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New images reveal seaplane that sank at Pearl Harbor

HONOLULU – New images of a large U.S. Navy seaplane that sank in Hawaiian waters during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor show a coral-encrusted engine and reef fish swimming in and out of...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Research shows we may be consuming water faster than we thought

Study suggests we may be consuming it at unsustainable rate

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Kids making oral history with StoryCorps project

High school students across the country made oral history over the Thanksgiving holiday by recording interviews with their elders in an unprecedented effort to stockpile wisdom for the ages....

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Justices take up meaning of ‘one person, one vote’

WASHINGTON – The growing political influence of Latinos could be slowed by a Supreme Court case over the constitutional requirement to make electoral districts roughly equal in population. ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Obama signs into law transportation bill WASHINGTON – A five-year, $305 billion bill to address the nation’s aging and congested transportation systems was signed into law Friday ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Two suspects sought in Paris attacks

EU countries to share air passenger travel data

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Special forces free prisoners from Taliban KABUL, Afghanistan – A joint Afghan-U.S. special forces operation has freed at least 40 Afghan prisoners from a Taliban prison in the so...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

OPEC nations opt to reject cutting their oil production

VIENNA – Acknowledging their inability to push up oil prices, OPEC nations on Friday effectively scrapped their official output ceiling and agreed to keep producing well above that level. ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Trump hired felon as business adviser

Candidate says he’s ‘not that familiar with him’

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Clinton: Killings show need for intelligence sharing

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Friday the mass killing in California was heightening the need for intelligence sharing and military strikes in plac...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

16 killed after group firebombs Cairo club

CAIRO – Two men who were denied entry to a nightclub later returned with others and firebombed it early Friday, setting off a blaze that killed all 16 people who were trapped inside by the s...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. adds healthy 211K jobs; unemployment steady at low 5 percent

WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy generated another month of solid hiring in November, making it highly likely that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates from record lows this month. ...

DATE: Dec 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

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.