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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

Seven mutts become first test-tube puppies in world

LOS ANGELES – A team of veterinarians, scientists and lab workers gathered around a surrogate hound and watched her give birth to seven half-pound puppies, the first dogs ever conceived in a...

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

Maine town celebrates inventor of the earmuff

FARMINGTON, Maine – Earmuffs have come a long way in 142 years. Chester Greenwood was a 15-year-old bestowed with generous ears when he decided he had had enough of the biting co...

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

Smoldering sweet potatoes vex small North Carolina town

RALEIGH, N.C. – Smoke from burnt sweet potatoes wafting around the town of Farmville has nothing to do with holiday baking. A silo full of dehydrated sweet potatoes has been smold...

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

Election Briefs

Republican voters call Trump decisive WASHINGTON – Republican voters don’t think Donald Trump is likable. They don’t think he’s compassionate. And many don’t consider him particul...

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

World Briefs

Cuba, U.S. to resume direct mail service HAVANA – Cuba and the United States announced Friday they have struck a deal to re-establish direct mail service, which was cut in 1963 at...

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

Concerns about deal grow

Experts fear pact may put politics above science

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

Evidence suggests police killed 4 in Waco melee

Evidence offers new details about biker shootout

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

Bill keeps government open

Congress buys more time to work on tax, budget deals

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

Nation Briefs

FAA: drone-plane close calls are up WASHINGTON – There has yet to be a confirmed U.S. collision between a drone and a manned aircraft, but there’s a growing number of close calls ...

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

Report cites 241 close encounters between pilots, drones

WASHINGTON – There have been at least 241 reports of close encounters between drones and manned aircraft that meet the government’s definition of a near midair collision, including 28 in whi...

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.