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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

Minnesota DQ manager’s good deed gets attention

MINNEAPOLIS – Joey Prusak was appalled when he saw a customer at the suburban Minneapolis Dairy Queen store where he works pick up someone else’s $20 bill and slip it into her purse. ...

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

Obama takes on coal with first-ever carbon limits

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will press ahead Friday with tough requirements for new coal-fired power plants, moving to impose for the first time strict limits on the pollution blam...

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

How can red flags be missed like Navy shooter’s?

WASHINGTON – The government’s sprawling system of background checks and security clearances is so unreliable it’s virtually impossible to adequately investigate the nearly 5 million American...

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

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Global warming team struggles with report STOCKHOLM – Scientists working on a landmark U.N. report on climate change are struggling to explain why global warming appears to have s...

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

House OKs food stamp cuts

WASHINGTON – The House has voted to cut nearly $4 billion a year from food stamps, a 5 percent reduction to the nation’s main feeding program used by more than 1 in 7 Americans. T...

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

Nation Briefs

Appeals court overturns DeLay’s 2010 conviction AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas appeals court tossed the criminal conviction of former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, sa...

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

Tokyo tops list of cities most at risk of disasters

Though Godzilla isn’t listed as a threat, Tokyo has the dubious distinction of being the world’s most vulnerable city when it comes to natural disasters, according to a report released Wedne...

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

Al-Qaida gunmen seize town

DAMASCUS, Syria – Al-Qaida militants in northern Syria captured a town near the Turkish border Thursday following heavy clashes with Western-backed rebels, prompting the closure of a nearby ...

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

Here’s the truth: The government doesn’t shut down

WASHINGTON – Here’s the truth about a government “shutdown.” The government doesn’t shut down. So the world won’t end if a dysfunctional Washington can’t find a way to pass a fun...

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

World Briefs

Ousted Egyptian talks with family, lawyer says CAIRO – Egypt’s ousted president, Mohammed Morsi, told his wife and children he is in good health in his first conversation with his...

DATE: Sep 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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