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Study ties chemical to risk of miscarriage

BOSTON – New research suggests that high levels of BPA, a chemical in many plastics and canned food linings, might raise the risk of miscarriage in women prone to that problem or having trou...

Storm leaves ranchers reeling

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Western South Dakota ranchers are reeling from the loss of tens of thousands of cattle in last weekend’s blizzard, and many will dispose of carcasses in pits set to open ...

$1.9M diamond deal on Neiman Marcus list

DALLAS – Need that one-of-a-kind stocking stuffer and have $1.9 million burning a hole in your pocket? Design your own diamond ring and travel to Africa to see where the stone came from. ...

Al-Qaida revives offensive

BAGHDAD – First came the fireball, then the screams of the victims. The suicide bombing just outside a Baghdad graveyard knocked Nasser Waleed Ali over and peppered his back with shrapnel. ...

Social Security to rise slightly

Partial government shutdown delays the release of exact size

Sloppy Silicon Valley techies find their style

SAN JOSE, Calif. – The Silicon Valley has had a men’s fashion problem dating back to its founders. From their inception, tech companies went out of their way to be different – an...

Long, strange trip ending for VW’s hippie van

SÃO PAULO – It carried hippies through the 1960s, hauled surfers in search of killer waves during endless summers and serves as a workhorse across the developing world, but the long, strange...

Deaths shed light on migrants’ passage

VALLETTA, Malta – Three deadly Mediterranean shipwrecks that claimed the lives of hundreds of would-be asylum-seekers fleeing war and repression sharpened calls Saturday for humanitarian cor...

Congress lumbers as default looms

‘Definitely a chance’ U.S. will go past deadline

Nation Briefs

New York Nancy Pelosi, Betty Ford join Women’s Hall of Fame SENECA FALLS, N.Y. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, the late former first lady Betty Ford and Title I...

Kerry: Partial Afghan security deal reached

KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday said a partial agreement was reached with Afghanistan on a security accord, but the potentially deal-breaking issue of jur...

Congressional pay hits nerve

Shutdown leaves them stuck in middle