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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

Early GOP debate takeaways: No breakout undercard performers

BOULDER, Colo. – The four Republican presidential candidates who aren’t in the top 10 in an average of national polls took the stage Wednesday ahead of the third prime-time GOP debate of the...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI

CHICAGO – Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months in ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Astronaut takes spacewalk right before setting U.S. record

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – NASA’s yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, took his first spacewalk Wednesday just hours before setting a new U.S. flight record. Kelly and Kjell Lindgren tackl...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Insurgents vs mainstream: Debate highlights GOP’s 2 tracks

BOULDER – Marco Rubio bid forcefully for control of the Republican Party’s establishment wing in Wednesday night’s third GOP debate, deflecting jabs from Jeb Bush, who desperately sought to ...