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Huge Calif. wildfire spreads into Yosemite

FRESNO, Calif. – A giant wildfire raging out of control spread into Yosemite National Park on Friday as authorities urged more evacuations in nearby communities where thousands have already ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama calls alleged Syria attack ‘grave concern’

Syria was coming under intense pressure Friday to allow United Nations weapons inspectors access to the site of an alleged chemical attack as President Obama referred to the claims in Syria ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

San Diego mayor agrees to step down in deal SAN DIEGO – Mayor Bob Filner agreed Friday to resign on Aug. 30, bowing to enormous pressure after lurid sexual harassment allegations ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Report: Snowden leak reveals U.K. Mideast spy post

Working on behalf of Western intelligence agencies, Britain has operated a secret surveillance post in the Middle East that taps into undersea fiber-optic cables to siphon off Internet and t...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Photojournalist raped by several men in India NEW DELH – A young photojournalist was gang raped while her male colleague was tied up and beaten in an isolated, overgrown corner of...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Twin car bombs kill 29 in Lebanese city

TRIPOLI, Lebanon – Twin car bombs exploded Friday outside mosques in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, killing at least 29 people, wounding more than 350 and wreaking major destruction ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama pushes plans for spending needs

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – Casting an eye toward upcoming fiscal fights, President Barack Obama warned Republicans Friday against trying to defund his signature health care law as he vowed to protec...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Some analysts violated NSA rules, officials admit

WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency said Friday that some of its analysts knowingly and deliberately exceeded its surveillance authority on occasion during the last decade and that tho...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Stamp marks March on D.C.

WASHINGTON – Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he prepared to deliver a passionate s...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Man discusses surviving attack by polar bear

PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine man who survived a polar bear attack in Canada said that going into the park unarmed was a risk he was willing to take, but he acknowledges, “It’s a gamble I nearly...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Manning’s gender transition sets up legal showdown

Bradley Manning is the first transgender military inmate to ask for hormone treatments, officials say, a request that could lead to a legal showdown over how – and if – the soldier convicted...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Soldier guilty of murder for Fort Hood shootings

FORT HOOD, Texas – Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a shocking assault against American troops at home by one of their own who said he op...

DATE: Aug 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World