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Impact on tribes may linger

BILLINGS, Mont. – Disruptions to some services for elderly American Indians and other needy residents of reservations could linger despite the end of the government shutdown, tribal officia...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Two inmates released by mistake sought ORLANDO, Fla. – Two convicted killers serving life in a Florida prison were mistakenly freed in the last three weeks after forged court doc...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Iron Age monuments discovered in Sweden STOCKHOLM – Archaeologists in Sweden said Thursday they have unearthed the remains of unusually large wooden monuments near a pre-Viking Ag...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hard-liners threaten detente

TEHRAN, Iran – The Iranian foreign minister’s parting words in Geneva carried hopes that the U.S. and other world powers could begin closing the gap with Tehran over its nuclear program. He ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

US brings new charges in Blackwater shootings

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department Thursday brought fresh charges against four former Blackwater Worldwide security contractors, resurrecting an internationally charged case over a deadly 2...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal workers to get back pay in next paycheck

WASHINGTON – Federal workers who were furloughed or worked without pay during the shutdown will get back pay in their next paychecks, which for most employees come Oct. 29. The ti...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama lashes out at GOP for ‘encouraging enemies’

WASHINGTON – In withering day-after criticism, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that the 16-day partial government shutdown was a Republican-provoked spectacle that “encouraged our e...

DATE: Oct 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Washington state approves rules for pot industry

SEATTLE – Washington adopted rules Wednesday for the recreational sale of marijuana, creating what advocates hope will be a template for the drug’s legalization around the world. ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Facebook to let teens share with bigger audience

SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook is now allowing teenagers to share their posts on the social network with anyone on the Internet, raising the risks of minors leaving a digital trail that could lead...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Women put Wikipedia under microscope

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Look up a female scientist or technologist on Wikipedia, and you might not find what you’re looking for. Many don’t have detailed pages or any page at all on the free onl...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

National Park Service defends shutdown

WASHINGTON – With the National Park Service under fire from Republicans for how it’s gone about shuttering parks and monuments it operates during the 16-day-old government shutdown, Democrat...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Memo outlines health-care hopes

WASHINGTON – For the first month alone, the Obama administration projected that nearly a half million people would sign up for the new health insurance markets, according to an internal memo...

DATE: Oct 16, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World