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28 years in prison for corrupt ex-Detroit mayor

DETROIT – Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, after a series of scandals destroyed his political career and helped steer a cris...

Boehner offers debt extension; White House says likely OK

WASHINGTON – Facing a fresh deadline, House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that Republicans would vote to extend the government’s ability to borrow money for six weeks – but only if Pres...

Feds agree to let states pay to reopen parks

WASHINGTON – Under pressure from governors, the Obama administration said Thursday it will allow some shuttered national parks to reopen – as long as states use their own money to pay for pa...

World Briefs

UN approves proposals to destroy weapons UNITED NATIONS – U.N. diplomats say the Security Council has agreed to proposals by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to destroy Sy...

Nation Briefs

Health-care debut gets bad early reviews WASHINGTON – The debut of the government’s health insurance marketplaces drew a huge audience – and underwhelming reviews. Just...

Talks continue, but crisis not over

WASHINGTON – The nation’s economy on the line, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans groped inconclusively Thursday for a compromise to avert an unprecedented U.S. default as ...

Libyan minister abducted

TRIPOLI, Libya – The abduction was brief but still audacious: Gunmen from one of Libya’s many militias stormed a hotel where the prime minister has a residence and held him for several hours...

Israel worries Egypt aid cut threatens peace

JERUSALEM – Israel hopes the U.S. decision to cut aid to Egypt will not affect the two countries’ historic peace deal, a Cabinet minister said Thursday, insisting that Israeli-Egyptian ties ...

Iran speaker touts surplus uranium

GENEVA – Iran has more enriched uranium than it needs for its research and would be willing to discuss the “surplus” with Western powers during nuclear talks next week, Iranian Parliament Sp...

Number of furloughed workers shrinks as shutdown drags on

The political divide that has kept the federal government in shutdown mode for more than a week may be growing, but the shutdown itself is shrinking. An estimated 800,000 of the m...

Secrecy envelops Argentine president’s recovery

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The doctors who removed a blood clot from the brain of Argentina’s president said Wednesday that she’s improving “without complications.” But their terse report gav...

Stowaway’s dad says he requested help for problem son

MINNEAPOLIS – The father of a 9-year-old boy who evaded security to stow away on a flight from Minneapolis to Las Vegas told reporters Wednesday he’s been frustrated in his efforts to get he...