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Computer attackers from Iran, Navy says WASHINGTON – U.S. officials say an unclassified Navy computer network was breached about two weeks ago by hackers believed to be linked to ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Senate, House budget showdown looms

WASHINGTON – Time running short, the Democratic-controlled Senate passed legislation Friday that would avert a partial government shutdown early next week. But the measure faced a swift demi...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Official says soldiers caused mall collapse NAIROBI, Kenya – Kenya’s military caused the massive collapse of three floors of Nairobi’s Westgate Mall during the terrorist siege in ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Shutdown impact: Tourists, homebuyers hit quickly

WASHINGTON – If the government “shuts down” next Tuesday, your mail will still come. Doctors will see Medicare patients. NASA will keep talking to the astronauts circling Earth on the Space ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Administration: Colleges should seek diversity

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration told colleges and universities Friday they can continue to use admissions to increase diversity among their students, even in the wake of a Supreme Cour...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria inspections set to start

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The world’s chemical weapons watchdog was preparing Friday to launch a risky United Nations-backed mission into the heart of Syria’s deadly civil war to verify and d...

DATE: Sep 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Navy Yard employees get counseling after massacre

WASHINGTON – Andy Wood is accustomed to responding to a hazardous materials spill or ferocious natural disaster from his post at the Washington Navy Yard’s emergency operations center. ...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Health-care program safe from shutdown, officials say

WASHINGTON – Republicans pulling on the budget thread can’t neatly unravel President Barack Obama’s health-care law. A partial government shutdown next week would leave the major ...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Panel looks at new NSA rules

WASHINGTON – The nation’s top intelligence official on Thursday sidestepped questions from a senator about whether the National Security Agency has ever used Americans cellphone signals to c...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House Republicans draw line in sand

WASHINGTON – Moving closer to the brink of a government shutdown, House Republicans vowed Thursday they won’t simply accept the stopgap legislation that is likely to remain after Senate Demo...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

FBI use of drones cost $3 million, report says WASHINGTON – The FBI has been using drones to support its law enforcement operations since 2006 and has spent more than $3 million o...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report to study CO² impact

STOCKHOLM – Scientists are more confident than ever that pumping carbon dioxide into the air by burning fossil fuels is warming the planet. The question is, by how much? It’s some...

DATE: Sep 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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