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Mori’s family denounces military

CAIRO – The family of ousted President Mohammed Morsi furiously denounced the military Monday, accusing it of “kidnapping” him, and European diplomats urged that Egypt’s first freely elected...

World/Nation Briefs

Frenzied crowds greet Pope Francis in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO – Frenzied crowds of Roman Catholics mobbed the car carrying Pope Francis on Monday when he returned to his home contin...

Royal parents face joy, challenges

Changes in routine come with the baby

Rare earths in tailings could power modern gadgetry

Gold rush-era discards find new value for components

Nation/World Briefs

Strong earthquake kills 3 people in China BEIJING – A strong, shallow earthquake struck a moderately populated part of western China on Monday morning, and state media reported at...

Your gold ring has space origins, astronomers say

Report says the element formed from star collision

Pot testing sprouts with onslaught of new laws

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Marijuana testing used to mean checking to see if someone had been smoking it. But with Oregon, Washington and Colorado all making pot more widely available t...

‘Stand your ground’ to stay?

Outcries abound, but repeals are unlikely

Calif. ‘Cats’ House’ goes east

Famed felines are moving to Virginia

Protesters: ‘Justice for Trayvon’

Across the U.S., rallies call for action after Florida trial

Nation Briefs

New Hampshire Bomb risk awaits bidders on tax militants’ land CONORD, N.H. – Federal officials preparing to sell the New Hampshire compound of a tax-evading couple conv...

Reporter Helen Thomas aged into legend

WASHINGTON – Covering 10 presidents over five decades, Helen Thomas aged into a legend. She was the only reporter with her name inscribed on a chair in the White House briefing room – her ow...