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Bomb blasts in Iraq push death toll to 41 BAGHDAD – Iraq’s interior ministry spokesman says a suicide bomber has blown himself up among Shiite pilgrims in northern Baghdad, the de...

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

Government workers may get paid

U.S. is looking to avoid default

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

Pentagon: Most furloughed civilians ordered back

WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is ordering most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work. The decision by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pen...

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

Man sets himself on fire on the National Mall

WASHINGTON – A man set himself on fire on the National Mall in the nation’s capital as passers-by rushed over to help douse the flames, officials and witnesses said Friday afternoon. ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

China launches charm offensive as Obama cancels Asia trip

China launches charm offensive

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Prospect for quick end to shutdown is remote

Associated Press WASHINGTON – Prospects for a swift end to the 4-day-old partial government shutdown all but vanished Friday as lawmakers squabbled into the weekend and increasing...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Protesters clash with Egypt police

CAIRO – Egyptian riot police fired volleys of tear gas and locked down Cairo’s Tahrir Square Friday as clashes broke out in a rare push by Islamist supporters of the ousted president to take...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kerry will head U.S. team in Asia

BALI, Indonesia – Nearly a decade after his unsuccessful 2004 bid for the White House, John Kerry is getting the chance to be presidential as he fills in for U.S. President Barack Obama at ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Ohio approves plan to get execution drug COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio could begin executing inmates with doses of a lethal injection drug prepared by specialized pharmacies under a c...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gulf Coast prepares for tropical storm

NEW ORLEANS – Residents of a vulnerable Louisiana island town were ordered to leave Friday as Tropical Storm Karen tracked toward the northern Gulf Coast, weakening but poised to be the firs...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Police: Driver had delusions

STAMFORD, Conn. – The Connecticut woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House barrier had been under the delusion the president was...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health website to get repairs

WASHINGTON – Bedeviled by technology glitches that frustrated millions of consumers, the Obama administration is taking down its health overhaul website for repairs this weekend. ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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