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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

U.S. seeks to limit methane gas ‘flaring’ at drilling sites

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land, arguing the effort will reduce waste and harmful m...

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

Cruz no favorite with fellow Republican senators

WASHINGTON – Republican senators are confronting an unsettling possibility: Sen. Ted Cruz, their least favorite colleague, stands within reach of becoming the party’s presidential nominee an...

DATE: Jan 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World