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Egypt says King Tut mask was scratched, sends 8 to trial

CAIRO – King Tut hasn’t been around for a few thousand years, but his power remains: after a botched repair job of the famed pharaoh’s beard left scratches on his burial mask, Egyptian prose...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Buttons as contemporary art

NEW YORK – There’s no denying buttons are an important clothing item, but can they rise to the level of art? A new exhibition at a Manhattan gallery proves they can. In the hands ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Here’s a job to sniff at

K-9 dogs help TSA keep track of bad guys

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Burglary suspect locked keys in car

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A man suspected of burglarizing two Alaska businesses was delayed in his get-away by locking his keys in his car. A call to a cab company helped open the car but also led...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House-training troubles? Relax: You’re not alone

LOS ANGELES – If it can happen at the White House, it can happen in any house. Sunny, the Portuguese water dog who joined fellow first dog Bo and the Obama family in 2013, has hou...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Protests at Greek border after deaths ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece – A day after 46 migrants drowned in a choppy Aegean Sea, protesters demonstrated Saturday at a Greek border town to ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Blizzard on East Coast brings area to standstill

At least 18 dead from monster storm

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Gunman kills 4 in Canada

Residents reeling in remote aboriginal community

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Meet the 90-year-old who’s a Reddit guru

WASHINGTON – He slides the foam headphones over his drooping ears and fixes his pale blue eyes on the computer. Reddit.com is pulled up on the screen. The site is “one of the social media to...

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Kansas abortion ban remains in effect WICHITA, Kan. – The Kansas Court of Appeals refused Friday to allow the state’s first-in-the-nation ban on a common second-trimester abortion...

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump may be closing in on nomination

Party outsider growing stronger as voting nears

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Monster storm begins pounding East Coast

WASHINGTON – One in seven Americans will get at least half a foot of snow outside their homes when this weekend’s big storm has finished delivering blizzards, gale-force winds, whiteout cond...

DATE: Jan 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World