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Debt limit becoming focus of crisis

Obama calls for immediate vote, but negotiations on shutdown in a deadlock

DATE: Oct 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Budget fight offers crash course on Congress

WASHINGTON – If majorities in both the House and Senate would vote to reopen the government with no strings attached, or vote to repeal the new health care law’s sales tax on heart pacemaker...

DATE: Oct 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

High court likely to tilt further right

In finishing term, justices to hear several social-issue cases

DATE: Oct 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World/Nation Briefs

Libyan seeks U.S. explanation for raid A suspected Libyan al-Qaida figure nabbed by U.S. special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for th...

DATE: Oct 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. raids highlight terror threat in Africa

CAIRO – Two U.S. raids in Libya and Somalia that apprehended a major catch on the terrorist most-wanted list highlight how the growing terror network in the region is able to operate freely....

DATE: Oct 6, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghan presidential candidates finish registration

KABUL, Afghanistan – A slew of political heavyweights, along with the Afghan president’s brother and a number of former warlords, will take part in next year’s election for top office in a c...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Heads-up on Monday evening! Meteor shower coming

The Draconid meteor shower will sweep across U.S. skies early Monday evening just after sunset. Although not among the showiest showers of the year, the Draconids stand out for on...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spanish shepherds guide 2,000 sheep through Madrid

MADRID – Shepherds led a flock of 2,000 sheep through Madrid on Sunday in defense of ancient grazing, droving and migration rights increasingly threatened by urban sprawl and modern agricult...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Italian migrant death toll reaches at least 194

LAMPEDUSA, Italy – Pairs of divers plumbed calmer seas off the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday to recover the corpses of would-be asylum seekers who died when a fishing boat packed wit...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Experts begin dismantling Syrian chemical program

BEIRUT – International disarmament experts on Sunday began dismantling and destroying Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal and the equipment used to produce it, taking the first concrete step in...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kenyan police detail car used in mall attack

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s counterterrorism police unit released closed-circuit television footage Sunday that showed two men entering a local bank where they collected money and paid for a ca...

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Positions harden at start of 2nd week

Boehner to Obama: No debt hike without concessions

DATE: Oct 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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