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Trump may be center stage, but Cruz is in spotlight at GOP debate

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump will be standing at center stage, but Ted Cruz will be in the spotlight at Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate. The Texas senator is challengi...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Age not always a barrier for aggressive medical treatment

CHICAGO – Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dorothy Lipkin danced after g...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

The art of holiday catalogs

Snagging the $300 ax you never knew you needed ... or even wanted

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation & World Briefs

Man fatally shot by LA police kept holding gun LOS ANGELES – A black man who was fatally shot by Los Angeles deputies kept holding a gun as he lay dying on the ground, authorities...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

California community sees fear, anger after massacre

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.- The terrorist attack has left this community rattled and fearful. A routine mall burglary in neighboring Riverside earlier this week set off a social-media-enhanced r...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State gun rights expand after Sandy Hook massacre

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which a mentally troubled young man killed 26 children and educators, served as a rallying cry for gun-control advocat...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Survivor’s recovery from mass shooting a daily battle

For attack victim, psychological wounds just as painful as bullets

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama aims to calm terror fears

WASHINGTON – Fears of terrorism are hanging over America’s holiday season, so President Barack Obama is planning a series of events this week aimed at trying to allay concerns about his stra...

DATE: Dec 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump’s idea for ban on Muslims strikes chord among GOP voters

54% of Republicans in poll agree with temporary ban

DATE: Dec 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Gunmen enter Spain embassy in Kabul KABUL, Afghanistan – Attackers entered the Spanish Embassy in Kabul after a deadly car bombing in a diplomatic neighborhood of the Afghan capit...

DATE: Dec 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Lawsuits seek labels on food supplied by slave laborers

“This item may be the product of slave labor.” Those jarring words could end up on candy bar wrappers, packages of frozen shrimp and even cans of cat food if some California lawye...

DATE: Dec 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Carson slams GOP leaders

Fears party may ‘subvert will of voters’

DATE: Dec 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.