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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

Appeals court rules New York City’s big-soda ban unconstitutional

NEW YORK – New York City’s crackdown on big, sugary sodas is staying on ice. A mid-level state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the city’s Board of Health exceeded its legal autho...

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

Prosecutors say woman had soda can with green paint

WASHINGTON – A woman charged with defacing the Washington National Cathedral had a soda can of green paint with her when she was arrested, and she has been linked to at least four other inci...

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

Former Sen. Byrd Jr. of Virginia dies at 98

RICHMOND, Va. – Harry F. Byrd Jr., a 20th century champion of racial segregation and fiscal restraint who followed his father into the U.S. Senate but left his father’s Democratic Party, di...

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

Delay of employer penalties will cost government $10 billion

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s surprise decision to delay a key requirement of the health care law for employers will cost the government $10 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional ...

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

Nation/World Briefs

Obama challenges GOP to fund jobs programs CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – President Barack Obama on Tuesday offered congressional Republicans a new corporate tax cut and jobs spending pack...

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

Negotiators agree to meet again

Israelis, Palestinians hope to OK peace agreement in nine months

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

Manning faces life sentence

Acquitted of aiding enemy, convicted on other charges

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

TSA misconduct cases up 26 percent in three years

Misconduct cases among Transportation Security Administration workers rose 26 percent over the last three years, according to a government watchdog. The number of misconduct cases...

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

EU diplomat meets with ousted leader

CAIRO – Egypt’s military gave the ousted president his first contact with the outside world since removing him from office, allowing Europe’s top diplomat Tuesday to meet with Mohammed Morsi...

DATE: Jul 29, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World