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New Iranian president vows support for Bashar Assad

BEIRUT – Iran’s new president expressed his country’s support to Syria’s embattled leader Bashar Assad’s regime Sunday, saying no force in the world will be able to shake their decades-old a...

San Diego mayor begins 2-week therapy session

9 women accuse Bob Filner of sexual harassment

Nation/World Briefs

Rescuers find body of snowboarder MOUNT HOOD, Ore. – A dozen rescuers armed with chain saws and other tools chipped away at tons of ice and snow Sunday to the recover the body of...

Some in tea party question today’s leading GOP lights

MIAMI – This wasn’t the revolution the tea party had in mind. Four years ago, the movement and its potent mix of anger and populism persuaded thousands of costumed and sign-waving...

Al-Qaida attack threats force tighter security

Travel precautions advised through August

Optimism of whites in U.S. lags blacks by big margin

WASHINGTON – Americans’ attitudes about their economic future are sharply divided by race, with whites significantly less likely than blacks or Hispanics to think they can improve their own ...

Nation Briefs

Washington, D.C. Terror threat prompts U.S. embassy closings WASHINGTON – The threat of a terrorist attack led to the weekend closure of 21 U.S. embassies and consulate...

Obama tees off into a birthday weekend

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama kicked off his birthday weekend Saturday with a round of golf with friends and a getaway to Camp David. Obama, who turns 52 today, left the Whi...

New jobs mostly low-pay, part-time

Mid-paying industries add 22 percent of 2013’s job gain

Republicans on attack against others in party

WASHINGTON – The barbs are personal, the differences are multiplying among Republicans, a party divided over spending, foreign policy, a willingness to risk a government shutdown in order to...

N.Y. village tries to control deer

It’s giving animals birth control

Sikhs sidestep fights about Wis. rampage donations

OAK CREEK, Wis. – In the aftermath of shooting rampages in Colorado and Virginia, victims’ families have clashed about how to distribute money donated by well-wishers. But after a gunman kil...