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U.S. willing to engage North Korea on detained American

WASHINGTON – The U.S. on Tuesday signaled a willingness to engage North Korea to secure the release of an American sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in the authoritarian country. ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nuclear missile force fails key security test

WASHINGTON – An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the nation’s land-based nuclear missiles has failed a safety and security inspection, marking the second major setback this year for...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Mars researchers leave their simulated base HONOLULU– Researchers who have spent nearly four months simulating what it’s like to live on Mars have emerged from their experiment o...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

College not the sex hot bed we thought

Sex on college campuses isn’t any more prevalent than it was 25 years ago, despite what’s often termed a “hookup culture” that suggests otherwise, says research presented today comparing cur...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Federal plea deal in NH details hepatitis C pains

CONCORD, N.H. – One man infected with hepatitis C hasn’t been able to return to work. Another won’t kiss his wife on the lips even though the blood-borne virus can’t be spread that way. A wo...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Whitey Bulger juror says deliberations were ‘insane, heated’

A juror in the federal racketeering trial of James “Whitey” Bulger says jury deliberations over the Boston mobster’s fate were marked by anger and dissent. Following a seven-week ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bahrain Shiites seek larger role

MANAMA, Bahrain –Inspired by the movement behind Egypt’s military coup, Shiite activists seeking more influence in Bahrain are hoping to gain new momentum by calling for nationwide protests ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Castro quietly marks his 87th birthday HAVANA – Fidel Castro turned 87 behind closed doors Tuesday, with official tributes reminding Cubans that the clock is ticking on his revolu...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Peace talks facing long odds

JERUSALEM – The same negotiators, the same issues, a familiar venue: The sense of déjà vu is overwhelming as Israelis and Palestinians start today on their third attempt in 13 years to draw ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. opposing big airline merger

WASHINGTON – American Airlines and US Airways expected to spend this week cruising toward completion of a merger that would create the world’s biggest airline. Instead, they were ...

DATE: Aug 13, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sinkhole swallows part of Florida resort villa

CLERMONT, Fla. – It sounded like a thunderstorm as windows broke and the ground shook, but vacationers who were awakened from their rooms at a villa near Orlando, Fla., soon realized that th...

DATE: Aug 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Judge tells quarter horse group to accept clones

LUBBOCK, Texas – The nation’s pre-eminent quarter horse organization must begin allowing cloned animals to be added to its prestigious registry, a federal judge in Texas decided Monday. ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World