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Taliban attack shows militant spirit unbroken KABUL, Afghanistan – A Taliban attack at the gates of the Afghan presidential palace cast a cold light Tuesday on the course of a war...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Putin says no to US request to turn over Snowden

MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin bluntly rejected U.S. pleas to turn over National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Tuesday, saying he is free to travel wherever he wants an...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

High court voids key part of Voting Rights Act

WASHINGTON – A deeply divided Supreme Court on Tuesday halted enforcement of the federal government’s most potent tool to stop voting discrimination over the past half century, saying it doe...

DATE: Jun 25, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

IRS also screened liberal groups

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service’s screening of groups seeking tax-exempt status was broader and lasted longer than has been previously disclosed, the new head of the agency acknowl...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Snowden’s whereabouts unclear

NSA leaker not onboard Russian flight to Cuba

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Investigators say disability judges are too lax

WASHINGTON – Social Security is approving disability benefits at strikingly high rates for people whose claims were rejected by field offices or state agencies, according to House investigat...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Series of bomb attacks kill at least 42 in Iraq

BAGHDAD – A series of evening bombings near markets in and around Baghdad and other blasts north of the capital killed at least 42 people and wounded dozens of others Monday in the latest er...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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Berlusconi convicted in sex-for-hire trial MILAN – Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s flamboyant former premier, was sentenced to seven years in prison and banned from politics for life ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

White House urges Moscow to expel Snowden to US

WASHINGTON – The U.S. assumes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden remains in Russia, and officials are working with Moscow in hopes he will be expelled and returned to America to ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justices narrow scope for workplace discrimination

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday that workplace discrimination can be pinned only on a supervisor who has the ability to hire and fire, rather than merely direct work ass...

DATE: Jun 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Immigration measure passes Senate test

WASHINGTON – Historic immigration legislation cleared a key Senate hurdle with votes to spare on Monday, pointing the way to near-certain passage within days for $38 billion worth of new sec...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation briefs

High court sends back Texas race-based plan WASHINGTON – Affirmative action in college admissions survived Supreme Court review Monday in a consensus decision that avoided the dif...

DATE: Jun 23, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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