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Patient’s bill soars as health program falters

WASHINGTON – Coping with advanced cancer, Bev Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down. Then, the substitute insurance she w...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt continues Islamist attacks

EL-ARISH, Egypt – Egyptian troops and tanks backed by helicopter gunships swept through villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula near the border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip on Monday, th...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Groups rushing to hire health-care experts

CHICAGO – With the program known as “Obamacare” only weeks away from its key launch date, hectic preparations are in motion in communities across the country to deal with one of its major pr...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report gives U.S. reason to smile

Americans are not the happiest people on Earth, but we do rank a respectable No. 17, among 156 countries evaluate U.N. report. The second annual World Happiness Report, released M...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Blind people can get gun permits in Iowa DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa law enforcement officials are debating the wisdom of granting gun permits to blind people. The Des Moin...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

NSA evidence may be key to Hammarskjold mystery

LONDON – America’s National Security Agency may hold crucial evidence about one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the Cold War – the cause of the 1961 plane crash that killed U.N. Secret...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. weighs talk of Syria dumping chemical weapons

WASHINGTON – Confronted by the threat of U.S. air strikes, Syria swiftly welcomed the idea of turning over all of its chemical weapons for destruction on Monday, capping a remarkable chain o...

DATE: Sep 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama undecided on Syria should Congress say ‘no’

A day before speaking to the American public about Syria, President Barack Obama told network news reporters he hasn’t decided yet if he will order military strikes even if the House or Sena...

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.: Common sense decides attack on Syria

Obama’s aide says evidence of chemical strike is strong

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

SWAT officers kill man, 107, in standoff PINE BLUFF, Ark. – A 107-year-old man was killed after SWAT officers shot back at him during a standoff at a home, police in the southeast...

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sochi Games head seeks to avoid anti-gay law flak

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The head of the Sochi Olympics asked the International Olympic Committee on Sunday to help “stop this campaign and this speculation” related to the anti-gay law tha...

DATE: Sep 8, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Corn-maze cutter stalks fall fun

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. – Timothy Day isn’t exactly sick of corn by the end of the summer, but ... “If I had a penny every time I’ve heard, ‘This is a-MAZE-ing,’ I’d certainly be ric...

DATE: Sep 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World