium. With the shooting in Dallas, TV grew up. Co...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Outsiders fighting in Nigeria

Soldiers come from Chad, Niger, Cameroon

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sudan-South Sudan choice given

JUBA, South Sudan – Residents in the disputed border region of Abyei jubilated on the eve of the upcoming referendum in which they will choose between Sudan and South Sudan, a local leader s...

DATE: Oct 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Both sides agree: No major budget deal foreseen

WASHINGTON – On this, GOP budget guru Rep. Paul Ryan and top Senate Democrat Harry Reid can agree: There won’t be a “grand bargain” on the budget. Instead, the Wisconsin Republica...

DATE: Oct 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World