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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...

DATE: Oct 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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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 ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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General wants Egypt to hold vote next year CAIRO – Egypt’s military chief called on the country Tuesday to adhere to the timetable of a political road map that envisions preside...

DATE: Oct 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama hails 'historic' launch of health exchanges

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Hailing it as an "historic day," President Barack Obama pressed forward his flagship health care program Tuesday, inaugurating new insurance exc...

DATE: Oct 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama hits GOP ‘ideological crusade’ in shutdown

WASHINGTON – Congress hung “Closed” signs on a big swath of the government Tuesday and sent home 800,000 workers in what President Barack Obama labeled an “ideological crusade” by GOP lawmak...

DATE: Oct 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Rock slide bodies retrieved

Survivor taken to hospital with broken leg

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Politicians seek fundraising payday from shutdown

WASHINGTON – As a partial shutdown of the federal government looms, both Democrats and Republicans are working to exploit the budget crisis to raise campaign money. The showdown c...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Venezuela expels top U.S. diplomat, two other envoys

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Nicolas Maduro announced Monday the expulsion of the top U.S. diplomat in Venezuela and two other embassy employees for allegedly conspiring with “the extreme ...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Should founders share blame for budget gridlock?

WASHINGTON – OK, gridlocked politicians we’re used to. But why padlock the Statue of Liberty? You don’t see other democracies shuttering landmarks and sending civil servants home ...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

More car bombings kill dozens in Iraq

BAGHDAD – A new wave of bombs tore through Baghdad on Monday, officials said, killing at least 55 people. Most of the blasts were car bombs detonated in Shiite neighborhoods, the latest of a...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Greece begins arrests of neo-Nazi members ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s prime minister said Monday his government will do “whatever it takes” to completely eradicate the extreme-right...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israel pushes U.S. to keep sanctions

WASHINGTON – Despite soothing assurances from Iran’s new leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implored President Barack Obama on Monday to keep punishing sanctions in place aga...

DATE: Sep 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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