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95 killed at peace rally in Turkey’s capital city

Turkish PM says deadly attacks were likely suicide bombings

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

Appeals court puts hold on regulation protecting waterways

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. – A federal appeals court on Friday blocked an Obama administration rule that attempts to clarify which small streams, wetlands and other waterways the government can sh...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Police: Trio used stolen gun to kill 2 SAN FRANCISCO – Three young transients used a handgun that was stolen from an unlocked car to rob and kill a backpacking Canadian tourist in...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

All eyes on Ryan as House GOP looks to regroup

Wisconsin representative’s aid says Ryan not interested in speaker post

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Obama: Americans must ‘come together’ on gun crimes

President visits with families of Oregon shooting victims

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Connecticut university student arrested over mac and cheese

STORRS, Conn. – A University of Connecticut student faces criminal charges over a confrontation with a campus food court manager who wouldn’t let him buy macaroni and cheese with bacon and j...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Wright house aimed at a wider audience rediscovered in Madison

‘It’s pretty exciting, I’ve got to tell you’

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Utah county bans pets from puppy mills

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s most populous county banned the sale of commercially bred dogs and cats in pet stores, joining a growing number of cities around the country in a step designed to red...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Just like people, dogs need surgery to fix cleft palates

LOS ANGELES – Dogs, like people, can be born with cleft palates. Some die from pneumonia or malnourishment. Some with the defect, which is basically a hole in the mouth, are euthanized. ...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nobel Peace Prize boosts struggling Tunisian democracy

TUNIS, Tunisia – It was the fall of 2013 and Tunisia’s newfound democracy was in grave danger. The assassination of a left-wing politician had prompted the opposition to walk out of the cons...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

U.N.: Most fail gender parity goal in education PARIS – More than half of the world’s countries have failed to achieve gender parity in education for girls in primary and secondar...

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Pentagon giving up on building new Syrian rebel force

Military to focus on aiding groups already fighting

DATE: Oct 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World