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IRS scandal threatens health care

Republicans see chance to limit agency’s funding

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Google launches Web-beaming balloons

MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif. – Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online. ...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

New York Shipping magnate Paul Soros dies in NYC at 87 NEW YORK – Paul Soros, a successful innovator in shipping and the older brother of billionaire financier George S...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Al-Qaida’s head defies boss over Syria fight BAGHDAD – The leader of al-Qaida’s Iraq arm defiantly rejected an order from the terror network’s central command to stop claiming con...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Moderate cleric named Iran’s new leader

TEHRAN, Iran – Moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential vote Saturday after gaining support among many reform-minded Iranians looking to claw back a bit o...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Hostages freed at Pakistani hospital

QUETTA, Pakistan – Pakistani police stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that began with a bombing just outside th...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian troops capture suburb by major airport

BEIRUT – Syrian troops pushed forward with their offensive against rebels Saturday, capturing a suburb near the Damascus international airport as the U.S. warned that the alleged use of chem...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Montana water to help in climate-change study

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – Here’s a head-scratcher for you: In August, sheep in Massachusetts will begin drinking water from the Beartooth Mountains as part of an experiment to better understand...

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Sick, poor feeling sequester

But too soon to measure full impact of budget cuts

DATE: Jun 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Is new technology a danger installed in your car’s dashboard?

WASHINGTON – Dashboard technology that lets drivers text and email with voice commands – marketed as a safer alternative – actually is more distracting than simply talking on a cellphone, a ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

After Albuquerque incident, Whole Foods revises policy

ALBUQUERQUE – Facing threats of national boycotts from Latino groups and a slew of online petitions, Whole Foods announced Friday that the organic grocery chain has revised its employee lang...

DATE: Jun 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in the UK LONDON – The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S...

DATE: Jun 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World