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U.S. releases last U.K. terror suspect

Terror suspect was never charged

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Photos show eruption on Saturn’s icy moon CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Saturn’s geyser-spouting moon Enceladus has a new portfolio, thanks to the Cassini spacecraft. NASA rel...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

It’s OK to dine with dogs in New York

New state law allows pets on restaurant patios

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. consumer spending records weakest gain in 8 months

WASHINGTON – Consumer spending in September posted the smallest gain in eight months, a sign that shoppers grew cautious at the end of the third quarter. Americans increased thei...

DATE: Oct 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

We’ve passed the 18,967th day since an American president died in office – a new record

Though it rarely feels like America is becoming safer, this is certainly the case if you happen to occupy the nation’s highest office. Writing for Quartz, reporter Steve Friess no...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bush struggles to revive his faltering campaign

Aides say November will be key for him

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pakistani quake victims call for help

CHITRAL, Pakistan – Rehmatud Din walked 10 hours and scrambled through landslide debris to reach his family in this remote northwestern town that was devastated by a magnitude-7.5 earthquake...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Paul Ryan takes gavel as 54th House speaker WASHINGTON – Paul Ryan became the 54th speaker of the U.S. House on Thursday in a day of high political theater, a young new leader fo...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

China takes brakes off birth rates

‘One-child’ policy ending after 35 years

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

Tribunal to hear S. China Sea dispute THE HAGUE, Netherlands – An international tribunal ruled Thursday that it can take on a case between China and the Philippines over disputed ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

House GOP, eager to mend wounds, elects Ryan as new speaker

WASHINGTON – Splintered House Republicans elected Rep. Paul Ryan to be the chamber’s 54th speaker on Thursday, turning to the youthful but battle-tested Wisconsin lawmaker to mend the party’...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

State police using shotguns to deflate wayward blimp

MUNCY, Pa. – State police used shotguns Thursday to deflate a wayward surveillance blimp that broke loose in Maryland before coming down into trees in the Pennsylvania countryside. ...

DATE: Oct 29, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World