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Apple app guides drivers to edge of Alaska runway

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – There’s a way to get to the Fairbanks Airport, just don’t ask your iPhone for help. Apple has disabled driving directions to the Fairbanks International Airpor...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Cannons being used to save elusive birds

EASTHAM, Mass. – Three cannons explode on a deserted Cape Cod beach, unleashing a startling cloud of white smoke and sand. In tandem, projectiles erupt from the ground, flinging a net over a...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Congress in risky budget volley

It’s Democrats’ serve in shutdown stare down

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Contest winners tour One World Trade Center

Towers scheduled for 2014 opening

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Iran offers U.S. nuclear deal

WASHINGTON – Iran would open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors as part of broad negotiations with the United States that could eventually restore diplomatic relations betwee...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Think tank suggests tuition break for international students in N.M.

Report says it would give state economy a boost

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Royal Mint coins to mark Prince George christening

LONDON – The christening of Prince William and Kate’s firstborn, Prince George, will be marked with a set of commemorative coins, the Royal Mint said Saturday. The Duke and Duche...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Greek far-right leader, other legislators arrested ATHENS, Greece – The leader of Greece’s extreme-right Golden Dawn party and four other of its parliamentarians were formally cha...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Miss Philippines wins Miss World in Indonesia

Contest moved after pressure from Islamists

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kenya blasts U.S. about reissuing travel warning

NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya on Saturday sharply criticized a decision by the United States to reissue a travel advisory for the country in the wake of the deadly attack on an upscale mall in the ...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Analysis: Iran outreach to U.S. faces tests at home

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Before leaving for the United Nations, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said he hoped to open a new era in dialogue with Washington. He returned to Tehran on Sat...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survey: Hispanics drifting further from Republicans

AUSTIN, Texas – A new survey shows that Hispanics, the nation’s largest minority group, have grown increasingly negative toward the Republican Party during the political battle over immigrat...

DATE: Sep 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World