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Mich. officers kill bear; seeks link girl’s mauling DETROIT – Conservation officers shot and killed a black bear Sunday and plan tests to see if it is the animal that chased and m...

DATE: Aug 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt: 36 prisoners dead in riot

CAIRO – Egyptian police fired tear gas Sunday in an attempt to free a guard from rioting detainees, killing at least 36 as the country’s military leader vowed to tolerate no more violence af...

DATE: Aug 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Crews battle Idaho wildfire

Blaze began Aug. 7; now is 9 percent contained

DATE: Aug 18, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Deaths of wandering autistic youths prompt action

The 3-year-old girl wandered away from her grandmother’s home in Wareham, Mass., in mid-April. A frantic search began almost immediately, and within an hour little Alyvia Navarro was found u...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Worker finds man’s Purple Heart at Goodwill store

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Richard Zuehlke was unpacking a box of donated household miscellany at the Goodwill store where he works when he came across a gold-trimmed black case. Inside was a Purple He...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Animal adopters urged to consider needy pets

LOS ANGELES – Sunny was 16 when she was left at an animal shelter by the family she had lived with all her life. The 75-pound bulldog-pit bull mix had cancer and infected eyes, and shelter w...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Harmony pushed for workers of all ages

CHICAGO – There’s a sense of urgency to the quest for workplace harmony, as baby boomers delay retirement and work side-by-side with people young enough to be their children – or grandchildr...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt is challenging Obama’s philosophy

WASHINGTON – As Arab Spring democracy uprisings spread across the Middle East, President Barack Obama’s response to the political unrest has been to voice support for people seeking represen...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Massachusetts Obama golfs with Larry David during last day of vacation OAK BLUFFS, Mass. – President Barack Obama is wrapping up his Martha’s Vineyard vacation by playi...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Poll: Parents are backing high-stakes testing

WASHINGTON – Often criticized as too prescriptive and all-consuming, standardized tests have support among parents, who view them as a useful way to measure both students’ and schools’ perfo...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Security forces storm Cairo mosque

Officials fear another violent sit-in

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Ex-nuke chief says Iran has 18,000 centrifuges TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s outgoing nuclear chief says Tehran has a total of 18,000 centrifuges for uranium enrichment – a process that c...

DATE: Aug 17, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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