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Uranium contaminates water in the West, Midwest

Cancer-causing metal finding its way to faucets

Idaho man finds art in back hair

NAMPA, Idaho (AP) – One man’s back hair is another man’s canvas. At least that’s how Mike Wolfe, 35, of Nampa, Idaho, has decided to approach manscaping. Wolfe told K...

Saudis cut ties with Iran after clerk execution

TEHRAN, Iran – Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shiit...

A year of political pregame gives way to a sprint into Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa – It has been a year of town halls and weekend forums and lunchtime meet-and-greets for those who would be president, with nights spent sparring in televised debates and end...

Nation & World Briefs

Illinois, Missouri assess damage, clean up flooding KINCAID, Ill. – The Mississippi River and many of its tributaries continued their retreat Sunday from historic and deadly winte...

Europian Union’s borders are back after migrant flow

STOCKHOLM – Since it opened in 2000, the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark has been a towering symbol of European integration and hassle-free travel across borders that people didn’t...

Obama looking to reduce gun violence

WASHINGTON – Hawaiian vacation over, President Barack Obama says he is energized for his final year in office and ready to tackle unfinished business, turning immediate attention to the issu...

Online pets all the rage

Some animals have millions of followers

Obama set to impose new gun control curbs

Opposition expected from advocates

Governors tour flooded areas amid threat to more Midwest homes

At least 24 people have died from the flooding

Nation & World Briefs

Man killed holding phone, not a gun LAS VEGAS – A man who was fatally shot by Las Vegas police while holding a cellphone that was mistaken for a gun had recently been convicted of...

Italy confirms higher cancer, death rates from mob dumping

Babies, especially, affected by the waste