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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

War vote on Syria looms for White House hopefuls

WASHINGTON – Backing President Barack Obama’s plea for military action against Syria could haunt Senate Republicans thinking hard about a White House bid in 2016. Sen. Rand Paul o...

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

Syria moving troops, weapons, rebels say

BEIRUT – As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into ...

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

World Briefs

Several bomb attacks kill dozens in Iraq BAGHDAD – A series of coordinated evening blasts in Baghdad and other violence killed at least 67 people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials sai...

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

New London skyscraper too hot for owner of car

LONDON – Drivers may want to think twice about parking in front of the half-built London skyscraper known as the Walkie-Talkie. That’s because the glare off the skin of the new bu...

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

Nation Briefs

Group decries states’ lack of safety plans WASHINGTON – Eight years after Hurricane Katrina, most states still don’t require four basic safety plans to protect children in school...

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

Hackers find weaknesses in car computer systems

DETROIT – As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours? In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at fre...

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

Japan to fund ice wall to contain reactor leaks

TOKYO – The Japanese government announced Tuesday that it will spend $470 million on a subterranean ice wall and other steps in a desperate bid to stop leaks of radioactive water from the cr...

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

Obama gains support for attack on Syria

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama gained ground Tuesday in his drive for congressional backing of a military strike against Syria, winning critical support from House Speaker John Boehner ...

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

Crews gain on Yosemite fire; full containment weeks away

Crews gain on Yosemite fire, but containment weeks away

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S.-Brazil tensions rise after new NSA spy report

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Brazilian government condemned a U.S. spy program that reportedly targeted the nation’s leader, labeled it an “unacceptable invasion” of sovereignty and called Monday fo...

DATE: Sep 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World