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Rally begins against unpaid internships

A nascent campaign against employers’ use of unpaid interns is taking aim at what critics call some of the longstanding practice’s biggest enablers: colleges that steer students into such pr...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

‘Dream’ ceremonies reveal political segregation

WASHINGTON – They came to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream, a tapestry of humanity with all shades of skin and from all walks of life. Yet there was something missing from the Lincoln Me...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some protest against Syria attack

The opposition voices opinion around world

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Mexico president’s can-do image is put to test

Kidnapping, extortion rising

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Chinese executive with canal dream has spotty record

Company’s CEO looks to build through Nicaragua

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bridge to open after ’89 quake

SAN FRANCISCO – When traffic flows across the new stretch of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge for the first time next week, it will do so nearly a quarter-century after a deadly earthqua...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Jersey Shore business slows

MANASQUAN, N.J. – No, it wasn’t a great summer to do business at the Jersey shore. But considering the damage Superstorm Sandy did to the region last fall and the Herculean effort...

DATE: Aug 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. weighs action in Syria

UN wrapping up inspection of chemical weapons attack

DATE: Aug 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Polls open for state’s 1st legislative recalls

Two Colorado lawmakers targeted for their stance on gun control

DATE: Aug 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Major quake recorded in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Alaska’s Aleutian Islands with a jet-like rumble Friday that shook homes and sent residents scrambling for cover. “I heard it...

DATE: Aug 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

War costs could escalate quickly

WASHINGTON — Waging war, even on a limited basis, is a costly venture. An attack on Syria would be no exception to the rule. “This would come in under $100 million, if ...

DATE: Aug 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria samples to undergo meticulous scrutiny

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – They’ve endured repeated delays, unrelenting scrutiny and even snipers’ bullets in Damascus. Now United Nations inspectors who have been gathering evidence of a poss...

DATE: Aug 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World