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Biden in Mexico, meeting with president

MEXICO CITY – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Friday that he wants to deepen relations between the neighboring countries beyond drugs, security and...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Employers cut jobs in 20 U.S. states in August

The Labor Department said Friday that 29 states added jobs, while Montana showed no net gain or loss in August. Unemployment rates rose in 18 states, fell in 17 and were unchanged in 15. ...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama, Rouhani meeting possible

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama and Iran’s new president may meet briefly next week for the first time, marking a symbolic but significant step toward easing their countries’ tense relat...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

EPA proposes rules for new power plants WASHINGTON – Linking global warming to public health, disease and extreme weather, the Obama administration pressed ahead Friday with toug...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House sets collision course

WASHINGTON – Charting a collision course with the White House, the Republican-controlled House approved legislation Friday to wipe out the 3-year-old health care law that President Barack Ob...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S., Iran talk nicely, but nuke progress uncertain

WASHINGTON – Iran and the United States are making plenty of friendly gestures, but real progress is going to be harder. A notable first meeting between the two nations’ presidents suddenly ...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Reports emerge of Navy Yard gunman’s unstable behavior

New reports are emerging about the increasingly bizarre behavior of Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis in the weeks before Monday’s shooting rampage, including notes from workers at a Rhode Islan...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria submits report on chemical weapons

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Syria has sent the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons an “initial declaration” outlining its weapons program, the organization said Friday, in keep...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Israel, its allies stop bill to censure country VIENNA – Israel and its allies fended off an Arab-led attempt Friday to censure the Jewish state’s refusal to acknowledge that it ...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA proposes strict emission limits on new power plants

Lawsuits are expected to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal Friday to limit emissions from new power plants, and the main reason is cutting-edge, anti-pollution technol...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House votes to derail Obamacare, fund government

WASHINGTON – The GOP-controlled House voted Friday to cripple President Barack Obama’s health care law as part of a risky ploy that threatens a government shutdown in a week and a half. ...

DATE: Sep 20, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico victims recount horror; toll rises to 97

Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico – With a low, rumbling roar, an arc of dirt, rock and mud tumbled down the hillside in the remote mountain village of La Pintada, sweeping house...

DATE: Sep 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World