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Republican leaders worry about tea party fallout

FLETCHER, N.C. – Tea party activists, once unquestioned as a benefit to the Republican Party for supplying it with votes and energy, are now criticizing GOP leaders at seemingly every turn. ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama linking Lehman anniversary, success

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is marking the fifth anniversary of the Lehman Brothers collapse by trying to lay claim to an economic turnaround and warning Republicans against moves th...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Disabled college students find niches

Schools offering variety of options

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Pennsylvania Judge upholds clean-up plan for Chesapeake Bay HARRISBURG, Pa. – A judge rejected a bid by farm industry and home builders’ groups to block federal and sta...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Recall stalls gun-control effort

Democrat says NRA is doing its job better

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

A Hollywood studio where dogs learn to fly

LOS ANGELES – For $349, your dog can learn to fly. Security checks and bumpy air are all in a day’s training at a Hollywood film studio to prepare your dog for a safe and calm fli...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gulf states fight Brotherhood

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since,...

DATE: Sep 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Al-Qaida calls for economic boycott of U.S.

An al-Qaida leader is calling on Muslims to continue attacking Americans in the U.S. in order to attack the economy, the BBC, CBS News and other news organizations are reporting. ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investigators: 36,000 game disability system

WASHINGTON – Social Security made $1.3 billion in potentially improper disability payments to people who had jobs when they were supposed to be unable to work, congressional investigators sa...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

FAA reports increase in air-traffic mistakes

Planes flew too close to each other 4,394 times last year – more than doubling the previous record from 2011, the Federal Aviation Administration announced Thursday. But in a new ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clashes erupt in Egypt as Islamists stage protests

CAIRO – Sporadic clashes erupted Friday between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted president during nationwide protests as the military battled al-Qaida-inspired groups in northern S...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Florida girl was bullied for months before suicide

TAMPA, Fla. – For nearly a year, as many as 15 girls ganged up on 12-year-old Rebecca Ann Sedwick and picked on her, authorities say, bombarding her with online messages such as “You should...

DATE: Sep 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World