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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

Retail sales rise in November as shopping picks up

WASHINGTON – Holiday shoppers are off to a solid but unspectacular start as retail sales registered a modest gain in November. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sale...

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

Swiss boost security after terror plot report

Police looking for four suspects in Geneva

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Boston train takes off from station without driver

BOSTON – A six-car train carrying about 50 passengers left a suburban Boston transit station without a driver Thursday and went through four stations without stopping, and investigators were...

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World