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Report: Tsunami would swamp California’s economy

The potential impacts, based on a hypothetical magnitude-9.1 jolt off the Alaskan peninsula, were detailed by a team led by the U.S. Geological Survey to help emergency responders prepare. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Drug abuse groups say pot stance of feds is wrong

SEATTLE – Drug abuse prevention groups asked the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday how it will know whether its acceptance of recreational marijuana laws in Washington and Colorado affect...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama: On Syria, US, world credibility is on line

WASHINGTON – In an impassioned appeal for support at home and abroad, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the credibility of the international community and Congress is on the line in the ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Israeli proposal detailed in talks

RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israel has proposed leaving intact dozens of Jewish settlements and military bases in the West Bank as part of a package to establish a Palestinian state in provisional...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Panel approves Syria attack

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s request for speedy congressional backing of a military strike in Syria advanced Wednesday toward a showdown Senate vote, while the commander in chief le...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Study gives hints about health insurance cost WASHINGTON – The No. 1 question about President Barack Obama’s health care law is whether consumers will be able to afford the covera...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pot use up, study shows

As the nation takes a softer stance on marijuana, more Americans are using the drug, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health found. The nationwide survey made public Wednesday ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Autopsy: Ariel Castro hanged himself in prison cell

Ariel Castro, who was sentenced to life in prison last month for abducting and sexually abusing three young women in his Cleveland home, hanged himself in his cell Tuesday night, according t...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study suggests some will struggle to pay new health care premiums

WASHINGTON – The No. 1 question about President Barack Obama’s health care law is whether consumers will be able to afford the coverage. Now the answer is coming in. The biggest s...

DATE: Sep 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Weapons of less-than-mass destruction for Syria?

The Air Force has an arsenal of weapons that could neutralize Syria’s suspected chemical weapons and also stop, but not destroy, its power-generation systems. Last week, USA TODAY...

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria uncertainty hangs over Obama’s overseas trip

WASHINGTON – Deep uncertainty surrounding military action against Syria hangs over President Barack Obama’s three-day overseas trip to Sweden and Russia, which takes him away from Washington...

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt president: Brotherhood’s fate with judiciary

CAIRO – Egypt’s interim president on Tuesday defended the military’s ouster of his predecessor and said his government’s top priority was restoring security in the face of terrorism. ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World