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Man suffers medical issued, dies fighting fire VALE, Ore. – A 59-year-old man died over the weekend while working on a fire line in southeastern Oregon. Kevin Hall appa...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ancient Pa. dwelling still divides archaeologists

AVELLA, Pa. – A fluke rainstorm at an ancient rock shelter in western Pennsylvania has brought a renowned archaeologist back to the site of where a furious debate was launched in 1973 over w...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Immigration campaign passes by some in GOP

BEL AIR, Md. – Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehensive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the town-hall meeting ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Havana skaters defy scarcity to keep on rolling

HAVANA – Some call Che Pando the godfather of Havana’s skateboarding scene, and the 40-year-old tattoo artist can still recall how tough things were in the 1980s when he and a handful of oth...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Criminal-justice system changes are proposed

Attorney general wants shorter sentences for drug-related crimes

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Egypt police to clear sit-ins

CAIRO – Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi fortified their two Cairo sit-in sites as Egyptian security officials said their forces will move against the entrenched protest camps w...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

12-year-old boy unearths 5.16-carat brown diamond

Michael Dettlaff, 12, had only been searching for 10 minutes when he stumbled across a 5.16 carat diamond. The North Carolina boy was on vacation with his family at Arkansas’ Crat...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Progress made for hurt veterans

Obama assures crowd in Florida

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Consumers soon to see relief at gas pump

Consumers are about to get a break at the gas pump for the rest of 2013 and much of 2014, analysts say. Gasoline prices typically head lower after the peak summer driving season, ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Washington, D.C. U.S. to reopen 18 diplomatic missions after threat WASHINGTON – Eighteen of the 19 U.S. embassies and consulates that were closed in the Middle East a...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obamas return to Martha’s Vineyard

WASHINGTON – The first summer vacation of President Barack Obama’s second term is taking him back to Martha’s Vineyard, the Massachusetts island he avoided during last year’s re-election cam...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Spelling still matters? Y-E-S, say the experts

Glance at any “c u soon”-splattered smartphone screen and it’s obvious: The nation’s spelling is in jeopardy. The orthographic schism between the YOLO generation and its elders ca...

DATE: Aug 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World