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Boulder, Colorado project seeks to help older LGBT adults

BOULDER (AP) – For some, the only thing more difficult than coming out is going back into the closet. But that story is not rare for seniors who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. ...

DATE: Dec 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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New poll: Shootings weighed on Americans NEW YORK – Mass shootings and attacks weighed heavily on the minds of Americans in 2015, according to a new AP-Times Square poll that fou...

DATE: Dec 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Editors choose Islamic State conflict as top news story of 2015

Gay marriage ruling ranked No. 2

DATE: Dec 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

In final year, Obama seeks to stave off lame-duck status

WASHINGTON – In June, during one of the best stretches of his presidency, Barack Obama strode through a West Wing hallway exclaiming, “Offense! Stay on offense!” It was a rally cr...

DATE: Dec 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list

RENO, Nev. – Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to designate the ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pope urges Christmas prayers for peace

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis issued a Christmas Day prayer that recent UN-backed peace processes for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people, denouncing the “monstrous ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Alabama tornado adds to storm woes in South

More storms expected in Mississippi

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Gas tanker truck fire kills more than 100 ABUJA, Nigeria – A gas tanker truck ignited an inferno at a crowded industrial gas plant in Nigeria on Thursday, killing more than 100 pe...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

16-year-old Aspen High School student solos her own flight

ASPEN (AP) – Aspen High School sophomore Grace Ferguson is setting new heights for herself and the school’s aerospace and aviation program as the first female to solo her own flight. ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Self-cleaning litter box fuels online pet supply sales

LOS ANGELES – Heather and Bobby Hill found their pot of gold in cat poop. Sales of a litter box that automatically cleans itself have been creeping up for years, but in the past two, they gr...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The ‘Dogist’ blog, book makes dogs look human

LOS ANGELES – Elias Weiss Friedman has photographed thousands of dogs for his blog and book The Dogist. What sets his pictures apart is how human he makes his canines seem. He ach...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

For family of special-needs kids, there’s special help

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – It takes a strict routine and a lot of help to raise a family of special-needs children. Few know this better than Eric and Dennis Volz-Benoit, who have five. ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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