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Libyan al-Qaida suspect pleads not guilty NEW YORK – An alleged al-Qaida member who was snatched off the streets in Libya and interrogated for a week aboard an American warship pl...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Uneven oversight found at nuclear plants

BOSTON – The number of safety violations at U.S. nuclear power plants varies dramatically from region to region, pointing to inconsistent enforcement in an industry now operating mostly beyo...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sign-up totals still unclear

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s internal projections called for strong enrollment in the states in the first year of new health-insurance markets, according to unpublished estimates ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Voters fed up

Voters are fed up with Congress and want to throw the bums out. That’s one takeaway from a Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday that shows a record 74 percent of registered v...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Court takes up affirmative action

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court seemed prepared Tuesday to uphold a voter-approved ban on taking account of race in college admissions. The court heard arguments related to a 2006 ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Lawyer cancels funeral for Nazi war criminal ALBANO LAZIALE, Italy – The bitterly protested funeral of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke was called off hours after it was to have ta...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Doubts rise about Iran’s proposal

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif on Tuesday offered to take a year to resolve Iran’s nuclear standoff with world powers. But that is probably too long a time period for the West and Isra...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deaths up from Philippines quake

CEBU, Philippines – The death toll from a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippine island of Bohol reached 110 Wednesday with only three people pulled alive from rubble. ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House attempt falls apart

Top senators remain optimistic

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House GOP drops plan, leaving fiscal talks in limbo

WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders struggled Tuesday to craft a new proposal to reopen the government and change the president’s health care law, after a plan presented behind closed door...

DATE: Oct 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Prime minister promises to protect Israel in talks

JERUSALEM – Israel’s prime minister on Monday said he is making a “real effort” to reach peace with the Palestinians, but vowed to maintain a hard-line stance in recently relaunched negotiat...

DATE: Oct 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Man tries to charge through palace gate LONDON – A man with a knife is facing charges after he tried to dart through a gate at Buckingham Palace in London on Monday, police said. ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World