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For Israel, attack on Iran seems off the table

JERUSALEM – President Barack Obama’s decision to open a dialogue with Iran’s new president appears to have robbed Israel of a key asset in its campaign to prevent the Islamic Republic from d...

NSA chief admits testing U.S. cellphone tracking

WASHINGTON – National Security Agency chief Gen. Keith Alexander revealed Wednesday that his spy agency once tested whether it could track Americans’ cellphone locations, in addition to its ...

Meeting ends with no progress on budget

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama brought congressional leaders to the White House on Wednesday for the first time since a partial government shutdown began, but there were no signs of pro...

Clinton praises release of Bosnian war documents

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The American public wasn’t clamoring for military intervention in Bosnia nearly two decades ago, but former President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that foreign policy decis...

South Korea displays new missile at military ceremony

SEOUL, South Korea – South Korea displayed its longest-range missile capable of striking all of North Korea and other sophisticated weapons at a massive military parade, a display of force m...

Furloughed federal jobs that may surprise you

Furloughed jobs that may surprise you

GOP states offer little help on buying insurance

ATLANTA – On the day consumers start perusing newly launched federal online health exchanges, Republican governors who oppose President Barack Obama’s insurance overhaul are mostly sitting o...

U.S.: Taliban attack could have been foreseen

The U.S. Central Command investigation’s conclusions led the top Marine, Gen. James Amos, to announce on Monday that he had forced two senior Marine generals to retire early. Amos held Maj. ...

Israel says it’s ready to take on Iran itself

UNITED NATIONS – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu played the spoiler Tuesday to any easing of Iran’s relations with the West, telling world leaders his country will do whatever it t...

Obama, Boehner trade blame on shutdown

WASHINGTON – First slowed, then stalled by political gridlock, the vast machinery of government clanged into partial shutdown mode Tuesday and President Barack Obama warned the longer it goe...

Controversial FERC nominee withdraws name

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s nominee to be the nation’s top energy regulator withdrew Tuesday, conceding he did not have enough support for confirmation. Ron Binz, a form...

Nation Briefs

Appeals court clears way for new Navy range ATLANTA – A federal appeals court Tuesday cleared the way for the Navy to build a $100 million undersea training range off Georgia and ...