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Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum

MOSCOW – National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer s...

DATE: Aug 1, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Study: Hot weather leads to hot heads

WASHINGTON – As the world gets warmer, people are more likely to get hot under the collar, scientists say. A massive new study finds that aggressive acts such as committing violent crimes an...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Illinois governor to sign medical marijuana bill

CHICAGO – After months of keeping his decision-making close to the vest, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn is set to sign legislation today that will make the state the 20th in the nation to legalize ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Prosecutor says kidnapped Ohio women kept diaries

CLEVELAND – Three women held captive in a run-down home for a decade kept diaries documenting the physical and sexual abuse they suffered on a daily basis, prosecutors said Wednesday. ...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Raiders of ‘Hitler’s gas station’ reunite in Ohio

CINCINNATI – All these years later, some surviving veterans still think the raid on “Hitler’s gas station” was a great plan. However, not all worked out as expected, and the result was a fie...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

UK files include nuclear war speech for queen

LONDON — British officials drafted an emotional rallying cry for Queen Elizabeth II as part of an exercise simulating the outbreak of nuclear war, records released Thursday show — though the...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House OKs student loan bill

Legislation lowers rates but ties them to U.S. economy

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation/World Briefs

Obama, lawmakers plan to discuss NSA today WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is inviting a bipartisan group of lawmakers to the White House today to discuss their concerns abou...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Defense chief warns budget cuts could harm military forces

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Wednesday that the Pentagon may have to mothball up to three Navy aircraft carriers and order additional sharp reductions in the size of the...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Afghan casualties rising, U.N. reports

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan’s civilian casualty toll has jumped this year as insurgents fight to recapture territory from the departing American-led coalition, a U.N. report showed Wedn...

DATE: Jul 31, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawyer: S.D. mayor not given harassment training

SAN DIEGO – The attorney for San Diego’s embattled mayor says the city failed to provide Bob Filner state-required sexual harassment training and therefore should pay to defend him against a...

DATE: Jul 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawmakers fault poor TSA record on discipline

Federal lawmakers criticized the Transportation Security Administration on Wednesday for uneven disciplinary action in misconduct cases that a government watchdog revealed had grown 26 perce...

DATE: Jul 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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