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Dell delays buyout vote until next week

Postponement signals lack of support

Senators ready to restore lower college loan rates

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan compromise on student loans promises better deals for students and parents over the next few years but could spell higher rates as the economy improves. ...

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Once-mighty Motor City files for bankruptcy DETROIT – Detroit became the biggest U.S. city to file for bankruptcy Thursday, its finances ravaged and its neighborhoods hollowed out...

U.S. official: New anti-leak measures set at NSA

ASPEN – The National Security Agency is implementing new security measures because of the disclosures by former NSA-systems-analyst-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden, a top defense official sai...

Penn State’s Sandusky settlements hit $60M so far

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Penn State University has reached tentative settlements totaling about $60 million so far with men who claim to have been sexually abused by former assistant football coach...

Mandela makes ‘dramatic’ progress, says daughter

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela has made “dramatic progress,” and may be going home “anytime soon,” said his daughter Zindzi on the eve of his 95th birthday. “I visited him yesterda...

Obama defends health-care program

House GOP fails 38th time to repeal or scale back law

Top EU diplomat calls for inclusive Egypt politics

CAIRO – The European Union’s top foreign policy official urged Egypt’s interim leaders and supporters of the ousted Islamist president Wednesday to cooperate in a political process that move...

$33,000 spent on sequestered jurors

ORLANDO, Fla. – About $33,000 was spent to sequester the six female jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman of any crime for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin, according to details released Wedn...

Greek Parliament approves new austerity measures

ATHENS, Greece – Greece’s Parliament narrowly approved a new batch of austerity measures early Thursday, including thousands of public-sector job cuts and transfers, demanded by the country’...

New health push from NYC mayor: Take the stairs

NEW YORK – After nudging New Yorkers to stop smoking and eat better, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is working on getting them to take the stairs more often. He proposed Wednesday to twe...

Journalists brief Security Council for first time

UNITED NATIONS – Four journalists addressing the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday said world leaders should do more to protect reporters risking their lives in conflict situations with one...